The Generalitat de Catalunya,or the Government of Catalonia,is the institutional system by which Catalonia is self-governed as an autonomous community of Spain. It is made up of the Parliament of Catalonia,the President of the Government of Catalonia,and the Executive Council of Catalonia. Its current powers are set out in the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006.
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.
Jordi Pujol i Soley is a retired Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003,and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003.
Convergence and Union was a Catalan nationalist electoral alliance in Catalonia,Spain. It was a federation of two constituent parties,the larger Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and its smaller counterpart,the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC). It was dissolved on 18 June 2015.
The Democratic Convergence of Catalonia,frequently shortened as Convergence was a Catalan nationalist,liberal political party in Catalonia (Spain),currently still existing without any political activity.
The Democratic Union of Catalonia,frequently shortened as Union,was a regionalist,Christian-democratic political party in the Catalonia region of Spain existing between 1931 and 2017. Together with Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),they formed the Convergence and Union (CiU) alliance and federation from 1978 until its dissolution in 2015,under which they would rule the government of Catalonia for almost three decades during the recent Spanish democratic period.
Artur Mas i Gavarró is a Catalan politician. He was president of the Government of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 and acting president from September 2015 to 12 January 2016.
The Catalan independence movement is a social and political movement which seeks the independence of Catalonia from Spain.
The 2003 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,16 November 2003,to elect the 7th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The Parliament of Catalonia is the unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The Parliament is currently made up of 135 members,known as deputies,who are elected for four-year terms or after extraordinary dissolution,chosen by universal suffrage in lists of four constituencies,corresponding to the Catalan provinces. The Parliament building is located in Ciutadella Park,Barcelona.
The 1988 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,29 May 1988,to elect the 3rd Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The 2010 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,28 November 2010,to elect the 9th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the first election held in Catalonia after the Constitutional Court of Spain struck down parts of the regional 2006 Statute of Autonomy that granted new powers of self-rule to the region. The ruling came after four years of deliberation concerning a constitutional appeal filed by the conservative People's Party (PP) under Mariano Rajoy and was met with anger and street protests throughout the region.
Lluís Miquel Recoder i Miralles is a Spanish politician. He was mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès in Barcelona Province,Catalonia,Spain from 1999 to 2010 and held the office of Minister of Planning and Sustainability of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 29 December 2010 to 27 December 2012.
The 2015 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,27 September 2015,electing the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the third regional Catalan election in only five years,after the 2010 and 2012 elections and the first one in over 37 years in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) ran separately,after the dissolution of Convergence and Union (CiU) in June 2015 over disagreements on the coalition's separatist turn.
Junts pel Sí was a Catalan electoral,political and parliamentary alliance focused on achieving the independence of Catalonia from Spain. Established ahead of the 2015 Catalan regional election,it was formed by Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC),Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),Democrats of Catalonia (DC),Left Movement (MES) and Independence Rally (RI.cat),as well as a number of independent personalities from pro-independence sectors of civil society,including the pro-independence organizations Catalan National Assembly,Òmnium and the Association of Municipalities for Independence. The Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) had been invited to participate in the alliance,but refused to do so and ran on its own instead,citing its disagreement with the presence of politicians in the list.
Pere Macias i Arau is a Catalan politician,former deputy to the Parliament of Catalonia and to the Parliament and senator.
Union of the Centre and Christian Democracy of Catalonia was an electoral coalition formed in Catalonia in December 1976 to contest the Spanish Congress of Deputies election of 1977,the first democratic election to be held in Spain since the Second Spanish Republic. It was formed by the Catalan Centre (CC) and the historic Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC),and came to be supported by the Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State,which did not run on its own in Catalonia. The coalition was officially registered on 3 May 1977. The alliance dissolved shortly after the election upon the start of the newly elected parliament,with UDC deputy Antón Cañellas joining the Catalan–Basque Group and Carlos Güell going into the Mixed Group.
The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday,20 March 1980,to elect the 1st Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the first regional election to be held in Catalonia since the Spanish transition to democracy and the second democratic regional election in Catalan history after that of 1932.
Jordi Turull i Negre is a Spanish politician from Catalonia associated with Together for Catalonia. Since March 2018 he has been in pre-trial custody by order of the Supreme Court of Spain and accused of sedition and rebellion. On 10 July 2018 a Supreme Court judge suspended him as a deputy in the Catalan parliament.
Marta Pascal Capdevila is a Spanish politician,a Senator of the Parliament of Catalonia. From July 2016 to July 2018,she was general coordinator of the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT). From October 2012 to February 2015,she was president of the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia,and from July 2015 until its dissolution in July 2016 she was the spokesperson for the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC).
