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'''Amadeu Abril i Abril''' is a professor at ESADE Law School, Ramon Llull University in Barcelona. He teaches European Union Law, Competition Law, and IT Law. He also serves as a secretary to the Competition Law & Policy Section of the Barcelona Bar where he was admitted in 1985.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm icann.org]</ref>

He has played a significant role in the [[DNS]] reform process which resulted in the existence of [[ICANN]]<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm ICANN.org bio]</ref> and he is considered as one of the pioneers of Internet.<ref>[http://www.wiwiw.org/pioneers/amadeu-abril.htm wiwiw.org]</ref>

== Career History ==

* He worked at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition Policy from 1986 to 1988. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm]

* [[DNSO]] selected him for the [[ICANN Board]], his term started in 1999 and ended on 26 June 2003. [http://www.icann.org/en/biog/abriliabril.htm] He is the only Catalan and one of only two Spaniards to have been a member of ICANN's Board of Directors. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/ CircleID]</ref>

* He led the campaign for [[.cat]], the [[TLD]] exclusive to Catalan language. It was approved in 2005.[http://www.circleid.com/posts/the_catalan_campaign_to_win_cat_top_level_domain/]

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