Toni Postius Terrado
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Biography
Antoni Postius i Terrado (born 11 August 1984) is a Catalan politician and a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Early life
Postius was born on 11 August 1984 in Lleida, Catalonia. He was educated at the Joan XXIII and Joc de la Bola public schools and IES Ronda. He has a degree in law from the University of Lleida. He also spent a year at University College Vitus Bering in Horsens, Denmark. He has a degree in law and is a member of the bar association in Lleida. He was head of the local branch of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (JNC) (2006–08), president of JNC in Lleida (2008–10) and a member of the JNC's National Executive Committee.
Career
Postius is a computer engineer and was a co-owner of a computer company before joining the family business, Tintorerías Postius.
Postius contested the 2011 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Lleida and was elected. He was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.
Postius contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Lleida and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. He was re-elected at the 2016 general election.
Postius is the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT)'s mayoral candidate in Lleida at the 2019 local elections. He contested the 2019 local elections as a Together for Catalonia (JxCat) candidate in Lleida and was re-elected though he did not become mayor.
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2011 local | Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Convergence and Union | 6 | Elected | ||
2015 local | Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Convergence and Union | 1 | Elected | ||
2015 general | Province of Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | Democracy and Freedom | 1 | Elected | ||
2016 general | Province of Lleida | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia | 1 | Elected | |||
2019 local | Lleida | Catalan European Democratic Party | Together for Catalonia | 1 | Elected |