Chakir El Homrani

Chakir El Homrani Lesfar (born 1979) is a Spanish-Moroccan trade unionist, politician Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Homrani and the second or maternal family name is Lesfar.
The Honourable
Chakir El Homrani
MP
Homrani in June 2018
Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family
In office
2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byDolors Bassa
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byRoger Torrent
Member of the Catalan Parliament
for the Province of Barcelona
In office
26 October 2015 – 28 October 2017
Assumed office
23 March 2018
Member of the Municipality Council of Granollers
In office
2015–2018
Personal details
Born
Chakir El Homrani Lesfar

1979 (age 43–44)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona

Born in 1979 in Barcelona, Homrani studied sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Active in the trade union youth movement, he joined the nationalist Republican Left of Catalonia in 2004. He was elected to the municipality council in Granollers and the Parliament of Catalonia in 2015 and was appointed Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family in June 2018.

Early life and family

Homrani was born in 1979 in Barcelona, Catalonia to Moroccan parents.[1][2] He grew up in the Les Planes neighbourhood of Baixador de Vallvidrera in Barcelona and became a Spanish citizen in November 1997.[1][3][4] He has degree in sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).[2][3][5]

Homrani was secretary and national spokesperson of Avalot-Joves, the youth wing of the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT).[1][2][6] He was a member of the UGT's national committee and the national council.[2] He joined the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2004.[1][2]

Career

Homrani worked in vocational training field and the water and environment sector and had worked as a product manager for Aqua Development Network.[2][3][7] He has co-ordinated youth social and labour mediation projects (Eixam) and organised employment workshops.[2]

Homrani has been a trainer at the University of Barcelona's Institute of Educational Sciences of the UB and worked with the university's social platform project on cities and social cohesion.[2] He has also participated in the leadership program organised by the UAB's Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques and the Jaume Bofill Foundation.[2]

Homrani is a member of the Esplai Guai de Palou, Club Natació Granollers and the Fundació Josep Comaposada Sindicalistes Solidaris, with which he collaborated in co-operation projects in Morocco and Central America.[2] He is also a member of the Consell de Cooperació de Granollers, the Consell de la Joventut de Barcelona (CJB) and the Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya (CNJC).[2]

Homrani contested the 2015 local elections as an Republican Left of Catalonia-Accio Granollers (ERC-AG-A) electoral alliance candidate in Granollers and was elected.[8][9]

Homrani and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018

Homrani contested the 2015 regional election as a Junts pel Sí (JxSí) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.[10][11] At the 2017 regional election Homrani was placed 21st on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes alliance's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 18 seats in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected.[12][13] However, in March 2018, he, together with Magdalena Casamitjana i Aguilà and Assumpció Laïlla i Jou, were appointed to the Catalan Parliament following the resignation of Dolors Bassa, Carme Forcadell and Marta Rovira.[14][15]

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Homrani was to be Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.[16][17][18] He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[19][20][21]

Personal life

Homrani has a son and daughter.[1]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Chakir El Homrani
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2015 local[8][9]GranollersRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Accio Granollers3Elected
2015 regional[10][11]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaJunts pel Sí15Elected
2017 regional[12][13]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes21Not elected

References
  1. Serra Carné, Joan (10 June 2018). "Chakir El Homrani, el conseller de la diversitat que juga a rol". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. "Chakir El Homrani, un sociólogo y sindicalista para encabezar Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales". eldiario.es (in Spanish). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. "Perfil:Chakir el Homrani, un sindicalista pren el relleu de Bassa al capdavant de Treball, Afers Socials i Famílies". La Vanguardia (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  4. "Otras Disposiciones: Ministerio de Justicia - Nacionalidad española" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 March 1998. p. 10057. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. Santiago, Sandra (5 March 2007). "Chakir el Homrani:"Es imposible vivir dignamente con salarios de 600 euros"". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. "Chakir El Homrani, nou portaveu nacional de L'Avalot-Joves de la UGT de Catalunya". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Europa Press. 25 February 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. "ERC-Acció Granollers presenta Núria Maynou i Chakir El Homrani com a números 2 i 3". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Granollers". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 22 April 2015. p. 19. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  9. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Granollers" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  10. "Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya (6947): 10. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  11. "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes" (PDF) (in Catalan). Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  12. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 19 November 2017. p. 111420. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  13. "Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2017: Composició del Parlament" (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  14. "Assumpció Laïlla, Chakir El Homrani y Magda Casamitjana, ya pueden votar en el Parlament". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  15. "Tramitacions generals" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya. Parliament of Catalonia (43): 6–8. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  16. "Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  17. "Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  18. Puente, Arturo (19 May 2018). "Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  19. "Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  20. Villalonga, Carles (2 June 2018). "El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  21. "Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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