José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa (born 22 July 1976, in Madrid) is a Spanish politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Congress' Committee on International Cooperation for Development since 2019. He is a member of the Citizens party.
José María Espejo-Saavedra | |
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| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Member of the Catalan Parliament | |
| In office 1 November 2006 – 9 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa 22 July 1976 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Citizens-Party of the Citizenry |
| Spouse | Denise |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Politician and Lawyer |
In previous years, Espejo-Saavedra has served as a Member of the Catalan Parliament from 2006 to 2019 and Second Vice President of the Catalan Parliament from 2015 to 2019.
Biography
editHe studied Law at the Autonomous University of Madrid and has a master's degree in insolvency administration obtained at the Lawyer Association of Barcelona, he also has some other minors obtained at ESADE. Before becoming a member of parliament he worked as a lawyer of La Caixa, being the head of the legal advice team.[1]
He has been a member of the Citizens party ever since its establishment in 2006 and he is now in charge of the legal affairs of the Steering Committee. He was number seven in the list of the 2012 Catalan regional election and was elected member of parliament. He was re-elected in the 2015 and 2017 regional elections.
Congress of Deputies
editEspejo-Saavedra left the Catalan Parliament in 2019 after being elected Member of the Congress of Deputies in the 2019 general election.[2] On July 16, 2019, his party nominated him to be a member of the Congress' Permanent Deputation. On July 30, 2019, he assumed as chairman of the Congress of Deputies Committee on International Cooperation for Development.[1]
Committee assignments
edit- Constitutional Committee
- Committee on Justice
- Committee on International Cooperation for Development – (chair)
- Committee on Rules
References
edit- ^ a b Congress of Deputies. "Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, José María". www.congreso.es. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ BARCELONA, EUROPA PRESS / (2019-05-08). "El último pleno de Inés Arrimadas en el Parlament". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-31.
External links
edit- "Information of the Member of Parliament: José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa", Parliament of Catalonia. Retrieved on 13 July 2013.
- José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa on Twitter