Joan Josep Nuet

Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals (born 6 August 1964) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who currently serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia. A member of the Party of the Communists of Catalonia since 1986, Nuet became its secretary-general in January 2010. He has been secretary-general of the Communists of Catalonia since its formation in November 2014. He was co-ordinator general of the United and Alternative Left from June 2012 to June 2019. Nuet was a member of Montcada i Reixac Municipal Council from 1991 to 2003 and served two terms as a deputy mayor. He was an appointed member of the Senate of Spain from December 2006 to February 2011. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies from December 2011 to October 2015 and a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from October 2015 till his resignation in March 2019. He was Third Secretary of the Parliament of Catalonia from October 2015 to October 2017. He was elected to the Congress of Deputies at the April and November 2019 Spanish general election. After a trial on charges of disobedience for his role in the Catalan declaration of independence, he was handed down an eight-month ban from public office and expelled from Congress on 4 May 2021. Nuet was born on 6 August 1964 in Reus, Catalonia. He is the son of Joan Nuet i Pallèja, a Republican veteran of the Battle of the Ebro, and Montserrat Pujals. He has a sister, Montserrat. Nuet left Reus in 1988 to study history in Tarragona, specialising in contemporary history. He lived in Barcelona for a couple of years before settling in Montcada i Reixac with his partner. Nuet has a degree in geography and history from the University of Barcelona. Nuet joined the Party of the Communists of Catalonia (PCC) in 1986 and served as secretary-general of its youth wing, the Collectives of Young Communists – Communist Youth (CJC-JC). One of his earliest political acts was campaigning against Spain joining NATO in the 1986 referendum.