Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.
The Republican Left of Catalonia is a pro-Catalan independence,social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia,with a presence also in Valencia,the Balearic Islands and the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known as Catalan Countries,focusing in recent years on the creation of a Catalan Republic in Catalonia proper. Its current president is Oriol Junqueras and its secretary-general is Marta Rovira. The party is a member of the European Free Alliance.
Josep Bargallói Valls is a Spanish teacher and politician from Catalonia and the current Minister of Education of Catalonia.
Anna Simói Castelló is a Spanish Catalan politician. A member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),she became the Minister of Social Welfare and Family Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2003 as part of the first "Tripartite" coalition government formed by the Socialists' Party of Catalonia,ERC and Initiative for Catalonia Greens,a position she held until ERC's ministers were removed from the government in May 2006.
Citizens,officially Citizens–Party of the Citizenry,is a liberal political party in Spain.
Oriol Junqueras i Vies is a Catalan politician and historian. A former mayor of the municipality of Sant Vicençdels Horts in Catalonia,Junqueras served as Vice President of Catalonia from January 2016 to October 2017,when he was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence and entered prison until June 2021 for his role in organizing the 2017 Catalan independence referendum. He is president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Born in 1969 in Barcelona,Junqueras grew up in the municipality of Sant Vicençdels Horts. After graduating from the Autonomous University of Barcelona,he taught history at the university.
Jorge Fernández Díaz is a Spanish politician and a member of the Partido Popular (PP).
Inés Arrimadas García is a Spanish lawyer and former politician who served as Member of the Congress of Deputies and Spokesperson of Citizens party in the Congress. She was previously the leader of the regional branch of the party in Catalonia. In March 2020,she was voted party leader.
JoséMaría Espejo-Saavedra Conesa is a Spanish politician serving as Member of the Congress of Deputies and chair of the Congress' Committee on International Cooperation for Development since 2019. He is a member of the Citizens party.
Jaume Collboni Cuadrado is a Spanish politician,lawyer by profession and civil servant of the local administration. He became the Mayor of Barcelona on 17 June 2023.
Barcelona is one of the four constituencies represented in the Parliament of Catalonia,the regional legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The constituency currently elects 85 deputies. Its boundaries correspond to those of the Spanish province of Barcelona. The electoral system uses the D'Hondt method and a closed-list proportional representation,with a minimum threshold of three percent.
Roger Torrent i Ramió is a Spanish politician and urban planner from Catalonia. A former mayor of the municipality of Sarriàde Ter in north-eastern Spain,Torrent was President of the Parliament of Catalonia from January 2018 until March 2021. Since 26 May 2021 he is the Minister of Business and Work of Catalonia.
Meritxell Borràs i Solé is a Spanish politician and pharmacist from Catalonia. Borràs served as Catalonia's Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations from June 2015 to October 2017 when she was removed from office following the Catalan declaration of independence.
Joaquim Torra i Pla,known as Quim Torra,is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020,when the Supreme Court of Spain confirmed a court ruling by the High Court of Justice of Catalonia condemning him for disobeying the Central Electoral Board during the April 2019 general election,leading to his disqualification from office.
Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and politician,and the President of the Government of Catalonia since 22 May 2021. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia,as well as Acting President since 28 September 2020. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
Ernest Maragall i Mira is a Spanish economist,politician,member of the Parliament of Catalonia and former Minister of Foreign Action,Institutional Relations and Transparency of Catalonia. He was previously Minister of Education,a member of the European Parliament and a member of Barcelona City Council (BCC).
Carles Mundói Blanch is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia who served as the Minister of Justice of Catalonia until the dismissal of the Parliament of Catalonia and of the Catalan Government in 2017 due to its declaration of independence. He was reelected to the Catalan Parliament on 21 December 2017 as a member of the Catalonia Yes party until he resigned.
Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas i Sayrol is a Spanish academic,lawyer and politician from Catalonia who currently serves as Member of the Parliament of Catalonia for the pro-independence party Together for Catalonia and as Second Secretary of the Parliament of Catalonia. He previously served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain between May 2019 and March 2021.
Joan Ignasi Elena i Garcia is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia,former member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Interior of Catalonia.
Lorena Roldán Suárez is a Spanish politician. She has served as a member of the Parliament of Catalonia (2015–) and a Senator (2018–2021). Previously a member of Citizens,she joined the People's Party in 2020.
