Succeeded by post abolished Name Isidre i Parents Isidre Molas i Font | Occupation Politician, historian Role Politician | |
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Preceded by Jose Montilla Aguilera (acting) Born October 12, 1940 (age 83)
Barcelona, Catalonia ( 1940-10-12 ) Political party Socialists\' Party of Catalonia (ECP) Party Socialists\' Party of Catalonia | ||
Isidre Molas i Batllori (born October 12, 1940 in Barcelona) is a Catalan politician and historian. He has been the fifth President of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia since July 19, 2008. He has been a Senator from Barcelona since April 5, 2000.
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Early years
He was born in Barcelona in 1940. His father was a musician, Isidre Molas i Font, and he is the brother of the historian and writer, Joaquim Molas i Batllori. In 1963, he graduated in law in the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He was an active member of the Front Obrer de Catalunya (Workers' Front of Catalonia) and joined the left-wing anti-Franco movement Frente de Liberación Popular (Popular Liberation Front). In 1962 he was judged and condemnated by a military court.
Beginnings in politics
In the first democratic elections in Catalonia after Franco he was elected deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia serving until 1988. From 1985 to 2008, he was the President of the Federation of the PSC in the Province of Barcelona.
Recent years
In 2000, he was elected Senator from Barcelona by the Catalan Agreement of Progress (a union of a left-wing catalanist parties).
He was translated books, and he published articles from political science.