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Carles Puigdemont: The provocateur of Catalonia

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© LLUIS GENE / AFP | Catalan president Carles Puigdemont holds a carnation in Sant Julia de
Ramis, on October 01, 2017, during a referendum on independence for Catalonia banned by Madrid.

Video by FRANCE 24

Text by Ségolène ALLEMANDOU

Latest update : 2017-10-10

Carles Puigdemont is enemy No. 1 of the Spanish government. Though he became the Catalan president practically by chance, Puigdemont now represents the independence dream of millions of Catalans. On Tuesday, he may declare that the moment has come.

He's been president of the Catalan parliament since January 2016, but Carles Puigdemont (pronounced “Karlas Poutch-dé-mont”) still lives in Girona (population 100,000 and nearly 100km northeast of Barcelona), the town where he was mayor for five years (2011-2016). It's a choice perhaps made because he readily admits never having aspired to the presidency.

http://www.france24.com/en/20171008-carles-puigdemont-profile-biography-catalonia-president-spain