Gerard Gómez del Moral i Fuster (born 17 October 1989) is a Spanish journalist and politician from Catalonia who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. Previously, he has served as member of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Gerard Gómez
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
20 May 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017
ConstituencyBarcelona
In office
17 January 2018 – 20 May 2019
Succeeded byJosé Rodríguez
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Gerard Gómez del Moral i Fuster

(1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 34)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations
Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist

Early life edit

Gómez was born on 17 October 1989 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1][2] He has a degree in journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[3][4]

Career edit

Gómez is a journalist.[2] He joined Young Republican Left of Catalonia (JERC) in 2004 and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2007.[3] He was JERC's Barcelona spokesperson from 2007 to 2011 and JERC's national spokesperson from 2011 to 2016.[3][5] He is a member of Òmnium Cultural, has been associated with Coordinadora d'Associacions per la Llengua Catalana (CAL) and is an affiliate of Intersindical-CSC.[3][6] He is also a member of FC Barcelona.[3]

Gómez contested the 2015 regional election as a Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[7][8] At the 2017 regional election Gómez was placed 19th on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) alliance's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 18 seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[9][10] However, in January 2018 he was appointed to the Catalan Parliament after Carles Mundó, the number 5 candidate on ERC–CatSí's list for Barcelona, declined to take his seat in Parliament for personal reasons.[11][12][13]

Gómez contested the 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[14][15]

Electoral history edit

Electoral history of Gerard Gómez
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 regional[7][8] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Junts pel Sí 31 Elected
2017 regional[9][10] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 19 Elected
2019 general[14][15] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists 6 Elected

References edit

  1. ^ "Members: XIII Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad) - Gómez del Moral Fuster, Gerard" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Gerard Gómez del Moral" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "I. Sr. Gerard Gómez del Moral i Fuster: XI legislatura (26 d'octubre de 2015 - 28 d'octubre de 2017)" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Parliament of Catalonia. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Los nuevos aires del Parlament: Gerard Gómez del Moral y Joan Giner". HuffPost (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Gerard Gómez del Moral" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ Picazo, Sergi (27 March 2019). "Qui és qui a la llista d'ERC al Congrés". Crític (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan) (6947). Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya: 10. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111420. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Mundó renuncia a l'acta de diputat al Parlament per motius "personals" i tornarà a exercir d'advocat". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  12. ^ Pardo Torregrosa, Iñaki (9 January 2018). "Carles Mundó renuncia a su acta de diputado y abandona la política institucional". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  13. ^ "BOPC 001/12: Tramitacions generals" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya (in Catalan). Vol. XII, no. 1. Parliament of Catalonia. 19 January 2018. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  15. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central – Elecciones generales. Resultados" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 129. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 May 2019. p. 57375. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

External links edit

Gerard Gómez on Twitter