{{short description|Spanish politician}} {{family name hatnote|Botran|Pahissa|lang=Catalan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Albert Botran | honorific_suffix = | image = De l’1-O a la República 6-34 screenshot (cropped).png | image_size = | caption = Botran in 2018 | office1 = Member of the Congress of Deputies | constituency1 = Barcelona | term_start1 = 3 December 2019 | term_end1 = 16 August 2023 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | constituency2 = Barcelona | term_start2 = 26 October 2015 | term_end2 = 28 October 2017 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office3 = Member of Molins de Rei Municipal Council | term_start3 = 2011 | term_end3 = 2015 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_name = Albert Botran i Pahissa | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|01|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Molins de Rei, Catalonia, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = Spanish | party = Poble Lliure | other_party = Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Autonomous University of Barcelona | occupation = Historian | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Albert Botran i Pahissa''' (born 14 January 1984) is a Spanish historian and politician from Catalonia and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Catalonia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=324cat |date=2023-07-25 |title=Albert Botran plega pels resultats del 23J i el secretariat de la CUP demana una refundació |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/albert-botran-plega-pels-mals-resultats-de-la-cup-i-demana-refundar-la/noticia/3242846/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=CCMA |language=ca}}</ref>
==Early life== Botran was born on 14 January 1984 in Molins de Rei, Catalonia.<ref name="CoDXIV">{{cite web |title=Members: XIV Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad ) - Botran Pahissa, Albert |url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=87&idLegislatura=14 |publisher=Congress of Deputies |accessdate=6 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="EC081019">{{cite news |last1=Palà |first1=Roger |last2=Aznar |first2=Laura |last3=Picazo |first3=Sergi |last4=Soldevila |first4=Laia |last5=Vila |first5=Joan |title=Qui són i d'on vénen els candidats de la CUP al Congrés |url=https://www.elcritic.cat/noticies/qui-son-i-don-venen-els-candidats-de-la-cup-al-congres-37230 |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Crític |date=8 October 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> He has a degree in history and a master's degree in comparative history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.<ref name="CoDXIV"/><ref name="EC081019"/>
==Career== Botran has been active in the leftist Catalan independence movement since 2002 and helped found the Molins de Rei branch of Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in 2007.<ref name="EC081019"/><ref name="VMR170715">{{cite news |last1=Polo |first1=Jose |title=L'exregidor Albert Botran, candidat a les primàries de la CUP |url=https://www.viumolinsderei.com/2015/07/17/lexregidor-a-molins-de-rei-albert-botran-candidat-a-les-primaries-de-la-cup/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Viu Molins de Rei |date=17 July 2015 |location=Molins de Rei, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> He was a member of the CUP's national secretariat from 2009 to 2013 and from 2018 to 2019.<ref name="CoDXIV"/><ref name="EC081019"/> Botran works for the Òmnium Cultural.<ref name="EC081019"/><ref name="VMR170715"/> In 2010 he won the 24th Francesc Carreras i Candi Award for his work ''Pensar Històricament els Països Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans (1960-1985)''.<ref name="EC081019"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Pensar històricament els Països Catalans', d'Albert Botran, guanyador del XXIV Premi Francesc Carreras i Candi |url=https://www.omnium.cat/ca/noticia/pensar-historicament-els-paisos-catalans-d-albert-botran-guanyador-del-xxiv-premi-francesc-carreras-i-candi-4323.html |publisher=Òmnium Cultural |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001101051/https://www.omnium.cat/ca/noticia/pensar-historicament-els-paisos-catalans-d-albert-botran-guanyador-del-xxiv-premi-francesc-carreras-i-candi-4323.html |archivedate=1 October 2010 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>
Botran contested the 2011 local elections as a Popular Unity Candidacy–Active People (CUP-PA) electoral alliance candidate in Molins de Rei and was elected.<ref name="BOPB200411">{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Zona de Sant Feliu de Llobregat |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=20 April 2011 |page=34 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002037.pdf&1 |accessdate=9 February 2020 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le11">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Molins de Rei |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=9 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref> Botran was one of the signatories of the October 2014 ''Nous Temps, Noves Eines - Per la Independència, pel Socialisme, pels Països Catalans: Ni un pas Enrere’, '' manifesto by leftist Catalan nationalists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adhesió de l´escriptor Miquel López Crespí al Manifest Nous temps, noves eines NI UN PAS ENRERE – PER LA INDEPENDÈNCIA, PEL SOCIALISME, PELS PAÏSOS CATALANS – NI UN PAS ENRERE |url=https://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/anselm/?p=271160 |publisher=Literatura catalana moderna - Illes |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Neix una nova organització de l'esquerra independentista |url=http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/78764/neix/nova/organitzacio/esquerra/independentista |work=Nació Digital |date=29 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202230218/http://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/78764/neix/nova/organitzacio/esquerra/independentista |archivedate=2 December 2014 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> The manifesto led to the formation, in November 2014, of Poble Lliure of which Botran is a member.<ref name="EC081019"/><ref name="VMR170715"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Neix "Poble Lliure", la nova organització estratègica de l'esquerra independentista |url=https://www.llibertat.cat/2014/11/neix-poble-lliure-la-nova-organitzacio-estrategica-de-l-esquerra-independentista-28842#.VHt8S |publisher=Llibertat.cat |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=30 November 2014}}</ref> He did not seek re-election at the 2015 local elections.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Polo |first1=Jose |title=11 dels 21 regidors de l'Ajuntament de Molins de Rei s'acomiaden del ple municipal |url=https://www.viumolinsderei.com/2015/06/11/11-dels-21-regidors-de-lajuntament-de-molins-de-rei-sacomiaden-del-ple-municipal/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Viu Molins de Rei |date=11 June 2015 |location=Molins de Rei, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>
Botran contested the 2015 regional election as a CUP candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.<ref name="DOGC010915">{{cite magazine |title=Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=1 September 2015 |issue=6947 |page=20 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=701480&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re15">{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes |url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20151.pdf |publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya |accessdate=17 January 2018 |page=2 |language=Catalan |archive-date=1 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501135718/http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20151.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In February 2017 Botran attended an event in Castelló de Farfanya marking the 30th death anniversary of Catalan independence activist Julià Babia, a member of the Movement for Defence of the Land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Emotiu homenatge a Julià Babia i companys de lluita a Castelló de Farfanya |url=https://www.llibertat.cat/2017/02/emotiu-homenatge-a-julia-babia-i-companys-de-lluita-a-castello-de-farfanya-37784 |publisher=Llibertat.cat |accessdate=9 February 2020 |language=Catalan |date=12 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Querella contra quatre membres de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme |url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/querella-contra-quatre-membres-de-poble-lliure-per-enaltiment-del-terrorisme/noticia/2810776/ |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals |date=24 September 2017 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> As a consequence, in September 2017 the Spanish Attorney General started an investigation on charges of extolling terrorism against four members of Poble Lliure: Botran, Toni Casserras, Ferran Dalmau and Guillem Fuster.<ref>{{cite news |title=de Poble Lliure per enaltiment del terrorisme |url=http://elmon.cat/noticia/233862/lestat-investiga-albert-botran-acusat-denaltiment-del-terrorisme |work=El Món |date=24 September 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927061114/http://elmon.cat/noticia/233862/lestat-investiga-albert-botran-acusat-denaltiment-del-terrorisme |archivedate=27 September 2017 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Declara a Lleida un dels investigats per homenatjar l'històric independentista Julià Babia |url=https://www.elpuntavui.cat/politica/article/17-politica/1264170-declara-a-lleida-un-dels-investigats-per-homenatjar-julia-babia-historic-independentista.html |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=El Punt |date=19 October 2017 |location=Girona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> In December 2018 the Audiencia Nacional started investigating the case against the four and three others - Marcel·lí Canet, Marcel Casellas and Josep Maria Cervelló.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arxiven la causa per enaltiment del terrorisme contra Albert Botran i altres membres de Poble Lliure |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/169478/arxiven/causa/enaltiment/terrorisme/contra/albert/botran/altres/membres/poble/lliure |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Nació Digital |date=19 December 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>
At the 2017 regional election Botran was placed 81st on CUP's list of candidates in the province of Barcelona but the party only won three seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.<ref name="BOE191117">{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=19 November 2017 |issue=281 |page=111425 |url=http://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/11/19/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-13305.pdf |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="re17">{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament |url=https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |language=Catalan |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca |archivedate=22 December 2017 }}</ref> He contested the 2019 November general election as a Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.<ref name="BOE151019">{{cite magazine |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas |magazine=Boletín Oficial del Estado |date=15 October 2019 |issue=248 |page=113506 |url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2019/10/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-14801.pdf |accessdate=15 October 2019 |publisher=Government of Spain |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish |issn=0212-033X}}</ref><ref name="ge1911">{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019 |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |accessdate=9 February 2020 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref> In 2023 general elections he wasn't reelected.
==Works== * ''Les Proclames de Sobirania de Catalunya 1640-1936'' (2009, Farell Editors, co-authors Adrià Cases and Oriol Junqueras) * ''Pensar Històricament els Pa��sos Catalans. La Historiografia i el Projecte Nacional dels Països Catalans'' (1960–1985) (2010) * ''Unitat Popular. La construcció de la CUP i l'Independentisme d'Esquerres'' (2012, Edicions El Jonc)<ref name="EC081019"/> * ''Introducció a la Història dels Països Catalans'' (2014, Ediciones del 1979, co-authors Carles Castellanos and Lluís Sales; {{ISBN|9788494012679}})
==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Albert Botran ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result
|- | 2011 local<ref name="BOPB200411"/><ref name="le11"/> || Molins de Rei || style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| || Popular Unity Candidacy || style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| || Popular Unity Candidacy-Active People || align=right|4 || '''Elected''' |- | 2015 regional<ref name="DOGC010915"/><ref name="re15"/> || Province of Barcelona || style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| || Poble Lliure || style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| || Popular Unity Candidacy || align=right|5 || '''Elected''' |- | 2017 regional<ref name="BOE191117"/><ref name="re17"/> || Province of Barcelona || style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| || Poble Lliure || style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy}};"| || Popular Unity Candidacy || align=right|81 || Not elected |- | 2019 November general<ref name="BOE151019"/><ref name="ge1911"/> || Province of Barcelona || style="background:{{party color|Poble Lliure}};"| || Poble Lliure || style="background:{{party color|Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture}};"| || Popular Unity Candidacy–For Rupture || align=right|2 || '''Elected'''
|}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Botran, Albert}} Category:1984 births Category:Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni Category:Historians from Catalonia Category:Writers from Catalonia Category:Living people Category:Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Catalonia Category:Municipal councillors in the province of Barcelona Category:People from Molins de Rei Category:Popular Unity Candidacy politicians