Gemma Geis | |
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Minister of Research and Universities of Catalonia | |
In office 26 May 2021 –10 October 2022 | |
President | Pere Aragonès |
Preceded by | Ramon Tremosa |
Succeeded by | Joaquim Nadal |
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
Assumed office 17 January 2018 | |
Constituency | Girona |
Personal details | |
Born | Gemma Geis i Carreras 9 November 1979 Girona,Catalonia,Spain |
Citizenship | Spanish |
Political party | Together for Catalonia |
Alma mater | University of Girona |
Occupation | Academic |
Website | gemmageis |
Gemma Geis i Carreras (born 9 November 1979) is a Spanish academic and politician from Catalonia,former member of the regional Parliament of Catalonia and Catalan minister of Research and Universities of Catalonia between 2021 and 2022.
Geis was born on 9 November 1979 in Girona,Catalonia. [1] [2] [3] Her great-grandfather was a Republican Left of Catalonia mayor of Sarriàde Ter in the 1930s and was later imprisoned by the fascist Franco dictatorship. [3] Her great-uncle was author and composer Camil Geis. [1] Geis and her sister Cristina grew up in the Pont Major neighbourhood of Girona where their parents Martíand Quimeta had a metal workshop. [3] As a child she helped out in the family business. [3]
Geis was educated at Institut Carles Rahola where she was a contemporary of Roger Torrent. [3] She has a degree in law (1998-02) from the University of Girona (UdG) and a master's degree in legal practice from the Barcelona Bar Association (Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats de Barcelona). [2] [4] In 2011 the UdG awarded her an extraordinary prize for her 2008 law doctorate thesis "La Ejecución de las Sentencias Urbanísticas" (The Execution of Urban Judgments). [2] [4] For her doctorate she carried out research at the University of Florence,Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Harvard University. [4] [5]
Geis practiced law at the Bar Association of Girona (Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats de Girona) but is currently registered as a non-practicing lawyer. [2] She was a member of the Prague Group of Jurists. [2] She has been teaching at the UdG since 2003 and is currently associate professor of administrative law. [2] [6] She was vice-rector of Regulatory Development,Governance and Communication at the UdG from 2013 to 2017. [2] [6]
Geis was a member of the Girona monitoring committee for the 2014 Catalan self-determination referendum (9-N). [2] She was invited by Carles Puigdemont to contest the municipal elections in Girona but declined. [3] However,following the 2017 Catalan independence referendum (1-O),she decided to temporarily suspend her academic career and enter politics. [3] She contested the 2017 regional election as an independent Together for Catalonia (JuntsxCat) electoral alliance candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia. [7] [8] She was re-elected at the 2021 regional election. [9] [10]
Considered a Puigdemont ally,she was heavily involved in JuntsxCat and the National Call for the Republic. [11] [12] On 26 May 2021 she was sworn in as Minister of Research and Universities in the new government of President Pere Aragonès. [13] [14] [15]
Geis has two children. [3]
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result | ||
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2017 regional [7] [8] | Province of Girona | Independent | Together for Catalonia | 1 | Elected | ||
2021 regional [9] [10] | Province of Girona | Together for Catalonia | 1 | Elected |
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