The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia,Spain,resulting from the merger of three parties:the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping,led by Josep Pallach i Carolà,the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress,and the Catalan Federation of the PSOE. It is the Catalan instance of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),and its Aranese section is Unity of Aran. The party had also been allied with federalist and republican political platform Citizens for Change until the 2010 election. PSC–PSOE has its power base in the Barcelona metropolitan area and the comarques of Tarragonès,Montsià,and Val d'Aran.
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 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 Democratic Pact for Catalonia was a Catalan electoral alliance established in May 1977 ahead of the Spanish Congress of Deputies 15 June election. It ran on a political platform emphasizing the need of approving a statute of autonomy for Catalonia. The coalition comprised members from two separate,previously established alliances:Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) and Democratic Left of Catalonia (EDC) from the Democratic Front for Catalonia,and the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping (PSC–R) and the National Front of Catalonia (FNC) from the Left Front.
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 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.
The 2016 PSOE crisis was a political conflict within the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE),starting on 26 September 2016. Long-standing discontent with party Secretary General Pedro Sánchez and the combination of a series of circumstances resulted in a party revolt to force Sánchez's dismissal on 28 September,in an episode lasting until 1 October colloquially dubbed by some media and journalists as the "war of the roses". The ensuing power vacuum and Sánchez's replacement by an interim managing committee,coupled with the party's turn to allow a PP minority government after a 10-month deadlock on government formation and the resulting worsening of relations with its sister party in Catalonia,the PSC,triggered a crisis of a scale unprecedented in the party's 137 years of existence.
The 1980 Catalan regional election was held on Thursday,20 March 1980,to elect the 1st Parliament of the autonomous community of Catalonia. All 135 seats in the Parliament were up for election. This was the first regional election to be held in Catalonia since the Spanish transition to democracy and the second democratic regional election in Catalan history after that of 1932.
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.
Josep Enric Millo i Rocher,is a Spanish politician for PP.
María de los Llanos de Luna Tobarra,is a Spanish politician and lawyer,who has been Delegate of the Spanish Government in Catalonia between 2011 and 2016.
María Soledad Mestre García (1948–2012) was a Spanish jurist and politician,member of the Assembly of Madrid and delegate of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid.
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.
María Pilar Llop Cuenca is a Spanish judge and politician who served as the minister of Justice of Spain and ex officio First Notary of the Kingdom from 2021 to 2023. Previously,she served as the 61st president of the Senate of Spain. She has been Spanish Senator designated by the Assembly of Madrid,an assembly of which she has been part since June 2019. Previously,she was member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2015 to 2018 and Government Delegate for Gender Violence of the Government of Spain from 2018 to 2019.
Manuel Cruz Rodríguez is a Spanish philosopher and politician who served as the 60th President of the Senate from May to December 2019. Prior to this,between 2016 and 2019,Cruz served as member of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Barcelona. He is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.
Ander Gil García is a Spanish teacher and politician serving as the 62nd and current president of the Senate of Spain since 2021. Gil has been Senator for Burgos since 2011 and Spokesperson of the Socialist Group in the Senate from 2017 to 2021. Previously,Gil served as a local councillor for Valle de Mena from 1995 to 2011.
In Spain,apart from the Central Administration,the central government has a Peripheral Administration. This administration is composed of all those decentralized government services,and they are coordinated by the Government Delegations,which are headquartered in the Spanish regions' capitals. Likewise,this delegations exercise its powers through sub-delegations,headquartered in the provinces and insular directorates,headquartered in some islands. In total,there are 19 government delegations,44 sub-delegations and 7 insular directorates.
Salvador Illa Roca is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Health of Spain from 2020 to 2021. He has been the Secretary for Organization of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia since 2016,and the candidate for the presidency of Catalonia for this party. Previously,Illa served as Mayor of La Roca del Vallès from 1995 to 2005.
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.
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.
