Joan Saura i Laporta
Joan Saura i Laporta, born 24 April 1950 in Barcelona, is a Spanish senator elected by the Parliament of Cataluña for the 10th Congress of Deputies. Saura i Laporta is a member of Iniciativa per Catalunya Verds (ICV). In the Spanish Senate, this political party is within the Parliamentary Group Entesa Pel Progrès Catalan (GPEPC).
Political Career[edit]
From 1979 until 1987 Saura i Laporta was a city councillor on the council of L’Hospitalet. Also, in 1979 he was first appointed Provincial Deputy of the Province of Barcelona, position he held until 1995. At regional level, Saura i Laporta was first elected as MP for the Catalunyan Courts in 1988, a position he held until 2010. He was also director of Interior, Institutional Relations and Participation in the Generalitat de Catalunya from 2003 to 2010. Since 2000, Saura i Laporta has been the president of the ICV. Nowadays in the Spanish Senate, Joan Saura i Laporta is a spokesman for the Commission of Justice, in the Committee on Environment and Climate Change and the Latin American Affairs Committee. He is also a member of the General Committee of the Autonomous Communities.
Education[edit]
Joan Saura i Laporta is an engineer in Industrial Chemistry.
