Pilar Calvo

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Calvo and the second or maternal family name is Gómez; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Pilar Calvo
Calvo in February 2019
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 March 2021
Preceded byLaura Borràs
ConstituencyBarcelona
Personal details
Born
Maria Pilar Calvo i Gómez

(1963-05-03) 3 May 1963 (age 61)
NationalitySpanish
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
OccupationJournalist
Websitehttps://pilarcalvo.com

Maria Pilar Calvo i Gómez (born 3 May 1963) is a Spanish journalist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

Early life

Calvo was born on 3 May 1963 in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Career

Calvo is a sports journalist and has been a member of the Association of Journalists of Catalonia (Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya) since 1989.[1][3] She has worked for various media organisations including Catalunya Ràdio and TV3.[4][5] Her career at Catalunya Ràdio's sports department began when the station was established in 1983.[6] She provided daily news on FC Barcelona and for 13 years she participated in the Futbol a Catalunya Ràdio show.[6][7] She then moved to TV3 where she presented programmes such as Gol a Gol, Entorn and Tres punts.[6] She has worked as a production assistant for Televisión Española and written articles for Sport, El Periódico de Catalunya and Futari.[6] She was in charge of sponsorship at Gestora Clubs DiR, SL.[6] In recent years she has worked as a consultant in different sectors in China, Europe and South America and is a partner in Esportia, an electronic sports consultancy firm.[3][6]

At the 2017 regional election Calvo was placed 64th on the Together for Catalonia (JxCat) electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.[8][9] She was one of the founding members of National Call for the Republic in 2018.[3][4] She was spokesperson for detained Catalonia independence leaders Joaquim Forn, Josep Rull, Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull during their hunger strike in December 2018.[3][7]

At the 2019 local elections she was placed eighth on JxCat's list of candidates in Barcelona, but the alliance only managed to win five seats in the city and as a result she failed to get elected.[10][11] At the November 2019 general election she was placed seventh on the JxCat's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win four seats in the province and as a result he failed to get elected.[12][13] However, in March 2021, she was appointed to the Congress of Deputies following the election of Laura Borràs to the Parliament of Catalonia.[14][15]

Calvo is co-ordinator of Together for Catalonia's (Junts) Barcelona branch.[1][3]

Electoral history

Electoral history of Pilar Calvo
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2017 regional[8][9] Province of Barcelona Together for Catalonia 64 Not elected
2019 local[10][11] Barcelona National Call for the Republic Together for Catalonia 8 Not elected
2019 November general[12][13] Province of Barcelona Independent Together for Catalonia 7 Not elected

References

  1. ^ a b c "Organización de la Cámara: Diputadas y diputados - XIV Legislatura (2019-Actualidad) - Calvo Gómez, Pilar" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. ^ Lillo, Manuel (31 August 2020). "Pilar Calvo: "Trigarem una generació a recuperar-nos de la marxa de Messi"". El Temps (in Catalan). Valencia, Spain. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e Velert Irles, Jordi (9 December 2020). "Les noves cares al territori del partit de Puigdemont". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "La periodista Pilar Calvo sustituye a Laura Borràs en el Congreso". Crónica Global (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ Subirana, Jordi (17 April 2019). "La periodista Pilar Calvo será la número 8 de la lista de Forn". Metropoli (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Les periodistes esportives. Pilar Calvo" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: TV3. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Pilar Calvo, ex Catalunya Ràdio y TV3, octava en la lista de JxCat". Guía de la Radio (in Spanish). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111428. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona - Proclamació de les candidatures per a les eleccions municipals de la Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 30 April 2019. p. 17. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2019 – Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales – Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 248. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 15 October 2019. p. 113508. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Pilar Calvo pren possessió de l'escó al Congrés en substitució de Borràs". El Nacional (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  15. ^ Serra, Ot (17 March 2021). "El Suprem inicia els tràmits per traslladar la causa de Borràs a Catalunya". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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