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Robert Masih Nahar (born 5 September 1974) is an Indian-born Spanish politician from Catalonia. He became a member of the Senate of Spain in 2017. [1]
| This article may be confusing or unclear to readers.(June 2017) |
Robert Masih Nahar (born 5 September 1974) is an Indian-born Spanish politician from Catalonia. He became a member of the Senate of Spain in 2017. [1]
Robert Masih Nahar was born Gurdaspur, Punjab on 5 September 1974.
He earned a degree in chemistry. [2]
He moved to Barcelona in 2005. [2] He started to promote cricket in Catalonia in 2009. [2] He founded the Catalonia Cricket Club, the Union of Catalan Sport Cricket Clubs and the Catalan Cricket Federation. [3] He is the first player, promoter of the sport and representative of the Catalan International Cricket Committee. [3]
He acquired Spanish citizenship through marriage. [2]
In 2017, he replaced the former judge Santiago Vidal as an ERC Senator. [4] [5]
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