Antoni Infante
Antoni Infante (* 1958 in Guadix ) is a Valencian politician. He is the coordinator of the Platform for the Right of Self-Determination of the Valencian Country , a member of Poble Lliure (Free People) and promoter of the Confederation of Associations for Self-Determination of the Catalan Countries .
His family immigrated from Andalusia to the Valencian Community because of economic difficulties when he was a child. He became a communist at the end of Franquism . He took part in organizing the trade union Comisiones obreras (Workers' Committee) in Torrent and other villages in the Horta de València area. He later became Secretary General for the Horta area of Comisiones Obreras . In 1987 he made the decision to work for the Catalan independence movement and for the struggle for the Catalan countries . He also became a member of the Moviment de Defensa de la Terra (Movement for the Defense of the Land) in 1990. In 1991 he was one of the founders of the Assemblea Unitària per l'Autodeterminació (Unitary Assembly for Self-Determination), together with Lluís Maria Xirinacs , Carles Castellanos , Jaume Soler, Eva Serra i Puig and Blanca Serra i Puig u. a. In July 1992 he was arrested and tortured in the area of the so-called Operation Garzón against the Catalan independence movement. He writes regularly with media from Catalan countries such as La Veu del País Valencià , Levante-EMV , mon.cat , Llibertat.cat , Ràdio Klara , Lliure i Millor or València Extra .
Individual evidence
- ↑ elmon.cat conversation with Antoni Infante in El Món (Catalan)
- ↑ Acknowledgment to Antoni Infante for his 40 years of political struggle . (Catalan)
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| SURNAME | Infante, Antoni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Valencian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guadix |