Lluc Salellas i Vilar

Lluc Salellas
Mayor of Girona
Assumed office
17 June 2023
Preceded byMarta Madrenas i Mir
Girona City Councilor
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Member of the national secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
BornLluc Salellas i Vilar
(1984-12-31) December 31, 1984
Girona, Spain
PartyPopular Unity Candidacy
Other political
affiliations
Guanyem Girona
Alma mater

Lluc Salellas i Vilar (born December 31, 1984) is a Spanish journalist and politician who is the current Mayor of Girona since 2023. Since 2016 he is a member of the national secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy.

Biography

Lluc Salellas i Vilar was born on December 31st in Girona, Spain to Sebastià Salellas i Magret who was a lawyer, and Glòria Vilar. His brother Benet Salellas is also a lawyer and a former member of the Parliament of Catalonia from 2015 to 2017. He began his political career in 2012 as the head of the Popular Unity Candidacy for Girona Council in the 2012 Catalan Parliament elections the year which this political party ran for Spanish parliamentary seats and won 3 councils in Barcelona.[1][2]

Lluc Salellas i Vilar graduated from Pompeu Fabra University with a degree in Journalism and Political Science, and holds a masters degree in Nationalism Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He was elected mayor of Girona in 2023.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Recursos | Servei de Gestió Documental, Arxius i Publicacions (SGDAP). Ajuntament de Girona". www.girona.cat. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  2. ^ Coll, Josep (2025-09-18). "Lluc Salellas: 'El que ho ha fet bé amb les escombraries ho veurà reflectit en la taxa'". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  3. ^ EFE (2023-06-17). "Lluc Salellas, un activista de l'esquerra independentista que dona a la CUP la seva primera capital". elperiodico (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  4. ^ "Lluc Salellas serà l'alcalde de Girona per al període 2023-2027". Ajuntament de Girona (in Catalan). Retrieved 2025-10-10.