Marta Rosique

Marta Rosique
Rosique in May 2019
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2019
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
BornMarta Rosique i Saltor
(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 30)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
PartyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations
Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists
EducationPompeu Fabra University

Marta Rosique i Saltor (born 16 March 1996) is a Catalan politician from Spain and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life

Rosique was born on 16 March 1996 in Barcelona, Catalonia. Her father is a doctor and her mother works for a food security company. She lives in the wealthy Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona. She has a degree in journalism from the Pompeu Fabra University and is currently studying political science at the university.

Rosique was a member of the European Youth Parliament from 2011 to 2015. She was secretary of the National Youth Council of Catalonia (CNJC) between 2015 and 2017, with responsibility for international co-operation and interculturality. In this role she helped found the Euromed Youth Network, a platform for youth organisations in the Mediterranean region. She has been Republican Youth of Catalonia's secretary for policy and international co-operation since 2016. In 2017, prior to the Catalan independence referendum, she was spokesperson for Universitats per la República (UxR), a platform that mobilised support amongst the university community for Catalan self-determination.

Career

Rosique contested the April 2019 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. Aged 23, she was the youngest member of the congress to date and had a net wealth of €150. She was re-elected at the November 2019 general election.

Electoral history

Electoral history of Marta Rosique
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2019 April generalProvince of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists7Elected
2019 November generalProvince of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Sovereigntists6Elected

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Rosique i Saltor, Marta" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Marta Rosique, la diputada d'ERC que s'asseu a la mesa d'edat amb una samarreta antifeixista". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 Barnils, Andreu (21 May 2019). "Marta Rosique: 'He vist molts diputats que em miraven amb cara estranya'". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 López Frías, David (5 December 2019). "Marta Rosique, la nueva 'Rufiana' del Congreso: de tener 150€ en su cuenta a ganar 68.642 al año". El Español (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Marta Rosique" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 Rocamora, Carme (26 April 2018). "Marta Rosique: "Hi ha por que el jovent s'organitzi"". El Jardí (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34228. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113505. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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