Jaume Duch Guillot, born in February 1962 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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 (Spain), is the spokesperson of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 a position he held first ad interim (since July 2006) and permanently since July 2008.

Function

As the spokesperson of the European Parliament Duch Guillot responds to media inquiries, namely by the accredited Brussels based correspondents, on matters relating to the European Parliament as an institution. In this capacity he regularly chairs press briefings on the activities of Parliament’s plenary meetings and supports the Parliament’s President in his relations with the media at different occasions.

Duch Guillot is also Director of the Media Directorate within the Directorate-General for Communication of the Parliament's administration

Secretariat of the European Parliament

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 , including the press service, the web communication unit, the audiovisual service and Parliament’s web TV, EuroparlTV

EuroparlTV

EuroparlTV is the official online platform for webcasting from the European Parliament. The service includes live streaming of parliamentary sessions and committee meetings, archived content, debate programmes and educational videos. Subtitles and voice-overs in the 22 official languages of the...

 

Biographical Information

Before becoming spokesperson and Director, Duch Guillot was head of the press room unit (1999-2006) and press adviser with the private office of the then President of the European Parliament José Maria Gil-Robles

José María Gil-Robles

José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado is a Spanish politician. He was formerly a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1997 to 1999.-References:...

 (1997-1999).

He started his career within the Parliament administration as an official in 1990, prior to which he was an assistant to a Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...

 (1987-1989) from a Catalan

Catalonia

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 party and associate professor for international public law and European law at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

The University of Barcelona is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia in Spain. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, LERU, European University Association, Mediterranean Universities Union, International Research Universities Network and Vives Network...

 (1986-1990). He holds a Master in law from the University of Barcelona.

Duch Guillot speaks Spanish, Catalan

Catalan language

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, French, English and Italian. He is married with three children and lives in Brussels

Brussels

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. He has published various articles on matters related to the EU and communication.

External links

• “The media like drama, the EU cannot deliver it” (Portrait of Duch Guillot produced during the European Youth Media Days)