Josep Rull

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Rull and the second or maternal family name is Andreu; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

The Right Honourable
Josep Rull
MP
Josep Rull in 2016
18th President of the Parliament of Catalonia
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2024
Vice PresidentRaquel Sans
David Pérez
Preceded byAnna Erra
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
20 May 2019 – 24 May 2019 (suspended)
ConstituencyTarragona
Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia
In office
14 January 2016 – 27 October 2017
PresidentCarles Puigdemont
Preceded bySanti Vila
Succeeded byDamià Calvet
(Direct rule until 2 June 2018)
Acting Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of Catalonia
In office
27 October 2017 – 27 October 2017
PresidentCarles Puigdemont
Preceded bySanti Vila
Succeeded byMaria Àngels Chacón
(Direct rule until 2 June 2018)
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 June 2024
ConstituencyBarcelona
In office
22 September 1997 – 18 May 2019
(suspended from 10 July 2018 to 13 February 2023)
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Josep Rull i Andreu

(1968-09-02) 2 September 1968 (age 56)
Terrassa, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyJunts (since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		CDC (1989–2016)
PDeCAT (2016–2020)
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer

Josep Rull i Andreu (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ˈruʎ]; born 2 September 1968)[1][2] is a Spanish politician from Catalonia serving as President of the Parliament of Catalonia since June 2024. He previously served as the Counselor of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia at the Government of Carles Puigdemont between 2016 and 2017, when Spanish Rajoy's Government ceased the Catalan executive following the Catalan declaration of independence amid the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution. Between 2 November and 4 December 2017, Rull was jailed and again on 23 March 2018. He was a member of the Catalan Parliament but on 10 July 2018 a Supreme Court judge suspended him as a deputy.[3]

In the April 2019 Spanish general election, Rull was head of the Together for Catalonia candidacy for the Province of Tarragona. After being elected for the Congress of Deputies, he resigned as member of the Parliament of Catalonia on 18 May 2019.[4] He was sworn in on 20 May 2019;[5] on 24 May 2019, by a recommendation of the Supreme Court, the Board of the Congress suspended him and other Catalan independence leaders that were elected lawmakers.[6][7] He was pardoned and released, along with the other 8 jailed Catalonia independence leaders, in June 2021.[8] On 13 February 2023, he had his disqualification waived by the Supreme Court, allowing him again to run for office.[9][10][11] On June 10 2024, after being elected as deputy in that year's elections, he was sworn in as President of the Parliament of Catalonia.[12][13]

  1. ^ "Josep Rull, conseller de Territori i Sostenibilitat". 14 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Josep Rull, el único conseller de Puigdemont que fue a su despacho tras el 155". 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ Llarena cierra el sumario del ‘procés’ y suspende como diputados a Puigdemont y Junqueras Published by El País, 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ Sànchez, Turull y Rull renuncian a su escaño del Parlament para entrar en el Congreso (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Junqueras, Sànchez, Rull y Turull prometen "como presos políticos" (in Spanish)
  6. ^ La Mesa del Congreso suspende a los diputados presos con los votos de PSOE, PP y Cs (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "Spanish parliament suspends jailed Catalan lawmakers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022.
  8. ^ Jones, Sam (22 June 2021). "Spanish government pardons nine jailed Catalan leaders". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  9. ^ "El TS condena a Junqueras, Romeva, Turull y Bassa por desobediencia en concurso con malversación y mantiene sus penas de inhabilitación absoluta" (in Spanish). 13 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Rull deja en el aire su vuelta a la primera línea política tras quedar habilitado" (in Spanish). 14 February 2023.
  11. ^ "El Supremo despeja el camino a Josep Rull para ser el candidato de JxCAT a la Generalitat" (in Spanish). 14 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Pro-independence parties name Josep Rull of Junts+ new parliament speaker". 20 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Josep Rull, nuevo presidente del Parlament con los votos de Junts, ERC y la CUP" (in Spanish). 20 June 2024.