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.
The politics of Catalonia takes place within the framework of its Statute of Autonomy,which grants a degree of self-government to Catalonia and establish it as an autonomous community of Spain with the status of a nationality,operating as a parliamentary democracy. The Generalitat de Catalunya is the Catalan institution of self-government,which includes the Parliament of Catalonia,the President and the Executive Council. The Parliament of Catalonia is one of the oldest in the world.
Les Masies de Voltregà is a municipality in the comarca of Osona in Catalonia,Spain. It surrounds Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà.
Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà is a municipality in the comarca of Osona,Catalonia,Spain. It is surrounded by the municipality Les Masies de Voltregà.
Maria Carme Forcadell i Lluís is a Spanish politician from Catalonia. She is the former President of the Parliament of Catalonia,as well as a Catalan high school teacher,known for her Catalan independence activism.
Marta Rovira i Vergés is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She is the General Secretary of Republican Left of Catalonia since 2011 and she lives in Geneva,Switzerland,since March 2018.
Marta Madrenas i Mir is a Spanish politician and lawyer from Catalonia. She became mayor of Girona in 2016.
New Catalan Left was a Catalanist and pro-independence political party founded in December 2012 as a split from the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) by Ernest Maragall,brother of former Catalan president Pasqual Maragall. In November 2014,the party was merged into the Left Movement (MES).
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.
Chakir El Homrani Lesfar is a Spanish-Moroccan trade unionist,politician Minister of Labour,Social Affairs and Family of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.
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).
Rosa Maria Ibarra i Ollé,is a Spanish Catalan jurist and politician.
Carles Castillo i Rosique,is a Spanish Catalan lawyer and politician.
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.
Eva Maria Granados Galiano is a Spanish politician serving as Secretary of State for International Cooperation since 2023 and as senator representing the Parliament of Catalonia since 2021.
Assumpta Escarp i Gibert is a Spanish jurist and Socialists' Party of Catalonia politician,current second vice president of the Parliament of Catalonia.
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 Associacióde Mestres Rosa Sensat and wrote numerous books and articles on reading and writing didactics,pedagogy,educational policy,and children's stories.
Elisenda Alamany i Gutiérrez is a Spanish teacher and politician,currently serving as a member of the City Council of Barcelona,since June 2019. From January 2018 to April 2019 she was a deputy in the 12th Legislature of the Parliament of Catalonia. Initially part of the coalition Catalunya en Comú–Podem,she was the spokesperson for its parliamentary group from 18 January to 29 October 2018. In October 2018,she promoted the platform Sobiranistes (Sovereigntists) as a criticism of the leadership of En ComúPodem. In February 2019 she left the parliamentary group but kept her seat. On 24 February 2019,she announced the creation of the party Nova.
Marta Farrés is a Spanish politician affiliated with the PSC since 2003,and currently mayor of Sabadell,since June 2019.
