In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Rull and the second or maternal family name is Andreu; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
The Right Honourable Mr.
Josep Rull
MP
18th President of the Parliament of Catalonia
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2024
Vice President
Raquel Sans David Pérez
Preceded by
Anna Erra
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
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 June 2024
Constituency
Barcelona
In office 22 September 1997 – 18 May 2019 (suspended from 10 July 2018 to 13 February 2023)
Constituency
Barcelona
Personal details
Born
Josep Rull i Andreu
(1968-09-02) 2 September 1968 (age 55) Terrassa, Catalonia
Citizenship
Spanish
Political party
Junts (since 2020)
Other political affiliations
CDC (1989–2016) PDeCAT (2016–2020)
Alma mater
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation
Lawyer
Josep Rull i Andreu (Catalan pronunciation:[ʒuˈzɛbˈruʎ]; born 2 September 1968)[1][2] is a Spanish politician from Catalonia serving as President of the Parliament of Catalonia since June 2024. He previously 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. Between 2 November and 4 December 2017, Rull was jailed and again on 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.[3]
In the April 2019 Spanish general election, Rull 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.[4] He was sworn in on 20 May 2019;[5] on 24 May 2019, by a recommendation of the Supreme Court, the Board of the Congress suspended him and other Catalan independence leaders that were elected lawmakers.[6][7] He was pardoned and released, along with the other 8 jailed Catalonia independence leaders, in June 2021.[8] On 13 February 2023, he had his disqualification waived by the Supreme Court, allowing him again to run for office.[9][10][11] On June 10 2024, after being elected as deputy in that year's elections, he was sworn in as President of the Parliament of Catalonia.[12][13]
^"Josep Rull, conseller de Territori i Sostenibilitat". 14 January 2016.
^"Josep Rull, el único conseller de Puigdemont que fue a su despacho tras el 155". 19 May 2018.
^Llarena cierra el sumario del ‘procés’ y suspende como diputados a Puigdemont y Junqueras Published by El País, 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^Sànchez, Turull y Rull renuncian a su escaño del Parlament para entrar en el Congreso (in Spanish)
^Junqueras, Sànchez, Rull y Turull prometen "como presos políticos" (in Spanish)
^La Mesa del Congreso suspende a los diputados presos con los votos de PSOE, PP y Cs (in Spanish)
^"Spanish parliament suspends jailed Catalan lawmakers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022.
^Jones, Sam (22 June 2021). "Spanish government pardons nine jailed Catalan leaders". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
^"El TS condena a Junqueras, Romeva, Turull y Bassa por desobediencia en concurso con malversación y mantiene sus penas de inhabilitación absoluta" (in Spanish). 13 February 2023.
^"Rull deja en el aire su vuelta a la primera línea política tras quedar habilitado" (in Spanish). 14 February 2023.
^"El Supremo despeja el camino a Josep Rull para ser el candidato de JxCAT a la Generalitat" (in Spanish). 14 February 2023.
^"Pro-independence parties name Josep Rull of Junts+ new parliament speaker". 20 June 2024.
^"Josep Rull, nuevo presidente del Parlament con los votos de Junts, ERC y la CUP" (in Spanish). 20 June 2024.
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