Carles Riera i Albert
Carles Riera | |
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Carles Riera in January 2021 | |
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 25 October 2016 – 19 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Carles Riera i Albert 1 April 1960 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Political party | Popular Unity Candidacy |
| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
| Occupation | Social and political activist |
| Profession | Sociologist |
Carles Riera i Albert (born 1960) is a Catalan sociologist and politician.
During the 1980s he was a member and spokesman for the Call to Solidarity in Defense of Catalan Language, Culture and Nation, in the 90s he was a member of the secretariat of the People's Unity Assembly and currently is a member of Endavant. In the Catalan elections held on 27 September 2015, he formed part of the Popular Unity Candidacy–Constituent Call coalition which won 10 seats in the 135-member Parliament of Catalonia. He led the Popular Unity Candidacy party in the 2017 Catalan elections, in which won 4 seats.