Carles Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont

Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkaɾləs ˌpudʒðəˈmon i ˌkazəməˈʒo]; born 29 December 1962) is a Catalan politician and journalist from Spain. Since 2019 he has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). A former mayor of Girona, Puigdemont served as President of Catalonia from 2016 to 2017 when he was removed from office by the Spanish Government following the unilateral Catalan declaration of independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carles Puigdemont has received more than 4,185,754 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Carles Puigdemont is the 18,755th most popular politician (down from 30th in 2019), the 2,932nd most popular biography from Spain (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 505th most popular Politician.

Carles Puigdemont is the current president of Catalonia, a region in northeastern Spain. He was elected president in January 2016, and his term is expected to end in 2020.