Josep Bargallói Valls is a Spanish teacher and politician from Catalonia and the current Minister of Education of Catalonia.
Anna Simói Castelló is a Spanish Catalan politician. A member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC),she became the Minister of Social Welfare and Family Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya in 2003 as part of the first "Tripartite" coalition government formed by the Socialists' Party of Catalonia,ERC and Initiative for Catalonia Greens,a position she held until ERC's ministers were removed from the government in May 2006.
The 2006 Catalan regional election was held on Wednesday,1 November 2006,to elect the 8th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
The 2012 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,25 November 2012,to elect the 10th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. It was a snap election,announced on 25 September by President Artur Mas following the pro-independence demonstration in Barcelona on 11 September—the National Day of Catalonia—and the failed talks between President Mas and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to give greater fiscal autonomy to Catalonia.
The 2015 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,27 September 2015,electing the 11th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the third regional Catalan election in only five years,after the 2010 and 2012 elections and the first one in over 37 years in which Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC) ran separately,after the dissolution of Convergence and Union (CiU) in June 2015 over disagreements on the coalition's separatist turn.
Vox is a national conservative political party in Spain. Founded in 2013,it is currently led by party president Santiago Abascal,vice presidents Jorge Buxadé,Javier Ortega Smith,Reyes Romero,and secretary-general Ignacio Garriga. Vox had been identified as right-wing by centre leaning and right leaning journalists and academics,and as far-right by left leaning academics and journalists.
Santiago Abascal Conde is a Spanish politician and since September 2014 the leader of the right-wing political party Vox. Abascal is a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox,Abascal was long a member of the People's Party,served as legislator in the Basque Parliament,founded the Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid.
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 to enforce direct rule in Catalonia and the subsequent dismissal of the Catalan government under 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 47.6% of the share.
The 2021 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,14 February 2021,to elect the 13th/14th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
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.
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.
The 12th Parliament of Catalonia was the meeting of the Parliament of Catalonia,with the membership determined by the results of the 2017 regional election held on 21 December 2017 after its dissolution on 27 October in application of direct rule. The parliament met for the first time on 17 January 2018.
Ignacio Garriga Vaz de Conceição is a Spanish politician as well as a former dentist and professor. He is known in the Spanish media for being the first notable Afro-Spaniard elected politician within the conservative Vox party. In October 2022 he became Secretary General of Vox.
Eulàlia Reguant i Cura is a Spanish politician. From 2015 to 2017 she represented the constituency of Barcelona in the Parliament of Catalonia,where she was a member of the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP). From 2017 to 2019 she was a councilor in the City Council of Barcelona.
The 2024 Catalan regional election was held on Sunday,12 May 2024,to elect the 15th Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election.
Laura Vilagrài Pons is a Spanish politician from Catalonia,member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia.
Soher El Sukaria is a Lebanese-born Argentine politician. She was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Córdoba Province from 2019 to 2023. A member of Republican Proposal,El Sukaria previously served as a member of the Córdoba Provincial Legislature from 2015 to 2019.
The 13th Parliament of Catalonia,after 4 June 2021 known as the 14th Parliament of Catalonia,is the current meeting of the Parliament of Catalonia,with the membership determined by the results of the regional election held on 14 February 2021. The congress met for the first time on 12 March 2021. According to the Statute of Autonomy the maximum legislative term of the congress is 4 years from the preceding election.
Fatima Hamed Hossain is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She founded the Movement for Dignity and Citizenship (MDyC) in 2014 and has served as a member of the Assembly of Ceuta since 2015,the first Muslim woman to lead a group in the assembly. In 2021,she was one of five founders of Sumar.
Catalan Alliance is a far-right political party in Catalonia. It is a Catalan pro-independence,and nationalist party,and also opposes immigration. It is currently the governing party of the municipality of Ripoll. At the 2024 Catalan regional election,the party entered the Parliament of Catalonia for the first time,with two seats.
