Jordi Ausàs

Jordi Ausàs i Coll (born 3 March 1960 in La Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell from 2003 to 2008 and Minister of Governance and Public Administration of Catalonia in the José Montilla government (2008–2010). He is a member of Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).[1]

Jordi Ausàs i Coll
Ausàs in 2010
Counsellor of Governance and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office 12 March 2008 – 29 December 2010
President	José Montilla
Vice President	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Preceded by	Joan Puigcercós
Succeeded by	Joana Ortega (as Counsellor of Governance and Institutional Relations)
Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell
In office July 2003 – 11 March 2008
Preceded by	Joan Ganyet i Solé
Succeeded by	Albert Batalla i Siscart
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-03) 3 March 1960 La Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality	Spain
Political party	Republican Left of Catalonia
Children	Pol, Martí and Bernat
Occupation	Teacher and Politician

He is a Catalan language teacher in the University of Barcelona. He was a director of the Andorran School of Escaldes-Engordany in the Principality of Andorra.

Since 2003 he has been the Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell, in the Province of Lleida, he was reelected on 27 May 2007. Since 30 November 1995 he has been a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for Lleida province. He was the president of the Commission of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (29 November 1999 – 17 December 2003).

In the 2008 Spanish general election he was a candidate for Lleida Province, but failed to hold the ERC seat, which was gained by José Ignacio Llorens, the candidate of the People's Party.

On 10 March 2008, Joan Puigcercós resigned, and Ausàs succeeded him.

In June 2015, Ausàs started serving a prison sentence following his conviction on charges of smuggling tobacco and involvement in a criminal gang. He was also fined €195,000.[2]