Ferran Bel

Ferran Bel i Accensi (born 1 June 1965) is a Catalan economist, academic and politician. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Bel and the second or maternal family name is Accensi; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Ferran Bel
Bel in December 2015
Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
In office
8 January 2016 – 5 March 2019
ConstituencyTarragona
Member of the Senate of Spain
In office
20 November 2011 – 12 January 2016
ConstituencyTarragona
Mayor of Tortosa
In office
2007–2018
Preceded byJoan Sabaté i Borras
Succeeded byMeritxell Roigé i Pedrola
President of Baix Ebre County Council
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byJoan Bertomeu i Bertomeu
Succeeded byAndreu Martí i Garcia
Member of Tortosa Municipal Council
In office
2002–2018
Preceded byMarià Curto
Succeeded byJosep Cugat i Ginovart
Personal details
Born
Ferran Bel i Accensi

(1965-06-01) 1 June 1965
Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyCatalan European Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		Together for Catalonia
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationEconomist, academic

Early life

Bel was born on 1 June 1965 in Tortosa, Catalonia.[1][2] He was educated at San José school and Joaquim Bau Institute high school.[2] He has a bachelor's degree in economic and business sciences and a postgraduate qualification in economics and management of local and autonomous finance from the University of Barcelona (UB).[1][2] He was a research fellow at the Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics.[2]

Bel joined the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1995 and was president of its local branch between 2000 and 2004 and regional president of Baix Ebre from 2004 to 2007.[2] He was on the CDC's national council from 2004 and national executive committee from 2008.[2]

Career
Bel addresses the Senate of Spain on 20 June 2012
Bel addresses the CDC's "Acte a Cambrils" event on 21 June 2016

Bel worked as an economist at a professional firm of advisors he founded in 1991.[2][3] He was associate professor of public finance and corporate taxation at UB's Department of Economic Policy and Public Finance between 1990 and 2005.[1][2] He was an associate professor at the Rovira i Virgili University's (URV) Department of Private Procedural and Financial Law.[1] He has been associate professor at URV's Department of Economics since 2012.[1][3]

Bel entered Tortosa Municipal Council following the resignation of Marià Curto.[4] He contested the 2003 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Tortosa and was re-elected.[5][6] He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.[7][8][9][10][11][12] He was president of Baix Ebre County Council from 2003 to 2007.[2][3] He was mayor of Tortosa between 2007 and 2018.[1][13]

Bel contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Senate of Spain.[14][15] He contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[16][17] He was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[18][19] At the 2019 general election Bel was placed 2nd on the Together for Catalonia electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Tarragona but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.[20][21]

Bel is a member of the Association of Economists of Catalonia (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya), Registry of Economists and Tax Advisors (Registro de Economistas Asesores Fiscales, REAF), Registry of Forensic Economists (Registro de Economistas Forenses, REFOR) and Spanish Association of Accounting and Administration of Companies (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA).[1]

Personal life

Bel is married with two children, a son and a daughter.[1][2]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Ferran Bel
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2003 local[5][6]TortosaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union1Elected
2007 local[7][8]TortosaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union1Elected
2011 local[9][10]TortosaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union1Elected
2011 general[14][15]Province of TarragonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union1Elected
2015 local[11][12]TortosaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaConvergence and Union1Elected
2015 general[16][17]Province of TarragonaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaDemocracy and Freedom1Elected
2016 general[18][19]Province of TarragonaDemocratic Convergence of Catalonia1Elected
2019 general[20][21]Province of TarragonaCatalan European Democratic PartyTogether for Catalonia2Not elected

References
  1. "Members: XII Legislatura ( 2016-2019 ) - Bel Accensi, Ferran" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. "Biografia de l'alcalde de Tortosa, Ferran Bel Accensi". Tortosa, Spain: Ajuntament de Tortosa. p. Catalan. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  3. "Ferran Bel i Accensi" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Catalan European Democratic Party. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. Moreno, Gustau (4 May 2011). "Prohibit parlar de majoria absoluta". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  5. "Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona (in Catalan). No. 98. Tarragona, Spain: Diputació de Tarragona. 29 April 2003. p. 122. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  6. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Tortosa" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. "Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona (in Catalan). No. 95. Tarragona, Spain: Diputació de Tarragona. 25 April 2007. p. 133. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Tortosa" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  9. "Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona (in Catalan). No. 95. Tarragona, Spain: Diputació de Tarragona. 26 April 2011. p. 136. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  10. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Tortosa" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  11. "Administració Local: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tortosa". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Tarragona (in Catalan). No. 98. Tarragona, Spain: Diputació de Tarragona. 28 April 2015. p. 59. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  12. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Tortosa" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  13. "Alcaldes/esses anteriors". Tortosa, Spain: Ajuntament de Tortosa. p. Catalan. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  14. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 257. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111456. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  15. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Senado / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  16. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 281. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110871. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  17. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  18. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Tarragona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 131. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35712. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  19. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  20. "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Proclamación de candidaturas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 79. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 2 April 2019. p. 34422. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  21. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Abril 2019" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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