Carola Miró
Carola Miró i Bedós | |
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| First Lady of the Government of Catalonia | |
| In office 17 May 2018 – 29 September 2020 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 4 May 2024 (aged 58) Salt, Spain |
| Spouse | Quim Torra |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Carola Miró i Bedós (1965 – 4 May 2024) was a Spanish Catalan teacher and First Lady of Catalonia between 2018 and 2020, during the mandate of the 131st President of the Government of Catalonia, held by her husband Quim Torra.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Miró worked as a teacher at the Thau charter school in Barcelona, which belongs to the Cultural Institution of the Center of Catholic Influence (ICCIC). In 2007, she asked for a leave of absence to live with her family for a year in Switzerland, where her husband worked for the insurance company the Winterthur Group.[3] Miró and Torra had studied together at the St. Ignatius College and had three children.[4]
In the political field, Miró had been part of the association Reagrupament for the demarcation of Barcelona in the 2010 regional election, in 77th position.[5] Ideologically, like her husband, she was a practicing Catholic and a supporter of Catalan independence.[6]
Illness and death
[edit]In 2020, Miró was diagnosed with cancer, at which time her husband, then in office as Catalan president, temporarily suspended all of his public agenda.[7] The disease did not remit, and on 4 May 2024, she died at the Hospital Santa Caterina in Salt, having been hospitalised in a very serious condition for some time. She was 58.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Hinojosa, Silvia (19 May 2018). "La maestra que se ve 'primeradama' sin esperarlo" (PDF). La Vanguardia. p. 4. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ Jorro, Ignasi (4 May 2024). "Fallece en Girona la esposa del 'expresident' Quim Torra" (in Spanish). Crónica Global. Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Qui és Carola Miró, la dona del president Quim Torra". El Nacional. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Carola Miró, la primera dama de Catalunya". Tot es mou. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
- ^ "EDICTE d'1 de novembre de 2010, pel qual es fan públiques les candidatures proclamades per la Junta Electoral Provincial de Barcelona per a les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya" (PDF). Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Así es Carola Miró, la esposa del president Quim Torra". La Vanguardia. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Mor Carola Miró, dona de Quim Torra, després d'anys de lluita contra el càncer". Diari Ara. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Muere Carola Miró, la esposa del expresidente de la Generalitat Quim Torra" (in Spanish). El Periodico.