Miquel Buch Moya

Miquel Buch i Moya (born 3 August 1975) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020. He was previously mayor of Premià de Mar, a municipality in north-eastern Spain.

Early life Buch was born on 3 August 1975 in Premià de Mar, Catalonia. He joined the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya, JNC) and Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) in 1996. He was national counsellor for JNC from 1997 to 2006 and for CDC since 2004.

Career Buch worked for the family business and the Red Cross before entering local politics. Buch contested the 1999 local elections as a Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Premià de Mar but failed to get elected. However, following the death of Lluís Cerdà he was appointed to the municipal council. After the election CiU formed an administration and Buch was appointed Deputy Mayor. He was re-elected at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 local elections.

Buch has served as president of the Catalan Association of Municipalities and Counties (ACMC), president of the Council of Local Government of Catalonia and vice-president of the Association of Municipalities for Independence. At the 2017 regional election Buch was placed 22nd on the Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 17 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected to the Parliament of Catalonia. At the election Catalan secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan Parliament. On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Buch was to be Minister of the Interior. He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

In July 2020 Buch joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party.

Personal life Buch is married to Cesca and has three children - Oriol, Biel and Clara. At 21 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Miquel BuchElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 1999 local Premià de Mar Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union Not elected 2003 local Premià de Mar Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 3 Elected 2007 local Premià de Mar Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2011 local Premià de Mar Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2015 local Premià de Mar Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 1 Elected 2017 regional Province of Barcelona Catalan European Democratic Party Together for Catalonia 22 Not elected