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Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (born May 17, 1952) is a Catalan politician, since 1996 leader of the party ERC or Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia), a political party founded by Francesc Macià i Llussà. He was conseller en cap (prime minister) of Catalonia's Government after the 2003 elections, but resigned after his meeting with representatives of the Basque terrorist group ETA leaked to the press.
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Education and professional background
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira got a Bachelor Degree in Catalan Philology by the UB. Then, he roled as teacher of Catalan language at the University School of Tarragona (from 1976 to 1982). In the University world, he also was professor and vicepresident of the Catalan Summer University (Universitat Catalana d'Estiu) between 1986 and 1995. Before this, he also worked as Superior Technichal of Generalitat's linguistical planification (1981-1988) and headed the Cultural Territorial Services of the Generalitat at Tarragona (1982 to 1984).
Civic background
Carod-Rovira has been involved in several civic organisations. Some of them are: Òmnium Cultural (member of its board between 1986 to 1995 and president of its Tarragonès division), Llull-Federació d'Entitats dels Països Catalans (member of its board between 1991-1995), the castellers association Colla Jove Xiquets de Tarragona (colla means association), the Catalan Language Writers Association, the Pen Club and the Societat Catalana d'Onomàstica.
As writer, he has published Rovira i Virgili i la qüestió nacional (1994), Marcel·lí Domingo, de l'escola a la República (1988), Tornar amb la gent (1997), Jubilar la Transició (1998), El futur a les mans (2003) and La nova Catalunya (2003). He also has contributed in the Catalans from America Dictionary and in the book America and Catalonia, as well as several encyclopedias and specialized magazines. He has won several historical essays and periodism prizes.
Political background
He was actively involved in the fight against the fascist authoritarian government of Franco and was jailed in 1973 when the 113 members of the Permanent Board of Catalonia's Assembly were arrested and the board was dissolved. Before entering, in 1987, ERC, he was an active member of the Socialist National Liberation Party (PSAN) between 1970 and 1977 and of the Left Nationalists (NE) between 1980 and 1986. Carod-Rovira also wrote the Resolution about the self-determination right of the Catalan Nation in 1989.
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira was elected General Secretary of ERC in November of 1996, in the 21st National Congress of the party at Vilafranca del Penedès, for the first time. He was reelected in Girona (22nd National Congress) by the July of 1998 and in Tarragona (23rd National Congress) by the March of 2001.
After the Catalan elections in 2003, he achieved the position of First Minister of the Catalan government between December of 2003 and January of 2004, when he was forced to resign over his secret meeting with the terrorist organisation ETA He subsecuently became candidate to the Spanish Congress of Deputies (elections were in March of 2004).After the elections however he remained in the Catalan Parliament.
Carod-Rovira is president of ERC since its 24th National Congress, held in Lleida the July 3 and 4 of 2004.
Institutional background
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira has been deputy at the Catalan Parliament since 1988 and also was First Minister of the Generalitat de Catalunya between December of 2003 and January of 2004.
Pronounciation
The name Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira is pronounced in Catalan (IPA).
External links
- Personal webpage (in Catalan) (http://www.carod-rovira.net)
- Deputy webpage (in Catalan) (http://www.parlament-cat.net/portal/page?_pageid=34,34838&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_id=llo0796)
| Preceded by: Jordi Carbonell i de Ballester | President of ERC 2004– | Succeeded by: still in office |
| Preceded by: Artur Mas i Gavarró | First Minister of Catalonia 2003–2004 | Succeeded by: Josep Bargalló i Valls |
| Preceded by: Àngel Colom Colom | General Secretary of ERC 1996–2004 | Succeeded by: Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa Template:ERCPresidents Template:CataloniaFirstMinisters Template:ERCGeneralSecretaries |