Joan Clos i Matheu,GCIH is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona,Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997. In 1999 he was elected to a four-year term,and was then re-elected in the municipal elections of 25 May 2003. In September 2006,he left Barcelona Town Hall,after nine years of office,as he was appointed Minister of Industry,Tourism and Trade by Spanish Prime Minister JoséLuis Rodríguez Zapatero. After a stint as the Spanish Ambassador in Turkey and Azerbaijan,in 2010 he was appointed as executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme,(UN-HABITAT),and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. Joan Clos is also president of the Spanish Chapter of The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI).
Salvador Seguíi Rubinat,known as El noi del sucre for his habit of eating the sugar cubes served him with his coffee,was a Catalan anarcho-syndicalist in the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT),a Spanish confederation of anarcho-syndicalist labor unions.
Elena Salgado Méndez is a Spanish politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain and held several ministerial portfolios during her political career.
The Canadenca strike was a historic strike action in Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain,that was initiated in February 1919 by the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT) and lasted over 44 days evolving into a general strike paralyzing much of the industry of Catalonia. Among its consequences was to force the Spanish government to issue the Decreto de la jornada de ocho horas de trabajo,the first law limiting the working day to eight hours. The strike originated at the principal electricity company in Barcelona,Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro,a subsidiary of Barcelona Traction,popularly known as la Canadenca because its major shareholder was the Canadian Bank of Commerce of Toronto.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Economy (MITES) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for planning and carrying out the government policy on labour relations and social economy.
The 35th Federal Congress of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was held in Madrid from 21 to 23 July 2000 to renovate the governing bodies of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term. It was held after the party's defeat in the 2000 general election and the subsequent resignation of then secretary-general Joaquín Almunia.
The Directorate-General for Traffic is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for the execution of the government's road policy in the Spanish road transport network. The DGT is both an administrative body and an autonomous agency,acting as Central Traffic Headquarters.
Pere Navarro i Morera is a Spanish politician and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia,formerly First Secretary of the PSC between 2011 and 2014.
Miquel Iceta Llorens is a Spanish politician who served as minister of Culture and Sport from July 2021 to November 2023 and as minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service from January to July 2021.
Juan Antonio Suanzes Fernández was a Spanish naval engineer. Before the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) he directed a shipyard. During the civil war he offered his services to the Nationalist side,and was made Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1938 to 1939. He was again Minister of Industry and Commerce from 1945 to 1951.
Jordi PuigneróFerrer is a Catalan IT engineer and politician. He served as Vice President of Spanish Autonomous Community of Catalonia and Minister of Digital Policies and Territory since May 2021 until 29 September 2022. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration of the Government of Catalonia. He is a member of Together for Catalonia (JUNTS) political party. He is considered the designer and architecture of the Catalan Digital Republic project.
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.
The Director-General of the Police (DGP) of Spain is a high-ranking official in the Ministry of the Interior. The Director-General is nominated by the Minister of Home Affairs after consulting to the Council of Ministers and he or she is appointed by the Monarch. The director general reports directly to the Secretary of State for Security and has rank of Under Secretary.
The Directorate-General of the Police (DGP) is a component of the Spanish Department of the Interior responsible for exercising the direct command of the National Police Corps,the main civil law enforcement agency of Spain. The DGP,integrated in the Secretariat of State for Security,is in charge of organize,direct,coordinate and execute the missions entrusted to the National Police by the provisions in force,in accordance with the guidelines and orders issued by the Minister of the Interior.
The 1855 Catalan general strike was a general strike that took place in 1855 after the execution of Josep BarcelóCassadó. It was the first general strike in Spanish history,resulting in mass demonstrations and the death of a factory manager in Sants,Barcelona.
JoséTeófilo Serrano Beltrán was a Spanish politician,civil servant and engineer who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Luis Carlos Croissier Batista is a Spanish politician and executive. He served as Minister of Industry and Energy from 1986 to 1988.
Miguel Ángel Ballesteros is a retired Spanish Army artillery officer. Ballesteros is an expert in geopolitics,security strategies and prevention of terrorism. From June 2018 to November 2023,he served as the 3rd director of the Homeland Security Department within the Prime Minister's Office.
Maria Segui Gomez is a Spanish physician and Public Health expert. She led the Directorate-General for Traffic until she resigned over an accusation of conflict of interest which was later found to be groundless.
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.
