Baix Llobregat is a comarca (county) on the coast of Catalonia,Spain. It is located in the Barcelona region and its capital is Sant Feliu de Llobregat.
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.
Pasqual Maragall Mira is a Spanish retired politician and former President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona,from 1982 to 1997,and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.
Josep Bargallói Valls is a Spanish teacher and politician from Catalonia and the current Minister of Education of Catalonia.
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras is a Spanish politician and historian from Catalonia. He is a professor at the University of Girona and was the Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Works of the Catalan Government,the Generalitat de Catalunya,from December 2003 to December 2010.
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 1999 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,17 October 1999,to elect the 6th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress was a political party in Catalonia,Spain. PSC–C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unified with various sectors originating in Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM),Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).
The Workers' Front of Catalonia was a clandestine political movement in Catalonia,Spain,formed in 1961,and active during the Spanish State of caudillo Francisco Franco. It was the continuation of the Popular Democratic Association of Catalonia,one created by university students inspired by liberation theology and the Cuban revolution.
Catalonia is divided into 947 municipalities.
Jordi Camí is Professor of Pharmacology at Pompeu Fabra University,General Director of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB),and vice president of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation.
The 1995 Barcelona City Council election,also the 1995 Barcelona municipal election,was held on Sunday,28 May 1995,to elect the 5th City Council of the municipality of Barcelona. All 41 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
The Democratic Reformist Party was a Spanish political party led by Miquel Roca founded in 1983. It was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) of Antonio Garrigues Walker,the Riojan Progressive Party (PRP) and the Majorcan Union. It was known as "Operation Roca",referring to its main leader and candidate for Prime Minister,Miquel Roca i Junyent. The party ran in all of Spain,with the exception of Galicia,where it was represented by Galician Coalition (CG),and Catalonia,where its representative was Convergence and Union (CiU).
Left Movement of Catalonia is a social-democratic,pro-independence political party in Catalonia. The party was founded in November 2014 from the merger of New Catalan Left (NECat) and Catalonia Movement,which had both been formed by dissident members of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) who were dissatisfied with what they saw as the party's lack of support for the independence movement. Its founders included Marina Geli and Ernest Maragall (NECat),but both have ever since left for other parties—Geli joined the Together for Catalonia alliance ahead of the 2017 Catalan regional election,whereas Maragall defected to Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 2018.
Joan Baptista Roca i Caball (1898–1976) was a Catalan Carlist and Christian-Democratic politician. He is known as co-founder of UnióDemocràtica de Catalunya and recognized as representative of a "Third Spain",the group which emerged during the Spanish Civil War and claimed to have stood in-between the warring factions. He is also counted among leaders of the Catalan opposition to Francoism.
Pere Aragonès i Garcia is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia,as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
Miquel Buch i Moya is a Spanish politician from Catalonia,Minister of the Interior of the autonomous community between 2018 and 2020. He was previously mayor of Premiàde Mar,a municipality in north-eastern Spain.
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).
Diana Garrigosa Laspeñas was a Spanish economist and teacher,wife of 127th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia Pasqual Maragall and president of Pasqual Maragall Foundation since its establishment in 2008.
