Josep Anglada

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Anglada and the second or maternal family name is Rius.

Josep Anglada Rius (born 21 June 1959 in Vic) is a Spanish far-right politician from Catalonia.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} 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".^[12]

Josep Anglada Rius
Member of the Vic City Council
Incumbent
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	(1959-06-21)21 June 1959 Vic, Spain
Political party	Som Identitaris [ca] (since 2016)
Other political affiliations	Platform for Catalonia (2002–2014) National Front (1988–1992) New Force (until 1982)[1]

In 2017 he was sentenced to 2 years of prison for threatening in Twitter an adolescent activist of Arran.^[13] In 2018 he was found guilty on a charge for data disclosure and sentenced to 1 year of prison.^[14]