Josep Anglada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Anglada and the second or maternal family name is Rius.
Josep Anglada Rius
Member of the Vic City Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 June 2023
In office
June 2003 – 21 June 2019
President of Platform for Catalonia
In office
27 October 2002 – 8 February 2014
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byXavier Simó (acting)
Personal details
Born(1959-06-21)21 June 1959
Vic, Spain
Political partySom Identitaris [ca] (since 2016)
Other political
affiliations		Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014)
National Front (1988–1992)
New Force (until 1982)[1]

Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] He began his political career in the Spanish nationalist, ultra-Catholic, Francoist-leaning party Fuerza Nueva, effectively assuming the role of Blas Piñar's foremost representative in Catalonia, and is the founder and long-standing president of the party Platform for Catalonia. He was leader of the party till 2014 when he was expelled for "management deficiency".[12]

In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran.[13] In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Josep Anglada, una vida accidentada, en imatges". Osona. 7 April 2014.
  2. ^ Josep Anglada, la sonrisa de la extrema derecha. Público, 14 January 2010.
  3. ^ ¿Podría ser la decisión en Vic una primera victoria de la extrema derecha? Archived 20 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Informativos Telecinco, 15 January 2010.
  4. ^ Josep Anglada, el ultraderechista que crece en Vic Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. El Plural, 24 January 2010.
  5. ^ Cónclave ultraderechista para lanzar la campaña del xenófobo Anglada. El Mundo, 13 March 2010.
  6. ^ La ultraderecha capitaliza el rechazo a una mezquita en Premà del Mar. ABC, 18 de mayo de 2002.
  7. ^ El ultraderechista Anglada propone prohibir el velo musulmán en Vic. El País, 24 de enero de 2007.
  8. ^ La extrema derecha busca un nuevo Sáenz de Ynestrillas para aglutinar el voto 'ultra'. El Confidencial, 3 June 2008.
  9. ^ El ultraderechista Partit per Catalunya decide presentarse a las elecciones al Parlament Archived 16 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. La Vanguardia, 13 February 2010.
  10. ^ Plataforma per Catalunya invita a la ultraderecha flamenca y a la Liga Norte italiana en su congreso. Europapress, 14 January 2007.
  11. ^ La ultradreta se n’aprofita Archived 17 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Avui, 14 January 2010.
  12. ^ "Plataforma per Catalunya expulsa a Josep Anglada del partido". 31 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Dos años de cárcel para el ultra Josep Anglada por amenazar a un menor de Arran en Twitter". El País. 3 August 2017.
  14. ^ "La Audiencia de Barcelona condena a Josep Anglada a un año de cárcel por revelación de datos". El País. 8 February 2018.