Josep Rull
Josep Rull i Andreu (born 2 September 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. He served as the Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia at the Government of Carles Puigdemont between 2016 and 2017, when Spanish Rajoy's Government ceased the Catalan executive following the Catalan declaration of independence amid the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution.
Josep Rull | |
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 20 May 2019 – 24 May 2019 (suspended) | |
| Constituency | Tarragona |
| Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia | |
| In office 14 January 2016 – 27 October 2017 | |
| President | Carles Puigdemont |
| Preceded by | Santi Vila |
| Succeeded by | Damià Calvet (Direct rule until 2 June 2018) |
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the Province of Barcelona | |
| In office 22 September 1997 – 18 May 2019 (suspended since 10 July 2018) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Josep Rull i Andreu 2 September 1968 Terrassa, Catalonia |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Political party | Together for Catalonia |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (1989–2016) Catalan European Democratic Party (2016-2020) |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Between 2 November and 4 December 2017, he was jailed and again since 23 March 2018. He was a member of the Catalan Parliament but on 10 July 2018 a Supreme Court judge suspended him as a deputy.
In the 2019 general election he was head of the Together for Catalonia candidacy for the Province of Tarragona. After being elected for the Congress of Deputies, he resigned as member of the Parliament of Catalonia on 18 May 2019. He was sworn in on 20 May 2019, but on 24 May, by a recommendation of the Supreme Court, the Board of the Congress suspended him and other Catalan independence leaders that were elected lawmakers.
He was pardoned and released, along with the other 8 jailed Catalonia independence leaders, in June 2021.