Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) rights in Andorra have advanced significantly in the 21st century,and are now considered generally progressive. Civil unions,which grant all the benefits of marriage,have been recognized since 2014,and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is constitutionally banned. The General Council passed a bill on 21 July 2022 that would legalize same-sex marriage in 2023,and convert all civil unions into civil marriage. In September 2023,Xavier Espot Zamora,the Prime Minister of Andorra,officially came out as homosexual.
The Order of Charlemagne is the only order and civil decoration issued by the Principality of Andorra.
Antoni MartíPetit was an Andorran architect and politician who served as the prime minister of Andorra between 2011 and 2019,when he was elected on the ticket of the Democrats for Andorra.
The Executive Council of Andorra is the chief executive body of the Principality of Andorra.
Sílvia Riva González is an Andorran politician and notary.
The Ministry of Social Affairs,Justice and Interior of Andorra is responsible for social care and protection,employment and work. The ministry aims to guarantee the internal security of citizens and their assets,civil status,the regulation of migration and integration policy to guarantee social cohesion,the fight against crime,international collaboration in matters judicial and police,and protecting the population from any natural risk or catastrophe.
Sílvia Calvói Armengol is an Andorran environmental engineer,current Minister of Environment,Agriculture and Sustainability of Andorra,since 1 April 2015.
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 7 April 2019,electing all 28 seats of the General Council. Although they remained the largest party,the Democrats for Andorra lost their parliamentary majority after losing four seats. The Social Democratic Party gained four seats,becoming the second-largest party.
Maria Ubach i Font is an Andorran diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 17 June 2017 to 16 May 2023 under the governments of Prime Minister Antoni Martíand the current Head Xavier Espot.
Verònica Canals i Riba is an Andorran business manager and politician who served as Minister of Tourism since 21 May 2019 under the Premiership of Xavier Espot.
Ester Vilarrubla Escales,is an Andorran politician and educator,who is serving as Minister of Education and Higher Education in the government of Xavier Espot since 22 May 2019.
Events in the year 2020 in the Principality of Andorra.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Andorra on 2 March 2020,when a 20-year-old man returned to the country from Milan,Italy. With a total population of 77,543,on 7 December 2020,the infection rate was 1 case per 11 inhabitants,and the death rate was 1 case per 994 inhabitants.
Èric Jover Comas is an Andorran politician and member of the Democrats for Andorra (DA) political party. Jover served as the Minister of Finance of Andorra from 22 May 2019 until his resignation in January 2023. He previously served as Minister of Education.
Antoni Puigdellívol i Riberaygua was an Andorran businessman and politician.
Susagna Arasanz i Serra was an Andorran economist and politician,minister of finance between 1994 and 2000,becoming the first woman to hold the office,under the premiership of Marc Forné.
Events in the year 2023 in Andorra.
In the parliamentary elections in Andorra on 2 April 2023,the incumbent liberal-conservative coalition between Democrats for Andorra (DA) and Committed Citizens (CC) won an absolute majority led by Prime Minister Xavier Espot. This is the fourth legislature in a row in which DA governs the country. A new party,Concord,emerged in second place,taking the opposition leadership held by the Social Democratic Party since 2019,which fell to third place by losing four seats.
Víctor Naudi Zamora is an Andorran architect and politician. He was the president of the Social Democratic Party (PS),serving in the General Council (2007–2009) and then as minister of the interior in the government of Jaume Bartumeu until its defeat in 2011. He left PS at the start of 2013 and established Social Democracy and Progress (SDP) alongside Bartumeu,leading its candidacy and being one of its two members elected to the General Council in 2015. The party lost its representatives in the 2019 election.
