Concepció Ferrer

Concepció Ferrer studied at University of Barcelona and University of Strasbourg. The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Brussels and Barcelona. Residence is recorded at Figueres. Positions recorded include Member of the Parliament of Catalonia and First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross and Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia.

• Name — Concepció Ferrer • Birth Name — Concepció Ferrer Casals • Born — 27 January 1938 • Birthplace — Ripoll, Spain • Occupation — Academic, politician • Awards — Creu de Sant Jordi (2011) • Alma Mater — University of Barcelona • Party — * Democratic Union of Catalonia • European People's Party • Office1 — Second Deputy Defender of the People of Spain • Term1 — 2012 • Office2 — Member of the European Parliament for Spain • Term Start2 — 1986 • Term End2 — 2004 • Office3 — Deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia • Term Start3 — 1980 • Term End3 — 1987 • Constituency3 — Girona • Office4 — Second Vice-President of the Parliament of Catalonia • Term4 — 1980 • Office5 — First Vice-President of the Parliament of Catalonia • Term Start5 — 1980 • Term End5 — 1984 • Successor5 — Arcadi Calzada i Salavedra • Office6 — Councilor of Figueres • Term6 — 1979

With a licentiate in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona, since the 1970s Concepció Ferrer has lived in Figueres, where she has been a professor of contemporary literature. In 1977 she joined the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). In the municipal elections of 1979, she was elected councilor of the municipality of Figueres. Later, she obtained the Catalonian Parliament seat for the constituency of Girona when the first elections were held after the approval of the Statute of Catalan Autonomy, renewing her mandate in 1984, both times within the candidacy of Convergence and Union (CiU). From 1980 to 1984 she served as First Vice-President of the Catalan Parliament. In the European elections of 1987 she was elected deputy of the European Parliament, a seat that she renewed in the successive electoral calls until 2004. At the European level, she was vice-president of the European People's Party and president of the Unión Femenina Democristiana Europea. She has been a member of the Academic and Social Council of the International University of Catalonia, and in 2012 she was elected Second Deputy of the Defender of the People, a responsibility she currently holds. In 2011, she was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi.

• El Parlament Europeu, motor de la construcció europea • Nacionalisme i europeisme (1990) • Reflexions europees (1994) • La Utopia d'Europa (1994), • Petita Història d'Europa (1998), • Una veu a Europa (1999), • Torn de paraula (2004), • Petita Història dels Drets Humans (2010),