Josep Anglada
Josep Anglada Rius | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Vic City Council | |
| 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 by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Simó (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 June 1959 Vic, Spain |
| Political party | Som Identitaris (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014) National Front (1988–1992) New Force (until 1982) |
Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia. 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".
In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran. In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison.