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Ada Colau

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Ada Colau Ballano (Catalan: [ˈaðə kuˈlaw] Spanish: [ˈaða koˈlaw]; born 3 March 1974) is a Catalan activist and politician who was Mayor of Barcelona between 2015 and 2023. On 13 June 2015 she was elected Mayor of Barcelona, the first woman to hold the office, as part of the citizen municipalist platform, Barcelona En Comú. Colau was one of the founding members and spokespeople of the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca (PAH) (Platform for People Affected by Mortgages), which was set up in Barcelona in 2009 in response to the rise in evictions caused by unpaid mortgage loans and the collapse of the Spanish property market in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ada Colau is the 15,189th most popular politician (down from 15,107th in 2019), the 1,605th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,636th in 2019) and the 393rd most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ada Colau ranks 15,189 out of 19,576. Before her are Gyude Bryant, Kálmán Széll, Eevi Huttunen, Gerrard Winstanley, Sigurður Eggerz, and Kay Ivey. After her are Nygmet Nurmakov, Julius Curtius, Lev Rokhlin, Mary Harrison McKee, Heinrich Mark, and Sushma Swaraj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Ada Colau ranks 145. Before her are Gary Hall Jr., Vampeta, Masi Oka, Leonardo Jardim, Sofia Polgár, and Hicham El Guerrouj. After her are Emma Shapplin, Ivana Miličević, Zhou Xun, Grace Park, Sunday Oliseh, and Hrithik Roshan.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ada Colau ranks 1,605 out of 3,355. Before her are Amparo Baró (1937), Ángel Cabrera (1879), Antonio Olmo (1954), Beatriz Galindo (1465), Víctor Fernández (1960), and José Enrique (1986). After her are Albert Riera (1982), Juan Aguilera (1962), Dani Ceballos (1996), Jesús Vallejo (1997), Ricardo Samper (1881), and Joaquín Chapaprieta (1871).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Ada Colau ranks 393. Before her are Ernest Lluch (1937), Esperanza Aguirre (1952), Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols (1872), Julián Besteiro (1870), Maria del Mar Bonet (1947), and Teresa Ribera (1969). After her are Ricardo Samper (1881), Joaquín Chapaprieta (1871), Fernando de Santiago (1910), Carme Forcadell (1955), Margarita Robles (1956), and Pascual Madoz (1806).

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