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Mateu Cañellas

Mateu Cañellas

Spanish middle-distance runner

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cañellas and the second or maternal family name is Martorell.

Mateo Cañellas Martorell, commonly known as Mateu Cañellas (born 27 April 1972 in Inca, Mallorca), is a retired Spanish middle distance runner and former politician. He served as Minister of Sports and Youth of the Baleric Islands from 2007 to 2010 in the Antich II government.[1][2] He was a member of the regionalist party Majorcan Union. In 2011, he was accused of being a part of a corruption case in his party, and given liberty with charges,[3] until in 2016 he was acquitted.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Mateu Cañellas (UM) conseller de Deportes y Juventud". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 7 July 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Cañellas se marcha "orgulloso de haber trabajado honradamente"". Última Hora (in Spanish). 5 February 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. [3]
    Candia, Patricio; Malagón, Víctor (28 February 2011). "El juez decreta prisión bajo fianza de 300.000 € para Cerdó y de 100.000 para Cortés". Última Hora (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    Armendáriz, Fernando (17 May 2016). "La denuncia del complot, clave para exculpar a Mateu Cañellas". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Palma. Retrieved 5 March 2021.


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