Oriol Junqueras

Quick Facts

Full Name	Oriol Junqueras
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 11, 1969(1969-04-11)
Age	55
Birthplace	Sant Andreu
Country	Spain
Birth City	Catalonia
Horoscope	Aries

Oriol Junqueras Biography

Oriol Junqueras is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 11, 1969 in Sant Andreu, Catalonia, Spain. Spanish politician who was named Vice-President of Catalonia and Minister of Economy and Finance in 2016. In the next calendar year, the politician was arrested for rebellion, sedition , and the misuse in the use of funds from public sources.

He was the presidency of He served under President Carles Puigdemont during his time as the Vice President of Catalonia. during his tenure as Vice- President of Catalonia.

Oriol Junqueras i Vies (Catalan pronunciation: [uɾiˈɔl ʒuŋˈkeɾəz i ˈβi.əs] ; born 11 April 1969) is a Spanish politician, historian and academic from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts in north-eastern Spain, Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017 when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and entered prison, convicted to 13 years for his role in organizing the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona, Junqueras grew up in the municipality of Sant Vicenç dels Horts. After graduating from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he taught history at the university.

Junqueras claims he started supporting Catalan independence when he was eight years old. After school he joined the University of Barcelona, where he was an activist in the student union, to study economics but before completing the course, transferred to the Autonomous University of Barcelona, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in modern and contemporary history. He obtained a Ph.D in “History of Economic Thought” from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2002 after producing a thesis on economic thought in Catalonia in the Early Modern Age (1520–1630).

He got married to teacher Neus Bramona in 2013. He has two kids with names Lluc as well as Joana.

Oriol Junqueras Net Worth

Oriol Junqueras is one of the richest Politician from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Oriol Junqueras 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He worked in the family’s olive and almond orchards throughout his childhood. He then completed his studies at his university, the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

He has worked as a scriptwriter for numerous television and radio shows which include Conviure Amb el Risc and La Guerra Silenciada.

Junqueras was born on 11 April 1969 in Sant Andreu de Palomar, a neighbourhood in the Sant Andreu district of Barcelona, Spain. His father was a high school teacher and his mother was a nurse. Aged two, he and his family moved to Sant Vicenç dels Horts in Baix Llobregat. His parents were persuaded by a nun to send him to the Liceo Italiano in Barcelona where he learned Italian. As a youngster he worked in the family’s almond and olive orchards in Castellbell i el Vilar, Bages. He is a Catholic.

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Who is Oriol Junqueras Dating?

According to our records, Oriol Junqueras married to Neus Bramona (m. 2013). As of December 1, 2023, Oriol Junqueras’s is not dating anyone.

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Junqueras contested the 2012 regional election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia. In December 2012 the ERC and CiU reached an agreement whereby the ERC would support Artur Mas’ minority government. As part of the agreement an independence referendum would be held in 2014. Despite the agreement, and protests form the Socialists and Greens, Junqueras was appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Catalan Parliament in January 2013.

Facts & Trivia

Oriol Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Oriol Junqueras celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.

Junqueras was re-elected at the 2015 regional election as a Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance candidate. In January 2016, following a last-minute agreement between pro-Catalan independence parties JxSí and Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) to replace Mas, Junqueras was appointed Vice President of Catalonia and Minister of Economy and Finance.