Josep Pujadas Domingo
Spanish jurist, lawyer and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Josep Pujadas Domingo (April 6, 1931) is a Spanish parliamentarian, lawyer and businessman who was a member of the 1st Spanish Congress of Duputies representing Catalonia from March 27, 1980, to August 31, 1982.[1] Pujadas was present in parliamentary session in Madrid on February 23, 1981, when a military group of 200 of the Guardia Civil attempted a coup d'état by storming into a meeting of the Congress of Deputies. After burst of machine-gun fire, Pujadas, along with 350 members of Parliament, was held hostage for about 17 hours. All emerged uninjured the next morning after the coup failed. The event was made into a motion picture by Warner Brothers entitled 23F: la película (Spanish nomenclature for 23 February).
Pujadas is former CEO of PJM Pujadas, S.A., a privately held manufacturer of specialized adhesives. Pujadas' great-grandfather founded the business in 1890 making industrial chemicals. Pujadas has served on numerous governmental committees and agencies.