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 Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya,and the Executive Council of Catalonia. Its current powers are set out in the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006.
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.
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 Executive Council of Catalonia or the Executive Government of Catalonia is the executive branch of the Generalitat of Catalonia. It is responsible for the political action,regulation,and administration of the government of the autonomous region.
Banyoles is a city of 20,168 inhabitants (2021) located in the province of Girona in northeastern Catalonia,Spain.
Polònia is a popular comedy TV show broadcast in Catalonia by the public broadcaster TV3.
Andreu Mas-Colell is an economist,an expert in microeconomics and a prominent mathematical economist. He is the founder of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain. He has also served several times in the cabinet of the Catalan government. Summarizing his and others' research in general equilibrium theory,his monograph gave a thorough exposition of research using differential topology. His textbook Microeconomic Theory,co-authored with Michael Whinston and Jerry Green,is the most used graduate microeconomics textbook in the world.
The Assemblea Nacional Catalana is an organization that seeks the political independence of Catalonia from Spain. It also promotes the independence of other Catalan-speaking regions,which are collectively known as the Catalan Countries.
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.
A non-binding Catalan self-determination referendum,also known as the Citizen Participation Process on the Political Future of Catalonia,was held on Sunday,9 November 2014,to gauge support on the political future of Catalonia. While also referred to as "Catalan independence referendum",the vote was rebranded as a "participation process" by the Government of Catalonia,after a "non-referendum popular consultation" on the same topic and for the same date had been suspended by the Constitutional Court of Spain.
Irene Rigau i Oliver is a Catalan politician from Spain,born in Banyoles in 1951.
The Second Mas Government was the regional government of Catalonia led by President Artur Mas between 2012 and 2016. It was formed in December 2012 following the regional election and ended in January 2016 following the Mas' resignation.
The First Mas Government was the regional government of Catalonia led by President Artur Mas between 2010 and 2012. It was formed in December 2010 following the regional election and ended in December 2012 following the regional election.
JoséMaría Romero de Tejada Gómez,was a Spanish conservative jurist who was the Attorney General of Catalonia from 2013 until his death in 2017.
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.
Mireia Boya Busquet is a Catalan scientist,activist,and politician from Spain. She is a councilor of the Aran municipality of Les. Since February 2018 she has been part of the national secretariat of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). She was a member of the Catalan Parliament from 2016 to 2017.
Eduardo Torres-Dulce Lifante is a Spanish prosecutor,professor of Criminal Law and a film critic. He was,from December 2011 to December 2014,State Attorney General. He has now returned to his position as Prosecutor at the Constitutional Court.
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).
The trial of Catalonia independence leaders,legally named Causa Especial 20907/2017 and popularly known as the Causa del procés,was an oral trial that began on 12 February 2019 in the Supreme Court of Spain. The case was tried by seven judges and was chaired by judge Manuel Marchena. Judge Pablo Llarena had previously coordinated an instruction between October 2017 and July 2018,as a result of which 12 people were tried,including the previous vice president Oriol Junqueras of the regional government and most of the cabinet as well as political activists Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Cuixart and the former Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia Carme Forcadell. Some defendants remained in pre-trial detention without bail from the beginning of the instruction process and have thus already served part of their sentence.
