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Mas barred from public office over 9N vote

On 13 March 2017 Catalonia's High Court found former regional president Artur Mas, who had led Catalonia from 2010 to 2016, guilty of disobedience for holding the 2014 independence consultation, barring him from public office for two years and fining him €36,500.

Artur Mas (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 13 March 2017 Catalonia's High Court found former regional president Artur Mas, who had led Catalonia from 2010 to 2016, guilty of disobedience for holding the 2014 independence consultation, barring him from public office for two years and fining him €36,500. Mas said he would appeal in Spain and, if needed, before European courts.

Who was responsible

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  • Artur Mas

    Person

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    Mas barred from public office over 9N vote. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.bbc.com — sourcebbc.com · verified
  2. 2.elperiodico.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: mas+disobedience · verified
  3. 3.elpais.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: mas+disobedience · verified
  4. 4.rtve.eschecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: mas+disobedience · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Mas barred from public office over 9N vote. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/mas-barred-from-office-2017-03-13

https://factrail.ai/facts/mas-barred-from-office-2017-03-13

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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