Basha Changue | |
|---|---|
| Changue in 2021 | |
| Deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2021 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Councillor of Moià City Council | |
| In office 15 June 2019 –2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Basharat Changue i Canalejo 1984 (age 40–41) Nou Barris,Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Nationality | Catalan |
| Political party | Popular Unity Candidacy |
| Occupation | Politician |
Basharat Changue i Canalejo (born 1984),better known as Basha Changue [1] [2] and informally as Basha Changuerra, [3] is a Catalan activist and politician who has served as a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia since 12 March 2021.
Basharat Changue i Canalejo was born in 1984,in the Nou Barris district of Barcelona. [4] The daughter of an Equatoguinean father and an Andalusian mother,she studied interior design and social integration. [5] As an anti-racist and Afro-feminist activist,she is the promoter of the AfroFem Koop cooperative and a member of the Comunitat Negra Africana i Afrodescendent a Catalunya group. [3] She presided over the Afroféminas political organization. [6] She also collaborates in various media and has been councillor for the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) in Moià City Council. [7]
Ahead of the elections to the Parliament of Catalonia in 2021,she ranked 5th on the CUP-Guanyem list for the constituency of Barcelona and was elected as a member of the 13th Parliament of Catalonia. [8]
On 18 September 2022,she was chosen to head the broad list,of which the CUP is part,for the 2023 Barcelona City Council election. [9] She lost.