Quim Torra

Joaquim Torra i Pla (born 28 December 1962) is a Catalan nationalist politician, lawyer and editor. Torra was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from 2018 to 2020 and is the 131st President of Catalonia since May 2018.^[1]

Quim Torra
Torra in December 2015
131st President of Catalonia
In office 17 May 2018 – 28 September 2020
Monarch	Felipe VI
Preceded by	Carles Puigdemont
Succeeded by	Carles Puigdemont (acting)
Member of the Catalan Parliament for the Province of Barcelona
In office 17 January 2018 – 27 January 2020
Personal details
Born	Joaquim Torra i Pla (1962-12-28) 28 December 1962 (age 62) Blanes, Catalonia, Spain
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Junts per Catalunya
Residence	Barcelona
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Barcelona
Occupation	Lawyer and editor

Torra was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia at the 2017 regional election as an independent candidate for the pro-independence Junts per Catalunya electoral alliance. In May 2018 he was elected 131^st President of Catalonia after the Spanish courts blocked three other candidates.

In March 2020, Torra tested positive for COVID-19 during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

In September 2020, he was removed from office.