Víctor Terradellas Maré

Víctor Terradellas Maré (1962 – 30 August 2025) was a Spanish businessman and cultural and political activist.

Life and career

Maré was president of the CATmón Foundation, and  promoter of the "Platform for Sovereignty" (constituted in 2007) he was editor of the magazines Catalan International View and ONGC.[1]  In 2011 he was appointed secretary of international relations of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC).[2]  He was arrested in May 2018 accused of being involved in the diversion of funds from the Provincial Council of Barcelona to the entity he directed. During that investigation, he was accused of maintaining contacts with the Kremlin, whose envoys had allegedly offered military and economic support to the Catalan state, but the case was dismissed.[3]

A Catalan independentist, he defended an unreserved strategic alliance between Catalonia and Israel.  He advocated the need for a potential independent Catalonia to have a military.[4]  He was one of the signatories in October 2017 of the manifesto entitled For the Catalan Republic, we lift the suspension of the Declaration of Independence, which urged not to heed the request of the Government of Spain, prior to the activation of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution in Catalonia.[5]

On 28 August 2025, he suffered a stroke. He died two days later, on 30 August, at the age of 62.[6]

References

  1. ^ e-noticies.cat/es. "E-Notícies en Español". e-noticies.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ^ Méndez, Rafael (16 November 2019). "Terradellas, el alfil en el Risk de Puigdemont cuyos diarios revelan la verdad de la DUI". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ^ Muere Víctor Terradellas, exresponsable de relaciones internacionales de CDC (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Víctor Terradellas (Fundació CATmón): 'Per descomptat, Catalunya haurà de tenir un exèrcit'". www.cugat.cat (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Membres del PDeCAT demanen que s'aixequi la suspensió de la declaració d'independència" (in Catalan). 14 October 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  6. ^ Abelló, Enric Borràs (31 August 2025). "Mor Víctor Terradellas, l'independentista de la trama russa del Procés". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 3 September 2025.
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