Jordi Ausàs i Coll Politician

Jordi Ausàs i Coll (born 3 March 1960 in La Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell) Is a Catalan politician, 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).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 (From the unrecognized Vegueria of Alt Pirineu. He was the president of the Commission of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (29 November 1999 – 17 December 2003).In the Spanish general election, 2008 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 i Boixassa resigned, and Ausàs succeeded him.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 03, 1960
Birth place
Catalonia , La Seu d'Urgell , Alt Urgell

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Politician

party
Republican Left of Catalonia
president
successor
Joana Ortega i Alemany
Albert Batalla i Siscart
vice president

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