Elisenda Paluzie

Elisenda Paluzie
Paluzie at a strike in 2019
President of the Catalan National Assembly
In office
24 March 2018  21 May 2022
Preceded byJordi Sànchez
Succeeded byDolors Feliu
Personal details
Born (1969-10-13) 13 October 1969
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia (2018-2012)
Parent
  • Lluís Paluzie i Mir (father)
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Universitat de Barcelona
Yale University
École des ponts ParisTech
OccupationEconomist, activist and politician
AwardsCatalan Award of Economy

Elisenda Paluzie i Hernández (born 13 October 1969) is a Catalan economist, politician, and professor from Spain. Since 24 March 2018 she is president of the Assemblea Nacional Catalana, a Catalan independence organization. She has served as Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona since 2001, is the director of the Centro de Análisis Económico y de las Políticas Sociales ("Center for Economic Analysis and Social Policy") there, which is integrated into the Research Institute of the Barcelona Economic Analysis Team.

In 2022, she was elected as a vice president of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.