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.
Initiative for Catalonia Greens was an eco-socialist political party in Catalonia. It was formed as a merger of Iniciativa per Catalunya and Els Verds. IC had been an alliance led by Partit Socialista Unificat de Catalunya and was the equivalent of Izquierda Unida in Catalonia. IC later developed into a political party,and PSUC was dissolved.
The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia was a communist political party active in Catalonia between 1936 and 1997. It was the Catalan branch of the Communist Party of Spain and the only party not from a sovereign state to be a full member of the Third International.
Joan Saura i Laporta is a Spanish former politician in Catalonia for Initiative for Catalonia Greens (ICV). 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.
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.
JoséMontilla Aguilera is a Spanish politician who is currently a member of the Spanish Senate. He was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He became the First Secretary of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia on 18 June 2000,and a member of the Federal Executive Committee and the Federal Committee of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) on 23 July 2000. He served as Minister of Industry,Tourism and Trade in the government of JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero from 18 April 2004 until 9 September 2006. He is married and has five children. On 29 November 2010 he announced he would not stand again for the post of First Secretary of the PSC due to his party's having obtained its worst-ever results in the 2010 election.
Jordi Cañas Pérez is a Spanish politician who has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. He previously was member of the Parliament of Catalonia between 2010 and 2014,during the IX and X legislature.
The 2015 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect all 67,515 councillors in the 8,122 municipalities of Spain and all 1,040 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities,as well as elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country,the four island councils in the Balearic Islands and the seven island cabildos in the Canary Islands.
The 2015 Barcelona City Council election,also the 2015 Barcelona municipal election,was held on Sunday,24 May 2015,to elect the 10th 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.
Miquel Iceta Llorens is a Spanish politician and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia,currently serving as minister of Culture and Sport of the Spanish government since 2021. Previously,he served as minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service from January to July 2021.
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.
Jaume Collboni Cuadrado is a Spanish politician,lawyer by profession and civil servant of the local administration. He became the Mayor of Barcelona on 17 June 2023.
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).
Meritxell Batet Lamaña is a Spanish jurist,former politician,and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC),who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this,she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
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.
Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who previously served as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Senate of Spain and the Parliament of Catalonia.
Núria Marín Martínez is a Spanish politician of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). She has been a city councillor in Catalonia's second largest city,L'Hospitalet de Llobregat,since 1995 and its mayor since 2008.
Joan Ignasi Elena i Garcia is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia,former member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Interior of Catalonia.
Jordi Ballart i Pastor is a Spanish politician who has been a city councillor and the mayor of Terrassa in Catalonia.
Fèlix Larrosa i Piqué is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He has been a city councillor in Lleida in Catalonia since 2011,and mayor from 2018 to 2019 and again since 2023. He was previously a member of the Congress of Deputies from 2008 to 2011.
