In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Vila and the second or maternal family name is Vicente; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Santi Vila | |
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Official portrait, 2016 | |
Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of Catalonia | |
In office 3 July 2017 – 26 October 2017 | |
President | Carles Puigdemont |
Preceded by | Jordi Baiget [ca] |
Succeeded by | Josep Rull (acting) (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
Minister of Culture of Catalonia | |
In office 14 January 2016 – 5 July 2017 | |
President | Carles Puigdemont |
Preceded by | Ferran Mascarell [ca] |
Succeeded by | Lluís Puig |
Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia | |
In office 27 December 2012 – 14 January 2016 | |
President | Artur Mas |
Preceded by | Lluís Recoder |
Succeeded by | Josep Rull |
Mayor of Figueres | |
In office 2007–2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Santiago Vila i Vicente (1973-03-15) 15 March 1973 (age 51) Granollers, Catalonia, Spain |
Political party | Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2018) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician and historian |
Santiago "Santi" Vila i Vicente (born 15 March 1973) is a Catalan historian and politician from Granollers, Spain. He was a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party, and was a councillor at Figueres from 1999 before becoming mayor from 2007 to 2012. Later he held several positions in the Executive Council of Catalonia.
On 2 November 2017 members of the Generalitat de Catalunya were arrested for sedition, unlike the others Vila was offered bail of €50,000 as he had resigned before the Catalan unilateral declaration of independence. He was pre-trial jailed just a night. The trial began on 12 February 2019 and was remitted to decision on 12 June 2019.
On 14 October 2019, Vila was sentenced to a year and 8 months of disqualification and a fine of €60.000 for disobedience.
See also
References
- "Santi Vila, consejero de Empresa y Conocimiento". Generalitat de Cataluña (in European Spanish). Generalitat de Cataluña. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- Newton, Creede. "Catalonia: Judge jails eight ousted ministers". www.aljazeera.com. Aljazeera. Retrieved 2 November 2017..
- "Trial of Catalan Independence Leaders Ends in Spain (Published 2019)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 April 2023.
- Catalan separatist leaders handed jail terms for independence bid
- Sentencia del ‘procés’: penas de 9 a 13 años para Junqueras y los otros líderes por sedición y malversación (in Spanish)
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