President of the Government of Catalonia
The president of the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: [President de la Generalitat de Catalunya] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), IPA: [pɾəziˈðen də lə ʒənəɾəliˈtad də kətəˈluɲə]) is one of the main parts of government that make up the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The president also is head of government of Catalonia.
| President of the Government of Catalonia
President de la Generalitat de Catalunya | |
|---|---|
| 120px Emblem of the Generalitat | |
| Style | El Molt Honorable Senyor (The Right Honourable) |
| Residence | Casa dels Canonges |
| Nominator | Parliament of Catalonia |
| Appointer | Monarch of Spain |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Berenguer de Cruïlles (1359) |
| Formation | 1359 |
| Website | www.president.cat |
The current acting president is Salvador Illa since 8 August 2024.
Presidents (since 1977)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government | Election | Monarch (Reign) |
Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | Cabinet name | Composition | |||||||
| 65px | Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) |
18 October 1977 |
29 April 1980 |
2 years and 194 days | ERC | Tarradellas | Provisional PSC • ERC • PSUC • CDC • UCD |
N/A | King Juan Carlos I 60px (1975–2014) |
[1] [2] | |
| 65px | Jordi Pujol (born 1930) |
29 April 1980 |
13 June 1984 |
23 years and 233 days | CDC | Pujol I | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by CC–UCD and ERC) |
1980 | [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] | ||
| 13 June 1984 |
1 July 1988 |
Pujol II | CDC • UDC • ERC until Feb 1987 |
1984 | |||||||
| 1 July 1988 |
13 April 1992 |
Pujol III | 1988 | ||||||||
| 13 April 1992 |
21 December 1995 |
Pujol IV | 1992 | ||||||||
| 21 December 1995 |
24 November 1999 |
Pujol V | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by PP 1999–2003) |
1995 | |||||||
| 24 November 1999 |
18 December 2003 |
Pujol VI | 1999 | ||||||||
| 65px | Pasqual Maragall (born 1941) |
18 December 2003 |
28 November 2006 |
2 years and 345 days | PSC | Maragall | Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV |
2003 | [10] [11] | ||
| PSC • ICV (minority government) | |||||||||||
| 65px | José Montilla (born 1955) |
28 November 2006 |
27 December 2010 |
4 years and 29 days | PSC | Montilla | Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV |
2006 | [12] [13] | ||
| 65px | Artur Mas (born 1956) |
27 December 2010 |
24 December 2012 |
5 years and 16 days | CDC | Mas I | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by ERC 2012–2015) |
2010 | [14] [15] [16] | ||
| 24 December 2012 |
12 January 2016 |
Mas II | 2012 | ||||||||
| King Felipe VI 60px (2014–present) | |||||||||||
| CDC (minority government supp. by ERC and DC) | |||||||||||
| 65px | Carles Puigdemont (born 1962) |
12 January 2016 |
28 October 2017 (removed) |
1 year and 289 days | CDC | Puigdemont | Junts pel Sí CDC/PDeCAT • ERC (minority government supp. by CUP) |
2015 | [17] [18] | ||
| PDeCAT | |||||||||||
| During this interval, the office was suspended. | Direct rule over Catalonia | N/A | [18] | ||||||||
| 65px | Quim Torra (born 1962) |
16 May 2018 |
28 September 2020 (disqualified) |
2 years and 135 days | Independent | Torra | JxCat/Junts • ERC • PDeCAT until Sep 2020 (minority government) |
2017 | [19] [20] | ||
| During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder. | |||||||||||
References
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- ↑ Solé Altimira, Oriol (28 September 2020) (in es). El Supremo inhabilita a Torra por unanimidad y remata la legislatura catalana. https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/supremo-inhabilita-torra-remata-legislatura-catalana_1_6236944.html. Retrieved 28 September 2020.