Jaume Camps i Rovira
Jaume Camps i Rovira | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 10 April 1980 – 28 April 2005 | |
| Succeeded by | Meritxell Borràs |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1944 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 2 December 2022 (aged 78) |
| Political party | CDC |
| Education | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Jaume Camps i Rovira (9 November 1944 – 2 December 2022) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia, he served in the Parliament of Catalonia from 1980 to 2005.[1]
Biography
[edit]Graduated in law from the University of Barcelona and holding a diploma in tax and financial studies, he was a member of the Democratic Student Union[2] and, during the last years of the Franco regime, defended politicians tried in military courts and before the Public Order Tribunal. Later, he worked in a law firm specializing in commercial law, foreign investments, and exchange control.[3]
He joined Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya in 1975, a party for which he was a representative in the Assembly of Catalonia and the Council of Political Forces of Catalonia. He was vice president of the United Nations Association in Spain.[4]
He was elected as a deputy for CiU in the Parliament of Catalonia, serving seven legislatures, from the 1980 Catalan parliamentary elections until 2003, where he was the CiU spokesperson in the Commission for the Organization and Administration of the Generalitat and Local Government.[5] In 1989, he chaired the commission that for the first time voted on a resolution recognizing Catalonia's right to self-determination.[6] In 2004, he resigned from his seat and was proposed by CiU as a member of the Consultative Council.[7]
Camps died on 2 December 2022, at the age of 78.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Muere a los 78 años Jaume Camps, exdiputado de CiU". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Agències, J. Panyella / (2024-09-04). "Mor Jaume Camps, històric de CDC - 02 des 2022". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Deputies in the Parliament of Catalonia of the First Legislature" (PDF). parlament.cat. p. 50. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Members of the Parliament of Catalonia in the First Legislature" (PDF). parlament.cat. p. 48. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "CiU Magazine after the 2003 elections" (PDF). convergencia.cat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ a b Panyella, J. (2 December 2022). "Mor Jaume Camps, històric de CDC". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Consell Consultiu de la Generalitat de Catalunya". cconsultiu.es. Archived from the original on 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2024-09-04.