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Socialist Illa elected as leader of Spain's Catalonia

10 August 2024
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2024-08-10 11:18

Salvador Il la of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialists was elected as Catalonia's new leader on Thursday, becoming the first regional head not from a pro-independence party since 2010. Illa has been elected president with 68 votes in favor – 42 from his own party, 20 after gaining the support of pro-independence Esquerra Republicana, and six more from left-wing Comuns Sumar for the narrowest of majorities.

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