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- ↑ "Enric Tarrado Vives". Consell General (in Catalan). Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Detall dels resultats". Government of Andorra. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Diplomatic missions to the Principality of Liechtenstein" (PDF). Government of Liechtenstein. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ↑ "Enric Tarrado cessa com a ambaixador a la Suïssa, Mònaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein i representant permanent a l'Oficina de les Nacions Unides a Ginebra". Government of Andorra (in Catalan). 27 February 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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