Santi Vila

Santiago "Santi" Vila i Vicente (born 15 March 1973) is a Catalan historian and politician from Granollers, Spain. He was a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party, and was a councillor at Figueres from 1999 before becoming mayor from 2007 to 2012.[1]

Santi Vila
Vila's official portrait
Mayor of Figueres
In office
2007–2012
Personal details
Born
Santiago Vila i Vicente

(1973-03-15) 15 March 1973
Granollers, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Political partyCatalan European Democratic Party (2016–2018)
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician and historian

On 2 November 2017 members of the Generalitat de Catalunya were arrested for sedition, unlike the others Vila was offered bail of €50,000 as he had resigned before the Catalan unilateral declaration of independence.[2] He was pre-trial jailed just a night. The trial began on 12 February 2019 and was remitted to decision on 12 June 2019.[3]

On 14 October 2019, Vila was sentenced to a year and 8 months of disqualification and a fine of €60.000 for disobedience.[4][5]

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