--- type: politician_profile lang: en canonical: https://www.politicaelectoral.com/en/spain/politicians/jordi-turull nombre: Jordi Turull i Negre partido: junts generado: 2026-05-02T21:44:40 data_crc: 2d1b4ab0 --- Jordi Turull i Negre is a Catalan **Junts** leader and the party’s **General Secretary** since 2022. ## Political career Jordi Turull was born in **1969** in Catalonia and built his political career within the Catalan nationalist and pro-independence movement. Before entering frontline institutional politics, he developed a profile in local and regional Catalan politics, gradually becoming associated with the centre-right nationalist tradition that later converged into the pro-independence space. His trajectory reflects the evolution of Catalan nationalism from autonomist politics towards the independence strategy adopted by **Junts per Catalunya**. Turull became a **member of the Parliament of Catalonia in 2010**, a post he has held continuously. In the chamber, he established himself as a prominent parliamentary operator and party strategist, particularly on questions linked to self-government, institutional reform and the status of Catalonia within Spain. His parliamentary work placed him close to the core of the governing nationalist majority during the years in which the independence question became dominant in Catalan politics. In **2016–2017**, he served as **Regional Minister of the Presidency of the Government of Catalonia**, one of the most politically sensitive portfolios in the executive. That period coincided with the peak of the unilateral independence process and the institutional confrontation between the Catalan institutions and the Spanish state. As minister, he was part of the government led by Carles Puigdemont and was involved in the final phase of the pro-independence roadmap. Since **2022**, Turull has served as **General Secretary of Junts per Catalunya**, one of the most important organisational posts in the party. In that role he has become central to internal coordination, strategic positioning and negotiations with other political forces, while remaining a visible public representative of Junts’s political line. ## Relationship with the public Turull is a **high-recognition** figure in Catalan politics, especially among pro-independence voters who identify with Junts’s institutional and confrontational approach to the Spanish state. He is often seen as a party activist with strong disciplinary skills rather than a purely technocratic politician. This gives him credibility inside pro-independence networks, but also makes him a polarising figure outside that base. His relationship with the electorate is closely tied to his role in the independence process and to the symbolic weight of the period in which he was prosecuted by Spanish courts. For supporters, that association reinforced an image of commitment and sacrifice. For critics, it strengthened the view that Junts leadership figures prioritised confrontation over practical governance. Turull has also been a frequent media presence, particularly in the Catalan press and on political television and radio. He is generally considered a disciplined communicator who speaks in a combative but controlled style. His interventions often stress legitimacy, negotiation from strength, and defence of Catalan institutions. He tends to communicate in terms that are highly legible to the pro-independence electorate, while remaining a recognisable interlocutor for journalists covering Catalan institutional politics. ## Positions and political profile Turull’s political profile is defined by **Catalan self-determination**, defence of the Catalan institutions, and support for the strategic centrality of **Junts** within the pro-independence camp. He is identified with a politics of national rights, pressure tactics in negotiations with Madrid, and an insistence that any lasting settlement must recognise Catalonia as a political subject. Inside Junts, he is generally perceived as an organiser and loyalist with strong party discipline. He belongs to the leadership generation that helped translate the legacy of the former post-convergent tradition into the more explicitly pro-independence project of Junts. Outside the party, he is often viewed as a firm and uncompromising nationalist leader, though also as a capable institutional politician with experience of government and parliamentary negotiation. A defining moment in his career was his role in the final phase of the **2017 independence process** and the consequences that followed. That episode shaped his public standing more than any other, making him one of the most recognisable figures associated with the confrontation between Catalonia’s institutions and the Spanish judicial and constitutional framework. **Final court conviction:** in the **Catalan independence case** (*judici del procés*), he received a sentence of **12 years’ imprisonment** and **12 years’ disqualification** for **sedition** and **misuse of public funds**; the **Spanish Supreme Court** imposed the sentence, which was later partially changed by legislative reforms affecting the legal classification of some offences. ## Frequently asked questions **Who is Jordi Turull?** Jordi Turull is a Catalan politician from **Junts per Catalunya** who has been the party’s **General Secretary** since 2022 and has sat in the **Parliament of Catalonia** since 2010. **What is Jordi Turull’s current role?** He is the **General Secretary of Junts per Catalunya**, the party led by the pro-independence space that emerged from the post-convergent tradition. **What offices has Jordi Turull held?** He has been **Member of Parliament in Catalonia** since 2010 and served as **Regional Minister of the Presidency** in 2016–2017 during the Puigdemont government. **Why is Jordi Turull well known in Catalan politics?** He is closely associated with the **2017 independence process** and later became one of the key leaders shaping Junts’s strategy and internal organisation. **What is Jordi Turull’s political position?** He supports **Catalan self-determination**, stronger national recognition for Catalonia, and a combative negotiating stance with the Spanish state. **Has Jordi Turull had a judicial conviction related to office?** Yes. In the **Catalan independence case**, the Spanish Supreme Court sentenced him to **12 years’ imprisonment** and **12 years’ disqualification** for **sedition** and **misuse of public funds**.