Birth Name: Alberto Carlos Rivera Díaz
Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of Birth: November 15, 1979
Ethnicity: Spanish [Andalusian]
Albert Rivera is a Spanish lawyer and politician, who has been the leader of Citizens since July 2006. He is a member of the Congress of Deputies and a former member of the Parliament of Catalonia.
Rivera is the only child of Agustín Rivera, member of a working class family from La Barceloneta, and María Jesús Díaz, who had emigrated from Cútar, Málaga.
His paternal grandparents were Alberto Rivera and Isidra. They were from Arroyo de los Ángeles district, Málaga.
His maternal grandfather was Lucas Díaz.