Antoni Comín

Antoni «Toni» Comín i Oliveres (born 7 March 1971) is a philosopher and Spanish politician from Catalonia. He is a former Conseller (Minister) of Health in the Catalan Government.[2] He is currently member of the European Parliament for the pro-independence coalition Together for Yes.[3]

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Comín and the second or maternal family name is Oliveres; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
The Honourable

Antoni Comín
Official portrait of Antoni Comín as Regional Minister of Health
Member of the European Parliament for Spain
Assumed office
2 July 2019 [1]
Counselor of Health of Catalonia
In office
14 January 2016 – 27 October 2017
Preceded byBoi Ruiz
Succeeded byAlba Vergés
(Direct rule until 2 June 2018)
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
2003–2010
Personal details
Born
Antoni Comín i Oliveres

(1971-03-07) March 7, 1971
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
ProfessionProfessor and politician

Life and career

Comín's family has been involved in politics since the 19th century. His father, Alfonso Carlos Comín, was a member of Communist PSUC. However, his grandfather, Jesús Comín Sagüés, was a Carlist MP during the Second Spanish Republic and contributed to the victory of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. The ancestors of Jesús Comín had also been prominent figures in the Carlist movement.

Comín has a degree in philosophy and political sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, is a professor of social sciences at ESADE (University Ramon Llull), and member of the Foundation Alfonso Comín and of the Center for the Study of Christianity & Justice. He writes periodically for The Ciervo magazine, for El Mundo and participates in the morning radio talk-show program on RAC 1 “El perquè de tot plegat”.

He became a member of the PSC on June 13, 2011 and was elected to the Catalan Parliament in 2003 and 2006. On March 4, 2014, he announced that he would leave the party because they were not following their electoral platform.[4] On December 11, 2013 he founded the association Socialisme, Catalunya i Llibertat.

He was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia in September, 2015 as part of the Together for Yes coalition as well as during the VII and VIII legislatures for the Socialists' Party of Catalonia. On 13 January 2016, the new president of the Catalan Government, Carles Puigdemont, appointed Comín Minister of Health. He was sworn in on 14 January.[2]

In October 2017, he was removed from his position as a regional minister by the Government of Spain for having participated in the declaration of independence of Catalonia, deemed unconstitutional by the Spanish Constitutional Court.[5] Comín remains in Belgium to avoid persecution by Spanish authorities.

References
  1. "Puigdemont inicia los trámites para recoger su acta de eurodiputado en el Parlamento Europeo". Cope. 20 December 2019.
  2. «DECRET 3/2016, de 13 de gener, pel qual es nomenen el vicepresident del Govern, els consellers i conselleres dels departaments de la Generalitat de Catalunya i el secretari del Govern. Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Currículum vítae | Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES | Eurodiputados | Parlamento Europeo". www.europarl.europa.eu (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. «Toni Comín anuncia que deixa el PSC».
  5. "Catalan ex-leaders held in Spanish jails". BBC News. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
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