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Joan Carles Camp Areny (born 21 March 1962) is a current member of the General Council of Andorra. [1] [2]
He held the position of the Secretary of the Trade Union. He was a member of the Legislative Commission for Territorial Policy and Urbanism Member of the Legislative Commission for Economy (March 2015 - December 2017) [3]
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