{{short description|Catalan politician and urban planner}} {{family name hatnote|Torrent|Ramió|lang=Catalan}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] | name = Roger Torrent | honorific_suffix = | image = Roger_Torrent_retrat_oficial_2021_(cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Official portrait, 2021 | order1 = | office1 = [[Executive Council of Catalonia|Minister of Business and Labour of Catalonia]] | term_start1 = 26 May 2021 | term_end1 = 12 August 2024 | predecessor1 = [[Ramon Tremosa i Balcells]] | successor1 = [[Miquel Sàmper]] | order2 = 15th | office2 = President of the Parliament of Catalonia | term_start2 = 17 January 2018 | term_end2 = 12 March 2021 | predecessor2 = [[Carme Forcadell]] | successor2 = [[Laura Borràs]] | office3 = Member of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]]<br />for the [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] | term_start3 = 17 December 2012 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = Mayor of [[Sarrià de Ter]] | term_start4 = 16 June 2007 | term_end4 = 19 January 2018 | predecessor4 = Nicolás Pichardo Delgado | successor4 = Narcís Fajula | office5 = Member of the Municipality Council<br />of [[Sarrià de Ter]] | term_start5 = 1999 | term_end5 = 2018 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | birth_name = Roger Torrent i Ramió | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|07|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sarrià de Ter]], Catalonia, Spain | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = [[Spanish nationality law|Spanish]] | party = [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] | other_party = [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]] | occupation = Urban planner | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Roger Torrent i Ramió''' ({{IPA|ca|ruˈʒe tuˈren}}; born 19 July 1979) is a Spanish politician and [[urban planner]] from [[Catalonia]]. A former mayor of the municipality of [[Sarrià de Ter]] in north-eastern [[Spain]], Torrent was [[President of the Parliament of Catalonia|President]] of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is the [[Executive Council of Catalonia|Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia]].
==Early life== Torrent was born on 19 July 1979 in [[Sarrià de Ter]], a village in the [[Province of Girona]] in north-eastern [[Catalonia]].<ref name="Ara160118">{{cite news|last1=Moldes|first1=Aleix|title=Roger Torrent: alcalde de Sarrià de Ter i el president més jove del Parlament|url=https://www.ara.cat/politica/ERC-comunica-diputats-president-Parlament_0_1943805788.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[Ara (newspaper)|Ara]]|date=16 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref><ref name="EPD170118a">{{cite news|last1=Ubieto|first1=Gabriel|title=Roger Torrent, home de partit i polític professional|url=http://www.elperiodico.cat/ca/politica/20180117/perfil-roger-torrent-president-parlament-catalunya-6558051|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref> He has a degree in political science and administration from the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]] (UAB) and a [[master's degree]] in territorial and urban studies from the [[Polytechnic University of Catalonia]] and [[Pompeu Fabra University]].<ref name="VW160118">{{cite news|title=Roger Torrent serà el nou president del Parlament de Catalunya|url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/roger-torrent-sera-el-nou-president-del-parlament-de-catalunya/|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[VilaWeb]]|date=16 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref><ref name="ABC160118">{{cite news|last1=Tercero|first1=D.|title=ERC presenta a Roger Torrent para la presidencia del Parlament en sustitución de Carme Forcadell|url=http://www.abc.es/espana/catalunya/politica/abci-presenta-roger-torrent-para-presidencia-parlament-sustitucion-carme-forcadell-201801161757_noticia.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]|date=16 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es}}</ref> He has a [[postgraduate degree]] in political communication from the UAB's Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials (Institute of Political and Social Sciences).<ref name="HP160118">{{cite news|last1=Ruiz Valdivia|first1=Antonio|title=17 cosas que no sabías de Roger Torrent|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2018/01/16/17-cosas-que-no-sabias-de-roger-torrent_a_23334987/|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[HuffPost]]|date=16 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Conoce a Roger Torrent, el nuevo presidente del Parlament|url=http://www.teinteresa.es/espana/Conoce-Roger-Torrent-presidente-Parlament_0_1944405630.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=teinteresa.es|date=17 January 2018|language=es}}</ref>
==Career== Torrent joined the [[Young Republican Left of Catalonia]], the youth wing of the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC), in 1998 and in 2000 joined the ERC.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Torrent, de portaveu adjunt de JxSí a president del Parlament més jove de la història|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180116/4463900927/roger-torrent-de-portaveu-adjunt-de-jxsi-a-president-del-parlament-mes-jove-de-la-historia.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|agency=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=16 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Torrent, de alcalde independentista a presidente más joven de Parlament|url=http://www.rtve.es/noticias/20180117/roger-torrent-alcalde-independentista-presidente-mas-joven-parlament/1662041.shtml|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[RTVE]]|agency=[[EFE]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es}}</ref> He contested the [[1999 Spanish local elections|1999 local elections]] as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) [[electoral alliance]] candidate in Sarrià de Ter and was elected.<ref name="DG170118">{{cite news|last1=Fanals|first1=Laura|title=Roger Torrent: Independentista convençut, esportista i molt vinculat a la vida de Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.diaridegirona.cat/catalunya/2018/01/17/qui-es-roger-torrent/890472.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[Diari de Girona]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Girona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lasalas|first1=Marta|title=Torrent se presenta como "diputado del Parlament de la República catalana"|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/torrent-presidente-parlament-mas-joven-republica_229839_102.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=El Nacional|date=16 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2003 Spanish local elections|2003]] and [[2007 Spanish local elections|2007]] local elections.<ref name="le03">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|access-date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="le07">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|access-date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> After the 2007 election ERC-AM formed an administration with the [[Convergence and Union]] (CiU) and Torrent became Mayor of Sarrià de Ter.<ref name="EP170118">{{cite news|last1=Rovira|first1=Marc|title=Roger Torrent, un valor del fortí independentista al capdavant del Parlament|url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/01/17/catalunya/1516183279_863855.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[El País]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=ca|archive-date=16 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016192114/https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/01/17/catalunya/1516183279_863855.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lasalas|first1=Marta|title=ERC to propose Roger Torrent as new Catalan Parliament speaker|url=https://www.elnacional.cat/en/news/erc-roger-torrent-new-catalan-parliament-speaker_229845_102.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=El Nacional|date=16 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2011 Spanish local elections|2011]] and [[2015 Spanish local elections|2015]] local elections.<ref name="le11">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|access-date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="le15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|access-date=17 January 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Torrent was the secretary of regional parliamentary policy in the federation of Girona from 2000 to 2008 and the ERC spokesperson on the Diputació de Girona between 2011 and 2012.<ref name="DG170118"/><ref name="EPD170118b">{{cite news|last1=Ubieto|first1=Gabriel|title=Roger Torrent: así es el nuevo 'president' del Parlament de Catalunya|url=http://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20180117/perfil-roger-torrent-presidente-parlament-catalunya-6558051|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=es}}</ref> He was a member of the Municipal Commission of Catalonia and the Local Government Commission of Catalonia between 2007 and 2011 and is a member of the executive of the Association of Catalan Municipalities.<ref name="EPD170118a"/><ref name="EP201214">{{cite news|last1=Recasens|first1=Júlia|title=Torrent, escollit alcaldable d'ERC a Sarrià de Ter|url=http://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/3-politica/17-politica/803042.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[El Punt]]|date=10 December 2014|location=Girona, Spain|language=ca}}</ref>
Torrent contested the [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012 regional election]] as a [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] (ERC–CatSí) electoral alliance candidate in the [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] and was elected to the [[Parliament of Catalonia]].<ref name="re12">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20121.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|access-date=17 January 2018|page=2|language=ca}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015]] and [[2017 Catalan regional election|2017]] regional elections.<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]]|access-date=17 January 2018|page=2|language=ca}}</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]]|access-date=17 January 2018|language=ca|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105244/https://resultats.parlament2017.cat/09AU/DAU09000XX.htm?lang=ca|archive-date=22 December 2017}}</ref> He was elected [[President of the Parliament of Catalonia]] on 17 January 2018, defeating [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Citizens]] candidate [[José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa]] by 65 votes to 56 votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42718192|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|date=17 January 2018|location=London, U.K.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Catalan lawmakers elect separatist parliamentary speaker as sacked leader Carles Puigdemont eyes comeback|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/jan/17/catalan-lawmakers-elect-separatist-parliamentary-speaker-as-sacked-leader-carles-puigdemont-eyes-com-1756602.html|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Torrent, new Catalan Parliament president|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/roger-torrent-new-catalan-parliament-president|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref> He is the youngest president of the Catalan Parliament.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roger Torrent: the youngest Parliament president|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/roger-torrent-the-youngest-parliament-president|access-date=17 January 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=17 January 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref>
According to an investigation by ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[El País]]'', Torrent's phone was hacked using the Pegasus software from the [[NSO Group]].<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Stephanie |last=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}}</ref>
==Personal life== Torrent is married and has two daughters.<ref name="DG170118"/><ref name="HP160118"/> He is a keen runner and skier, and a fan of football and handball.<ref name="DG170118"/>
==Electoral history== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;" |+ Electoral history of Roger Torrent ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col|Party ! scope=col|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result |- | [[1999 Spanish local elections|1999 local]] || [[Sarrià de Ter]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal || align=right| || '''Elected''' |- | [[2003 Spanish local elections|2003 local]]<ref name="le03"/> || [[Sarrià de Ter]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2007 Spanish local elections|2007 local]]<ref name="le07"/> || [[Sarrià de Ter]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2011 Spanish local elections|2011 local]]<ref name="le11"/> || [[Sarrià de Ter]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012 regional]]<ref name="re12"/> || [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2015 Spanish local elections|2015 local]]<ref name="le15"/> || [[Sarrià de Ter]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015 regional]]<ref name="re15"/> || [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Junts pel Sí]] || align=right|4 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2017 Catalan regional election|2017 regional]]<ref name="re17"/> || [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] || align=right|2 || '''Elected''' |- | [[2021 Catalan regional election|2021regional]]<ref name="re17"/> || [[Girona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Girona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] || align=right|3 || '''Elected''' |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{URL|1=https://www.parlament.cat/web/composicio/diputats-fitxa/index.html?p_codi=1619|2=Catalan Parliament profile}} * {{Twitter|id=rogertorrent|name=Roger Torrent}}
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