Santiago "Santi" Vila i Vicente (born 15 March 1973) is a Catalan historian and politician from Granollers, Spain. He was a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party, and was a councillor at Figueres from 1999 before becoming mayor from 2007 to 2012.[1] Later he held several positions in the Executive Council of Catalonia.
Santi Vila | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2016 | |
| Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of Catalonia | |
| In office 3 July 2017 – 26 October 2017 | |
| President | Carles Puigdemont |
| Preceded by | Jordi Baiget |
| Succeeded by | Josep Rull (acting) (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
| Minister of Culture of Catalonia | |
| In office 14 January 2016 – 5 July 2017 | |
| President | Carles Puigdemont |
| Preceded by | Ferran Mascarell |
| Succeeded by | Lluís Puig |
| Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia | |
| In office 27 December 2012 – 14 January 2016 | |
| President | Artur Mas |
| Preceded by | Lluís Recoder |
| Succeeded by | Josep Rull |
| Mayor of Figueres | |
| In office 2007–2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Santiago Vila i Vicente 15 March 1973 Granollers, Catalonia, Spain |
| Political party | Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2018) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician and historian |
On 2 November 2017 members of the Generalitat de Catalunya were arrested for sedition, unlike the others Vila was offered bail of €50,000 as he had resigned before the Catalan unilateral declaration of independence.[2] He was pre-trial jailed just a night. The trial began on 12 February 2019 and was remitted to decision on 12 June 2019.[3]
On 14 October 2019, Vila was sentenced to a year and 8 months of disqualification and a fine of €60.000 for disobedience.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Santi Vila, consejero de Empresa y Conocimiento". Generalitat de Cataluña (in European Spanish). Generalitat de Cataluña. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ Newton, Creede. "Catalonia: Judge jails eight ousted ministers". www.aljazeera.com. Aljazeera. Retrieved 2 November 2017..
- ^ "Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders Ends in Spain (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023.
- ^ Catalan separatist leaders handed jail terms for independence bid
- ^ Sentencia del ‘procés’: penas de 9 a 13 años para Junqueras y los otros líderes por sedición y malversación (in Spanish)