Miquel Sàmper

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

The Honourable Miquel Sàmper
Minister of Business and Labour of Catalonia
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2024
President	Salvador Illa
Preceded by	Roger Torrent
Minister of the Interior of Catalonia
In office 3 September 2020 – 26 May 2021
President	Quim Torra
Preceded by	Miquel Buch
Succeeded by	Joan Ignasi Elena
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 58–59) Terrassa, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship	Spanish
Political party	Together for Catalonia
Spouse	Montse Riba
Children	4

Miquel Sàmper i Rodríguez (born 1966) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia and, since 3 September 2020, Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat de Catalunya.[1]

Career

He received a degree in Law and Political Science. Before he entered politics, he owned a law office in his hometown of Terrassa. He was Dean of the Bar Association of Terrace, President of the Catalan Lawyers and Deputy President of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers. He was also one of the promoters of the first Mortgage Brokerage Office in Spain.[2]

In 2015, he was the CiU candidate for mayor of Terrassa and finished in fourth place with three councilors.[3] After the elections, he and his party abstained during the mayoral election, thereby facilitating the election of Jordi Ballart, the PSC candidate, as mayor.[4] Four years later, he ran for re-election, this time under the name of Junts per Terrassa. However, he ran as number two on the party list, giving the number one spot to the exiled councilor Lluís Puig.[5] His party won two seats in that election.[6]

On 3 September 2020, during a cabinet reshuffle, he was chosen by Catalan President Quim Torra to replace Miquel Buch as Minister of the Interior of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

References

1. "Sàmper, Tremosa i Ponsa, nous consellers del Govern". ElNacional.cat. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
2. Palau, La torre del. "Qui és Miquel Sàmper, el nou conseller d'Interior? | La torre del Palau". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
3. NacióDigital. "Terrassa | Resultats Eleccions Municipals 2015 | NacióDigital". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-04.
4. "CiU facilitará con abstención alcaldía Terrassa al PSC". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
5. MónTerrassa (2019-04-26). "La Llista de Junts per Terrassa pel 26-M". MónTerrassa (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-05.
6. NacióManresa. "Resultats eleccions municipals 2019 a Terrassa, Vallès Occidental (Barcelona) | NacióManresa". www.naciodigital.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2020-09-05.