What is Ada Colau?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Ada Colau | image = Ada Colau, XII Premis Gaudí (2020).jpg | image_size = | alt = Ada Colau Ballano picture | caption = Colau in 2020 |birth_name=Ada Colau Ballano | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|03|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]] | residence = Barcelona | office = 119th [[List of Mayors of Barcelona|Mayor of Barcelona]] | term_start = 13 June 2015 | term_end = 17 June 2023 | predecessor = [[Xavier Trias]] | successor =[[Jaume Collboni]] | nationality = Spanish | occupation = activist, writer | party = [[Barcelona en Comú]] | spouse = Adrià Alemany Salafranca | children = Luca and Gael<ref>[http://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/noticias/2017-04-26/ada-colau-madre-segunda-vez-barcelona-gael_1373340/ Nace Gael, segundo hijo de Ada Colau]</ref> | website = http://adacolau.cat/en | box_width = | parents = Ramón Colau Rami<br>Agustina Ballano Bernal |signature=Firma de Ada Colau.svg}} '''Ada Colau Ballano''' ({{IPA-ca|ˈaðə kuˈlaw|lang}}; {{IPA-es|ˈaða koˈlau|lang}}; born 3 March 1974) is a Spanish<ref>{{cite web|title=Disillusioned Spain puts faith in new era of political activism|publisher=The Financial Times|date=25 June 2015|url=https://www.ft.com/content/0c92349a-1028-11e5-ad5a-00144feabdc0|access-date=23 August 2018|quote=One breed of Spanish politician is gradually making way for another. It is not exactly a matter of generational change, for the newcomers include experienced figures such as Manuela Carmena, 71, a judge emerita of the supreme court who, as a young lawyer, used to defend people persecuted by the Franco dictatorship. (...) A second example is Ada Colau, who rose to prominence as a campaigner for homeowners threatened with eviction, and who upset the apple cart to win election in May as mayor of Barcelona. Her counterpart in Valencia is Mònica Oltra, leader of a left