Former President of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Active in the Catalan autonomy movement from a very young age, he founded the political party Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya (CDC) in 1974. In May 1980, he became the 126th Head of Catalan’s autonomous government (President of the Generalitat). After 23 years in power, he gradually retired from political life after the 2003 elections. He still serves as President of the CiU and CDC. He earned a medical degree from the University of Barcelona and has received honorary doctorates from several French-language universities, including Lumière Lyon II, Paris VIII, Toulouse and the Catholic University of Brussels.
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