Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas

Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol (born 22 November 1961) is a Spanish academic, lawyer and politician from Catalonia who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Alonso-Cuevillas and the second or maternal family name is Sayrol; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas

MP
Alonso-Cuevillas in December 2018
Member of the Congress of Deputies
Assumed office
16 May 2019
ConstituencyGirona
Personal details
Born
Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol

(1961-11-22) 22 November 1961
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Alma mater
OccupationAcademic
Websitealonso-cuevillas.org

Early life

Alonso-Cuevillas was born on 22 November 1961 in Barcelona, Catalonia.[1][2] He is the son and brother of lawyers.[3] He has a diploma in Catalan civil law (1984) and bachelor's degree in law (1985) from the University of Barcelona.[4] He received a doctorate in law from the university in 1990 after producing a thesis titled La Comparecencia Preparatoria del Juicio de Menor Cuantía.[4][5] He also has a bachelor's degree in economics and business administration from the Abat Oliba CEU University (2014) and a master's degree in audit of accounts (2015).[5][6]

Career

Alonso-Cuevillas was a scholar at the Ministry of Education and Science (1987-90).[4] He joined the University of Barcelona in 1988 as a lecturer (profesor colaborador).[4] He was promoted to interim associate professor (profesor titular interino) in 1992 and the following year became an associate professor (profesor titular de universidad).[4] In 2005 he became professor of procedural law.[4]

Alonso-Cuevillas was dean of the Bar Association of Barcelona (1997-05), president of the Council of Catalan Law (1999-00) and president of the European Federation of the Bar Association (2007-08).[1][7] He is a member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain.[8] He received the Ferran Termes Prize in 2015.[6]

Alonso-Cuevillas is the lawyer for exiled President of Catalonia Carles Puigdemont.[9][10] He contested the 2019 general election as a Together for Catalonia (JxCat) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[11][12]

In July 2020 Alonso-Cuevillas joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party.[13]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2019 general[11][12]Province of GironaIndependentTogether for Catalonia1Elected

References
  1. "Òmnium convida l'advocat de Puigdemont a la Sala Fiveller de Mollet". SomMollet (in Catalan). Mollet del Vallès, Spain. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  2. "Members: XIII Legislatura ( 2019-Actualidad) - Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol, Jaume" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  3. Oliveira, Susanna (10 February 2019). "Jaume Alonso- Cuevillas". Catalonia Today. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. "Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas Sayrol" (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain: University of Barcelona. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  5. "Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas Sayrol" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: University of Barcelona. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  6. "èTIC 2018: Ponents" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  7. Pellicer, Lluís (17 March 2005). "Cuevillas advierte a los vecinos del Carmel de que no serán indemnizados "como en Estados Unidos"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  8. "Els acadèmics de la UB" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: University of Barcelona. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  9. "Alonso-Cuevillas serà el candidat de Junts per Catalunya al Congrés per Girona". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  10. Barnils, Andreu; Salamé, Albert (13 January 2019). "Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas: 'Si em veig d'eurodiputat? Si al final sortís una proposta, i fos per a defensar la causa, sí'". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  11. "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. 34296. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  12. "Otras Disposiciones: Junta Electoral Central - Elecciones generales. Resultados" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 129. Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 30 May 2019. p. 57377. ISSN 0212-033X. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  13. @JACS_JaumeACS (19 July 2020). "Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas Sayrol on Twitter

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