Josep Anglada

Josep Anglada Rius
Member of the Vic City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 June 2023
In office
June 2003 – 21 June 2019
President of Platform for Catalonia
In office
27 October 2002 – 8 February 2014
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byXavier Simó (acting)
Personal details
Born(1959-06-21)21 June 1959
Vic, Spain
PartySom Identitaris [ca] (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014)
National Front (1988–1992)
New Force (until 1982)

Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia. He began his political career in the Spanish nationalist, ultra-Catholic, Francoist-leaning party Fuerza Nueva, effectively assuming the role of Blas Piñar's foremost representative in Catalonia, and is the founder and long-standing president of the party Platform for Catalonia. He was leader of the party till 2014 when he was expelled for "management deficiency". In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran. In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison.

References

  1. ↑ "Josep Anglada, una vida accidentada, en imatges". Osona. 7 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Josep Anglada, la sonrisa de la extrema derecha. Público, 14 January 2010.
  3. ↑ ¿Podría ser la decisión en Vic una primera victoria de la extrema derecha? Archived 20 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Informativos Telecinco, 15 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Josep Anglada, el ultraderechista que crece en Vic Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. El Plural, 24 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Cónclave ultraderechista para lanzar la campaña del xenófobo Anglada. El Mundo, 13 March 2010.
  6. ↑ La ultraderecha capitaliza el rechazo a una mezquita en Premà del Mar. ABC, 18 de mayo de 2002.
  7. ↑ El ultraderechista Anglada propone prohibir el velo musulmán en Vic. El País, 24 de enero de 2007.
  8. ↑ La extrema derecha busca un nuevo Sáenz de Ynestrillas para aglutinar el voto 'ultra'. El Confidencial, 3 June 2008.
  9. ↑ El ultraderechista Partit per Catalunya decide presentarse a las elecciones al Parlament Archived 16 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. La Vanguardia, 13 February 2010.
  10. ↑ Plataforma per Catalunya invita a la ultraderecha flamenca y a la Liga Norte italiana en su congreso. Europapress, 14 January 2007.
  11. ↑ La ultradreta se n’aprofita Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Avui, 14 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Plataforma per Catalunya expulsa a Josep Anglada del partido". 31 March 2014.
  13. ↑ "Dos años de cárcel para el ultra Josep Anglada por amenazar a un menor de Arran en Twitter". El País. 3 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "La Audiencia de Barcelona condena a Josep Anglada a un año de cárcel por revelación de datos". El País. 8 February 2018.