Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
| Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida | |
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| Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office November 29, 1999 – February 5, 2001 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol |
| Preceded by | Xavier Pomés i Abella |
| Succeeded by | Núria de Gispert |
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| Born |
March 27, 1952 Alcampell, Huesca, Aragón, Spain |
| Nationality |
 Spain,  Gibraltar
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| Political party | Democratic Union of Catalonia (CiU) |
| Occupation | Politician and Lawyer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida (born March 27, 1952 in Alcampell, Huesca) is a Spanish politician. A qualified lawyer, Duran began his political career when he was elected MP in the General Elections of Spain in 1979, representing Lleida becoming tinent d'alcalde in the municipality of Lleida.
Currently Duran is an MP for Barcelona district, elected in the General Elections in 2004, and is a member of Convergence and Union (CiU). Duran i Lleida has also been the president of Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), a political party which is part of CiU, since 1987 and also from 1982 to 1984.
In November 2003 Duran i Lleida advocated calling gay marriage (which is legal in Spain) by a different name. In January 2007 Josep Antoni adopted the Gibraltar nationality as a stand against the Spanish government policies. Years after, in March 2012 during a fierce debate with Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy, Duran i Lleida asked for the immediate recognition of Kosovo by Spain, and stated that the reasons for non-recognition "are not international but internal".
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