{{Short description|Catalan teacher, activist, politician and trade unionist}} {{redirect|Anna Gabriel|the Mexican singer and songwriter|Ana Gabriel}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Anna Gabriel i Sabaté | image = Anna Gabriel al Palau de la Generalitat (10 de febrer de 2016).jpg | caption = Anna Gabriel i Sabaté in February 2016 | office = MP of Parliament of Catalonia<br />for the Province of Barcelona | term_start = 26 October 2015 | term_end = 28 October 2017 | predecessor = | successor = | prior_term = | birth_name = Anna Gabriel i Sabaté | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1975}} | birth_place = Sallent, Catalonia, Spain | citizenship = Spanish | party = Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) | education = | alma_mater = {{Nowrap|Autonomous University of Barcelona}} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Teacher *politician *trade union leader}} | profession = | children = | parents = | website = | signature = }}
'''Anna Gabriel i Sabaté''' (born 1975) is a Catalan social pedagogue, adjunct professor in law and politician from Spain. She was a member of Catalan Parliament between 2015 and 2017, representing the radical left pro-Catalan independence political party, Popular Unity Candidacy. Since February 2018, she has been in exile in Geneva, Switzerland.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Maribel Sabaté, mare d'Anna Gabriel: 'No en fem un drama, d'això que ens passa, sinó una lluita'|work=VilaWeb|url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/maribel-sabate-no-fem-un-drama-del-que-ens-passa-sino-una-lluita/}}</ref>
== Early life == Gabriel was born in 1975 in Sallent de Llobregat, a working-class town located 70 km north of Barcelona, to a mining and trade union family originating in Southern Spain.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Anna Gabriel, heroine of the CUP|work=ElNacional.cat|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/en/news/anna-gabriel-profile_241029_102.html}}</ref> Gabriel worked as a street educator before studying law and taking up a part-time teaching position at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where she taught history of law. She became involved in political activities at the age of 16, when she joined an {{Nowrap|anti-fascist}} platform.<ref name=":3" />
She graduated in social education and then law and completed a master's degree in social-labor rights at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has been a part-time instructor at the College of Law of the same university and has worked giving professional support of the Childcare Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the town councils of Manresa and Gironella.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=L'Anna Gabriel i Sabaté|url=http://freeannagabriel.cat/lanna-gabriel/|website=Free Anna Gabriel}}</ref>
After studying social education, she worked in different city councils and organizations as a street educator and participated in the setting up of the coordinating body for the Catalan Language Associations. She is a member of the General Confederation of Labour and Endavant. She has since 2002 been a member of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), where she defends feminism as one of the fundamental pillars of the organisation.<ref name=":4" />
== Political career == She was spokeswoman for the Catalan pro-Independence campaign "''Independència per canviar-ho tot''" (Independence to Change Everything) and councilor of the City Council of Sallent between the years 2003 and 2011. She stood as a candidate in the European Parliament elections in 2004 as number three for the CUP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blocs.mesvilaweb.cat/copdecup/?p=232037|title=Anna Gabriel Sabaté (Sallent): ?Som una prova pilot, un laboratori: la fórmula CUP s?està inventant?|work=Cop de CUP|access-date=2018-02-19|language=ca}}</ref> During the 2012–2015 legislature in Catalonia, she worked as coordinator of the parliamentary group of the CUP. In the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia of 2015, she was elected deputy for Barcelona. From 2015 to 2017, she was parliamentary spokesperson for the CUP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2015/07/30/catalunya/1438288670_628836.html|title=Baños : "La CUP sí pactará para romper con el Estado"|last=Liste|first=Ana González|date=2015-07-31|work=El País|access-date=2018-02-19|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref>
In 2017 she published, with David Fernàndez, the book ''Al principi de tot hi ha la guerra'', based on August Gil Matamala's biography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.icab.cat/?go=eaf9d1a0ec5f1dc58757ad6cffdacedb1a58854a600312cc919409e3de6daa94ea448240314ca9a57d746d7173560d032ddadaca72f1d9d2|title=Portada web Col·legi de l'Advocacia de Barcelona – ICAB|website=Il·lustre Col·legi de l’Advocacia de Barcelona (ICAB)|language=ca|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref>
After the holding in 2017 of the Catalan independence referendum, called by the Generalitat de Catalunya,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-catalonia-spain-independence-20171017-story.html|title=Spain: Top court officially rules Catalan referendum illegal|last1=Giles|first1=Ciaran|date=17 October 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=20 October 2017|last2=Parra|first2=Aritz}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mundo/2017/09/06/el-gobierno-de-cataluna-convoco-el-referendum-de-autodeterminacion-para-el-1-de-octubre/|title=El gobierno de Cataluña convocó para el 1 de octubre el referéndum de autodeterminación|date=6 September 2017|work=Infobae|access-date=20 October 2017|language=es-LA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/06/spanish-government-condemns-catalonia-over-independence-referendum|title=Catalonia to hold independence vote despite anger in Madrid|last1=Jones|first1=Sam|date=6 September 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> and declared illegal<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/09/economist-explains-17|title=Why the referendum on Catalan independence is illegal|date=26 September 2017|newspaper=The Economist|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-20/how-to-stage-an-illegal-referendum-on-independence-from-spain|title=How to Stage an Illegal Referendum|date=20 September 2017|work=Bloomberg.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/10/inenglish/1507636762_251450.html|title=Independence in Catalonia – now what?|last1=Alandete|first1=David|date=10 October 2017|work=El País|language=en}}</ref> by the Constitutional Court of Spain, Gabriel was called to appear in front of the Spanish Supreme Court to give evidence about her participation in those events.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/legal-council_separatist-from-catalonia-seeks-swiss-advice/43911184|title=Separatist from Catalonia seeks Swiss advice|work=SWI swissinfo.ch|access-date=2018-02-19|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://mobile2.24heures.ch/articles/5a8b22b0ab5c376ce2000001|title=La Catalane Anna Gabriel ouvre un nouveau front diplomatique à Genève|last=Allemand|first=Andrés|date=19 February 2018|access-date=19 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 20 February 2018, and now exiled in Switzerland, she stated in an interview to Le Temps that she would not show up for her court hearing as she did not anticipate a fair trial.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/Anna-Gabriel-anira-declarar-Suprem_0_1964803584.html|title=Anna Gabriel no anirà a declarar al Suprem perquè considera que no tindria un judici just|work=Ara.cat|access-date=2018-02-20|language=ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/geneve/9347607-la-separatiste-anna-gabriel-reste-en-suisse-et-fuit-la-justice-espagnole.html|title=La séparatiste Anna Gabriel reste en Suisse et fuit la justice espagnole|work=rts.ch|access-date=2018-02-20|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia/spanish-supreme-court-orders-arrest-of-former-catalan-mp-anna-gabriel-idUSKCN1G51KM|title=Spanish Supreme Court orders arrest of former Catalan MP Anna Gabriel|work=reuters.com|access-date=2020-10-10|language=en}}</ref>
On 21 March 2018, the magistrate of the Supreme Court Pablo Llarena finally decided to reduce the charge to disobedience (article 410 of the Spanish Penal Code<ref>{{cite news|title=Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-25444|date=21 March 2018|work=Boletin Oficial del Estado España}}</ref>), an offense that does not entail a prison sentence.<ref>{{cite news|title=El juez Pablo Llarena procesa por un delito de rebelión a 13 de los investigados en la causa por el proceso secesionista de Cataluña|url=http://www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Poder-Judicial/Tribunal-Supremo/Noticias-Judiciales/El-juez-Pablo-Llarena-procesa-por-un-delito-de-rebelion-a-13-de-los-investigados-en-la-causa-por-el-proceso-secesionista-de-Cataluna|date=21 March 2018|work=Poder Judicial España}}</ref>
According to an investigation by Citizen Lab, her phone was hacked using the Pegasus software from the NSO Group.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Guardian |first1=Stephanie |last1=Kirchgaessner |first2=Sam |last2=Jones |date=July 13, 2020 |title=Phone of top Catalan politician 'targeted by government-grade spyware' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/phone-of-top-catalan-politician-targeted-by-government-grade-spyware |quote=One, Anna Gabriel, is a former regional MP for the far-left, anti-capitalist Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP), who is currently living in Switzerland after fleeing Spain because of her alleged involvement in organising the illegal Catalan referendum. Her lawyer said in a statement that Gabriel received notice last year from Citizen Lab that her phone had been targeted.}}</ref>
On 2 November 2021, Anna Gabriel was elected leader of the Swiss trade union, Unia. She was the first woman to be elected to the post.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pour la première fois, une femme dirigera Unia Genève|work=Tribune de Genève|url=https://www.tdg.ch/pour-la-premiere-fois-une-femme-dirigera-unia-geneve-597755421948|access-date=}}</ref> In July 2022 she voluntarily appeared before the Supreme Court of Spain to regularize her procedural situation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anna Gabriel compareix davant Pablo Llarena al Tribunal Suprem espanyol |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/anna-gabriel-compareix-davant-de-pablo-llarena-al-tribunal-suprem/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=VilaWeb |language=ca}}</ref>
== References == <references/> {{Catalan nationalism}} {{Authority control}}
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