Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira, was born 17 May 1952 in Cambrils, Spain) was the Vice-president of the Catalan Regional Government from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2008 he was the leader of ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya. ERC campaigns for Catalonia's independence from Spain and, secondarily, extend it to other Catalan influence regions, the whole Catalan linguistic domain.
The Republican Left of Catalonia is a Catalan pro-independence and social democratic political party in the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia. It is also the main sponsor of the independence movement from France and Spain in the territories known as Catalan Countries. Occitan Republican Left, formed in 2008, acts as the Aranese section of the party.
Josep Bargalló i Valls is a Catalan teacher, politician and the current Minister of Education of Catalonia.
Pere Esteve i Abad was a Catalan Spanish politician, belonging to the political organisation Catalunya 2003, who became Deputy of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs at the Catalan regional Government proposed by the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) party, with which he ran to the autonomic elections of the 2003. He resigned in October 2004 due to health reasons.
Joan Saura Laporta is a Green ICV Spanish politician in Catalonia. He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, in 1950. He studied at the Escola d'Enginyeria Tècnica, where he specialized in Industrial Chemistry. In the beginning, he was devoted to the trade union and the neighbourhood: he enrolled into the Workers' Commissions (CCOO) in 1973, while he was working for the electrics company FECSA, and cofounded the La Florida Neighbourhood Association, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, 1974.
Joan Puigcercós is a Spanish Catalan politician who had served as president of the Republican Left of Catalonia (2008–2011). He studied philosophy and political science at the UAB.
The vegueria was the feudal administrative territorial jurisdiction of the Principality of Catalonia during the Middle Ages and into the Modern Era until the Nueva Planta decrees of 1716. The vegueria was headed by a veguer and its office was called a vigeriate.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Catalonia:
The Ebro Delta is the delta region of the Ebro River, in the Province of Tarragona, Catalonia, in northeastern Spain. It is on the Mediterranean Sea, and is the northernmost point, by some designations, of the Gulf of Valencia. Its location per Ramsar site designation is 40°43′N0°44′E.
Marçà is a municipality in the comarca of Priorat, Tarragona Province, Catalonia, Spain.
Maria Carme Forcadell i Lluís is a Spanish politician. She is the former President of the Parliament of Catalonia, as well as a Catalan high school teacher, known for her Catalan independence activism.
The 2017 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday, 21 December 2017 to elect the 12th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was called by Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy after the invocation of Article 155 of the 1978 Spanish Constitution and dismissal of the Catalan Government, led by former President Carles Puigdemont. The three pro-Catalan independence parties won a slim majority of parliamentary seats, claiming 70 out of 135, but fell short of a majority in the popular vote by securing 47.5% of the share.
The next Catalan regional election will be held no later than Friday, 4 February 2022, to elect the 13th Parliament of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament will be up for election.
Roger Torrent i Ramió is a Spanish politician and urban planner. A former mayor of the municipality of Sarrià de Ter in north-eastern Spain, Torrent has been President of the Parliament of Catalonia since January 2018.
Ernest Maragall i Mira is a Catalan 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).
Rosa Maria Ibarra i Ollé, is a Spanish Catalan jurist and politician.
The 12th Parliament of Catalonia is the current Parliament of Catalonia, with the membership determined by the results of the 2017 regional election held on 21 December 2017. The parliament met for the first time on 17 January 2018. According to the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia the maximum legislative term of parliament is 4 years from the preceding election.
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).
Marta Ángela Mata Garriga was a Spanish politician and pedagogue who promoted the renovation of public schools during Spain's transition to democracy in 1978, and defended secular schools. She was the founder of the Associació de Mestres Rosa Sensat and wrote numerous books and articles on reading and writing didactics, pedagogy, educational policy, and children's stories.
