Miquel Buch i Moya (born 3 August 1975) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020. He was previously mayor of Premià de Mar, a municipality in north-eastern Spain.
Early life
Buch was born on 3 August 1975 in Premià de Mar, Catalonia.[1][2] He joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC) and Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1996.[1][3] He was national counsellor for JNC from 1997 to 2006 and for CDC since 2004.[2][3] He was a doorman in Titus discotheque in Badalona.[4]
Career
Buch worked for the family business and the Red Cross before entering local politics.[5][6] Buch contested the 1999 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Premià de Mar but failed to get elected. However, following the death of Lluís Cerdà he was appointed to the municipal council.[3] He was re-elected at the 2003 local elections.[7] After the election CiU formed an administration and Buch was appointed Deputy Mayor.[1][3] He became Mayor of Premià de Mar following the death of Jaume Batlle i Garriga in February 2007.[1][3][8] He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.[9][10][11]
Buch has served as president of the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties (ACMC), president of the Council of Local Government of Catalonia and vice-president of the Association of Municipalities for Independence.[1][3] He was also a member of the provincial deputation for Barcelona.[1]
Buch is married to Cesca and has three children - Oriol, Biel and Clara.[25][26] At 21 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.[6]
Electoral history
References
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^ a b"Un maresmenc, president dels municipis". Diari Maresme (in Catalan). Maresme, Spain. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a b c d e f"De la JNC a l'ACM". e-Notícies (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^""De jove anava al Titus de Badalona; el porter era Miquel Buch i no m'hi va deixar entrar"". RAC 1 (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^"Miquel Buch Moya" (in Catalan). Premià de Mar, Spain: Municipality Council of Premià de Mar. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a bGuillem, R. S. (19 May 2018). "Miquel Buch nomenat conseller d'Interior; qui és i què farà amb el major Trapero". Catalunya Diari (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a b"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Premià de Mar" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^"Miquel Buch, del municipalismo soberanista a la Conselleria de Interior". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a b"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Premià de Mar" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a b"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Premià de Mar" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ a b"Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Premià de Mar" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^"Miquel Buch Moya" (in Catalan). Premià de Mar, Spain: Miquel Buch plega d'alcalde. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Cedó, Fede (30 November 2017). "Miquel Buch dimite de la alcaldía de Premià de Mar". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^"Neus Lloveras i Miquel Buch, números 20 i 22 a la llista de Junts per Catalunya". La Vanguardia (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Pruna, Gerard (1 December 2017). "Miquel Buch plega i obre el debat successori a l'ACM". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Jackson, Russell (22 December 2017). "Catalan independence supporters win majority in election". The Scotsman. Edinburgh, U.K. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^Parra, Aritz; Giles, Ciaran (21 December 2017). "Catalan secessionist parties win slim majority in regional parliament". Toronto Star. Toronto, Canada. Associated Press. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^"Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^"Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^Puente, Arturo (19 May 2018). "Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
^"Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^Villalonga, Carles (2 June 2018). "El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^"Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^March, Oriol (24 July 2020). "El PDECat certifica la divisió amb Puigdemont a les portes de la fundació de JxCat". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^Márquez, Teresa (1 August 2017). ""El poder absolut només recau sobre la ciutadania"". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Aguilar, Joaquim (22 May 2015). "Entrevista a Miquel Buch, cap de llista de CiU a les Municipals 2015". Ràdio Premià de Mar (in Catalan). Premià de Mar, Spain. Retrieved 5 June 2018.