Catalonia elects a new leader
The Catalan chamber backed Quim Torra, a lawyer and close ally of former President Carles Puigdemont, to become the new regional president.
The Catalan chamber backed Quim Torra, a lawyer and close ally of former President Carles Puigdemont, to become the new regional president.
Catalan MPs elected Quim Torra, 55, as president by the narrowest of margins - 66 votes to 65. The vote had been blocked for nearly five months.
Quim Torra was elected after receiving the blessing of the region's exiled former president, Carles Puigdemont. Torra has promised to...
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Former President of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2018–2020), identified with the pro-independence movement.