Montserrat Candini

Montserrat Candini i Puig (4 September 1957 – 19 July 2024)^[1] was a Spanish politician of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia and the Catalan European Democratic Party. She was the mayor of Calella (2011–2022), a member of the Senate of Spain (2008–2015) and of the Parliament of Catalonia (2015–2017).

Biography

Born in Barcelona, Candini studied journalism and a postgraduate course in political sciences at the University of Barcelona. She was by profession a civil servant in the Generalitat de Catalunya and was married and had a daughter.^[2]

In 1996, Candini became chief of cabinet to the Catalan Minister of Agriculture. In 2003, she was elected to the city council in Calella as number two on the Convergence and Union (CiU) list. After two terms in opposition, she was the first woman elected mayor of Calella in 2011.^[3] She stood down temporarily in November 2021 and permanently in May 2022 due to cancer.^[1]

In tandem with her municipal offices, Candini was a member of the Senate of Spain from 2008 to 2015, and of the Parliament of Catalonia from 2015 to 2017.^[1] She was 27th on the Junts pel Sí (JxS) list in the Barcelona constituency in the 2015 Catalan regional election,^[4] and was elected as the list won 32 deputies.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Muere Montserrat Candini, exalcaldesa de Calella, a los 66 años" [Montserrat Candini, former mayor of Calella, dies aged 66]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "Montserrat Candini anuncia que deja la alcaldía de Calella y renuncia al acta de concejala" [Montserrat Candini announces that she is leaving the Calella mayor's office and resigns her seat as a councillor]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Boix, Arnau (19 July 2024). "Mor Montserrat Candini, la primera alcaldessa de Calella" [Montserrat Candini, the first female mayor of Calella, dies]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "La llista de Junts pel Sí: qui són els candidats del 27-S" [The Junts pel Sí list: who are the candidates for the 27 September election] (in Catalan). VilaWeb. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ Ramos, David (27 September 2015). "Lista completa de diputados electos del Parlament" [Complete list of deputies elected to the Parliament of Catalonia]. HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.

External links

Montserrat Candini in the Senate of Spain (2008–2011)
Montserrat Candini in the Senate of Spain (2011–2015)

[periodico-1] "Muere Montserrat Candini, exalcaldesa de Calella, a los 66 años" [Montserrat Candini, former mayor of Calella, dies aged 66]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[2] "Montserrat Candini anuncia que deja la alcaldía de Calella y renuncia al acta de concejala" [Montserrat Candini announces that she is leaving the Calella mayor's office and resigns her seat as a councillor]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 11 May 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[3] Boix, Arnau (19 July 2024). "Mor Montserrat Candini, la primera alcaldessa de Calella" [Montserrat Candini, the first female mayor of Calella, dies]. El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[4] "La llista de Junts pel Sí: qui són els candidats del 27-S" [The Junts pel Sí list: who are the candidates for the 27 September election] (in Catalan). VilaWeb. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[5] Ramos, David (27 September 2015). "Lista completa de diputados electos del Parlament" [Complete list of deputies elected to the Parliament of Catalonia]. HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.

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