Ferran Bel Accensi

Ferran Bel i Accensi (born 1 June 1965) is a Spanish economist, academic and politician from Catalonia. He is a former member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and the Senate of Spain.

Early life Bel was born on 1 June 1965 in Tortosa, Catalonia. He was educated at San José school and Joaquim Bau Institute high school. He was associate professor of public finance and corporate taxation at UB's Department of Economic Policy and Public Finance between 1990 and 2005. He contested the 2003 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Tortosa and was re-elected. He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections. He was president of Baix Ebre County Council from 2003 to 2007.

Bel contested the 2011 general election as a CiU candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Senate of Spain. He contested the 2015 general election as a Democracy and Freedom (DiL) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Tarragona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies. He was re-elected at the 2016 general election. At the 2019 general election Bel was placed 2nd on the Together for Catalonia electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Tarragona but the alliance only managed to win one seat in the province and as a result he failed to get re-elected to the Congress of Deputies.

Bel is a member of the Association of Economists of Catalonia (Col·legi d'Economistes de Catalunya), Registry of Economists and Tax Advisors (Registro de Economistas Asesores Fiscales, REAF), Registry of Forensic Economists (Registro de Economistas Forenses, REFOR) and Spanish Association of Accounting and Administration of Companies (Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas, AECA).

Personal life Bel is married with two children, a son and a daughter.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Ferran BelElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 2003 local Tortosa Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2007 local Tortosa Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2011 local Tortosa Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2011 general Province of Tarragona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2015 local Tortosa Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2015 general Province of Tarragona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Democracy and Freedom 1 Elected 2016 general Province of Tarragona Democratic Convergence of Catalonia 1 Elected 2019 general Province of Tarragona Catalan European Democratic Party Together for Catalonia 2 Not elected