Born on 10 September 1946 in Girona, Spain

• Law degree, Madrid, 1978
• Secretary General of the Municipality of Andorra la Vella, 1970-80
• Lawyer practising in Andorra, 1980
• Secretary General of the Andorra Bar Association, 1984-92
• President of the Bar Association, 1993-95
• Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Spanish National Open University, 1985-98
• President of Section from 1 February 2008 to 3 November 2011
• Vice-President of the Court from 4 November 2011 to 31 October 2015
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1996 to 31 October 2015