Pasqual Maragall
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I WANT TO HELP DEFEAT THIS DISEASE
An unpredictable and charismatic personality, his presence in several public institutions made him a figure admired and loved by his fellow citizens who saw him as a singular politician, faithful to his ideas, bold, imaginative and close to the people.
Pasqual Maragall a life dedicated to others
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Mayor of Barcelona for 15 years (1982-1997) and President of the Barcelona Olympic Committee in 1992.
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President of the Government of Catalonia from 2003 to 2006.
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He announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and wanted to boost research to beat the disease.
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“I want to help defeat this disease.
Nowhere is it written that it has to be invincible”.
Pasqual Maragall
Moments to remember
A legacy in pictures
Publications by Pasqual Maragall
Pasqual Maragall seen by others
La realidad de un sueño: Barcelona, sede olímpica de los Juegos Olímpicos de 1992
Jordi Mercader. Barcelona: Grijalbo, 1987.
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