Jordi Cañas
Spanish politician
Jordi Cañas Pérez (Barcelona, born 12 December 1969) is a Spanish politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. He previously was member of the Parliament of Catalonia between 2010 and 2014, during the IX and X legislature.
Early life and education
Degree in Geography and History, major in Prehistory and Ancient History, from the University of Barcelona.
Political career
Member of the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) and the Socialist Youth of Catalonia (JSC) from 1987 to 2003. He left the socialist group due to a disagreement with the party's decision to sign the so-called "Tinell Pact", to form a Generalitat of Catalonia government, agreed between the PSC, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Iniciativa Per Catalunya Verds (ICV), after Parliament of Catalonia elections on 16 November 2003.
He joined the Citizens' Party in 2006, the year the party was founded. In 2006 he was elected a member of the Barcelona Federation of Cs as a delegate for the Agrupació de Ciutat Vella. At the 2nd National Congress of Citizens, held on 1 July 2007, he was part of Albert Rivera's candidacy for party presidency. After voting through the open list system, Albert Rivera and his executive were elected. Jordi Cañas became then Secretary of Political Action and Strategy.
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