Agustí Cerdà i Argent
Encyclopedia
Agustí Cerdà i Argent is a Valencian Spanish
politician, president of the minority Catalan nationalist
party Republican Left of the Valencian Country
since its foundation in September of year 2000. He was a Spanish MP during the 2004 term.
organization Maulets
. In 1987 he was employed by the Fundació Ausiàs March (Ausiàs March Foundation), for the organization of the Premis Octubre, to take care of the classification of 10,000 documents that make up the present file of the Social and Workers' movements, the most important documentary fund on Valencian social and political movements.
Cerdà is a member of the Acció Cultural del País Valencià (Cultural Action of the Valencian Country) since 1984, whom he was manager for from 1992 to 1996. As a part of this task, he coordinated the Casals Jaume I and the parade in Valencia around the civical platform Bloc de Progrés Jaume I.
In 1999 he founded, along with other personalities from the Bloc, the Front pel País Valencià (Front for the Valencian Country), which contested the 2000 Spanish general elections in a joint list with the Republican Left of Catalonia
, where he headed the list for the Valencia region
, but was not elected. In 2000 July Front pel País Valencià joined in ERC. In September Republican Left of the Valencian Country
was created as the union of the Front with ERC. In that foundational congress, Cerdà i Argent was chosen president of Republican Left of the Valencian Country
and was also elected member of the national and permanent executive commissions of the party. He was the first in the list for Valencia in the 2003 local Autonomous elections, but again failed to be elected.
Then, at the 2004 Spanish general elections, in which he did not manage to be chosen when obtaining a 0.57% of the votes. In spite of this, he eventually obtained a deputy act since he had also been included in the Republican Left ot Catalonia list for Barcelona
, in Catalonia
, where the list he was included in did achieve the necessary votes. During his term at the Spanish Congress, he was president of the Commission of Relations with the Ombudsman
.
In the following Spanish general election
he failed to be elected either in the Valencia or Barcelona districts. He remains president of ERPV.
Spain
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politician, president of the minority Catalan nationalist
Catalan nationalism
Catalan nationalism or Catalanism , is a political movement advocating for either further political autonomy or full independence of Catalonia....
party Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country is a Valencian left nationalist and republican party.The original ERPV was founded in 1933, then disbanded in 1935...
since its foundation in September of year 2000. He was a Spanish MP during the 2004 term.
Background
In his youth he was a member of the permanent secretary of the Bloc d'Estudiants Agermanats (Student Brotherhood Block) from 1983 to 1988, and a charter member of the Assemblea d'Estudiants Nacionalistes (Nationalist Students Assembly). In 1985 he entered into the Moviment de Defensa de la Terra (Movement for the Land Defence) and later joined in the Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional (Socialist National Liberation Party of Catalonia), remaining in it until 1993 and entering into its executive. During this period he was one of the founders of the youthful Catalan independentistCatalan independentism
Catalan independentism is a political movement, derived from Catalan nationalism, which supports the independence of Catalonia or the so-called Catalan countries from Spain and France...
organization Maulets
Maulets
The Maulets was a partisan group of Valencian supporters of Archduke Charles, who claimed the Spanish throne as Charles III during the War of the Spanish Succession...
. In 1987 he was employed by the Fundació Ausiàs March (Ausiàs March Foundation), for the organization of the Premis Octubre, to take care of the classification of 10,000 documents that make up the present file of the Social and Workers' movements, the most important documentary fund on Valencian social and political movements.
Cerdà is a member of the Acció Cultural del País Valencià (Cultural Action of the Valencian Country) since 1984, whom he was manager for from 1992 to 1996. As a part of this task, he coordinated the Casals Jaume I and the parade in Valencia around the civical platform Bloc de Progrés Jaume I.
In 1999 he founded, along with other personalities from the Bloc, the Front pel País Valencià (Front for the Valencian Country), which contested the 2000 Spanish general elections in a joint list with the Republican Left of Catalonia
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya
The Republican Left of Catalonia is a left wing Catalan independentist political party in Spain. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known among Catalan nationalists as Països Catalans...
, where he headed the list for the Valencia region
Valencia (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Valencia is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies—the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. It is the third largest district in Congress in terms of the numbers of deputies elected, as it elects sixteen deputies out of the total...
, but was not elected. In 2000 July Front pel País Valencià joined in ERC. In September Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country is a Valencian left nationalist and republican party.The original ERPV was founded in 1933, then disbanded in 1935...
was created as the union of the Front with ERC. In that foundational congress, Cerdà i Argent was chosen president of Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country
Republican Left of the Valencian Country is a Valencian left nationalist and republican party.The original ERPV was founded in 1933, then disbanded in 1935...
and was also elected member of the national and permanent executive commissions of the party. He was the first in the list for Valencia in the 2003 local Autonomous elections, but again failed to be elected.
Then, at the 2004 Spanish general elections, in which he did not manage to be chosen when obtaining a 0.57% of the votes. In spite of this, he eventually obtained a deputy act since he had also been included in the Republican Left ot Catalonia list for Barcelona
Barcelona (Spanish Congress Electoral District)
Barcelona is one of the 52 electoral districts used for the Spanish Congress of Deputies - the lower chamber of the Spanish Parliament, the Cortes Generales. When first contested in modern times in the 1977 General Election, Barcelona was the largest electoral district in Congress in terms of...
, in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
, where the list he was included in did achieve the necessary votes. During his term at the Spanish Congress, he was president of the Commission of Relations with the Ombudsman
Ombudsman
An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...
.
In the following Spanish general election
Spanish general election, 2008
Legislative elections for the Spanish Cortes Generales were held on March 9, 2008. The elections were for 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies, and the 208 directly elected seats in the upper house, the Senate, determining the Prime Minister of Spain...
he failed to be elected either in the Valencia or Barcelona districts. He remains president of ERPV.