The list of presidents of the Government of Catalonia compiles the official list of presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya since its inception in 1359 to present time. [1] It has been the traditional way of listing presidents, starting with Berenguer de Cruïlles. [2] [3] [4] The most recent stable version of the list dates from 2003, by Josep M. Solé i Sabaté in his work Historia de la Generalitat de Catalunya i dels seus presidents. [5] The procedure to set up this list is the following: for the period of the medieval Generalitat (Deputation of the General), [6] the president was the most eminent ecclesiastic deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (popularly known as Generalitat), [7] a body of the Catalan Courts dissolved in 1716 and reinstated for two years in 1874. From April 1931 on, the list includes the elected presidents as well as the proclaimed exiled presidents during the Francoist dictatorship. [8] The functions of the President of the Government of Catalonia have varied considerably over history, in parallel with the attributions of the Generalitat itself. [9]
Here follows a list of representatives of Catalan institutions through the ages. The Presidents as such first appeared with the modern Generalitat in the 20th century.
Governments:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election |
President (Tenure) |
Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
Francesc Macià (1859–1933) |
14 April 1931 |
14 December 1932 |
2 years and 255 days | ERC | Macià I ERC– USC– UGT– PRR– PCR |
N/A |
President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936) |
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14 December 1932 |
25 December 1933† |
Macià II ERC |
1932 | |||||||
Lluís Companys (1882–1940) |
25 December 1933 |
31 July 1936 |
6 years and 295 days | ERC | Companys I ERC– USC– ACR–PNRE |
|||||
President Manuel Azaña (1936–1939) | ||||||||||
31 July 1936 |
15 October 1940† (assassinated) |
Companys II ERC– PSUC– UR– UGT– ACR– CNT from Sep 1936 | ||||||||
Josep Irla (1874–1958) |
15 October 1940 |
7 August 1954 |
13 years and 235 days | ERC | In exile | N/A |
Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977) |
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Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) |
7 August 1954 |
18 October 1977 |
23 years and 72 days | ERC |
Governments:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election |
Monarch (Reign) |
Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) |
18 October 1977 |
29 April 1980 |
2 years and 194 days | ERC |
Tarradellas PSC– ERC– PSUC– CDC– UCD |
N/A |
King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) |
[10] [11] | ||
Jordi Pujol (born 1930) |
29 April 1980 |
13 June 1984 |
23 years and 233 days | CDC | Pujol I CDC– UDC |
1980 |
[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | |||
13 June 1984 |
1 July 1988 |
Pujol II CDC– UDC– ERC until Feb 1987 CDC– UDC from Feb 1987 |
1984 | |||||||
1 July 1988 |
13 April 1992 |
Pujol III CDC– UDC |
1988 | |||||||
13 April 1992 |
21 December 1995 |
Pujol IV CDC– UDC |
1992 | |||||||
21 December 1995 |
24 November 1999 |
Pujol V CDC– UDC |
1995 | |||||||
24 November 1999 |
18 December 2003 |
Pujol VI CDC– UDC |
1999 | |||||||
Pasqual Maragall (born 1941) |
18 December 2003 |
28 November 2006 |
2 years and 345 days | PSC |
Maragall PSC– ERC– ICV– CpC until May 2006 PSC– ICV– CpC from May 2006 |
2003 |
[19] [20] | |||
José Montilla (born 1955) |
28 November 2006 |
27 December 2010 |
4 years and 29 days | PSC |
Montilla PSC– ERC– ICV |
2006 |
[21] [22] | |||
Artur Mas (born 1956) |
27 December 2010 |
24 December 2012 |
5 years and 16 days | CDC |
Mas I CDC– UDC |
2010 |
[23] [24] [25] | |||
24 December 2012 |
12 January 2016 |
Mas II CDC– UDC until Jun 2015 CDC from Jun 2015 |
2012 | |||||||
King Felipe VI (2014–present) | ||||||||||
Carles Puigdemont (born 1962) |
12 January 2016 |
28 October 2017 (removed) |
1 year and 289 days | CDC |
Puigdemont CDC/ PDeCAT– ERC |
2015 |
[26] [27] | |||
PDeCAT | ||||||||||
During this interval, the office was suspended. | Direct rule over Catalonia | N/A | [27] | |||||||
Quim Torra (born 1962) |
16 May 2018 |
28 September 2020 (disqualified) |
2 years and 135 days | Independent |
Torra ERC– JuntsxCat until Sep 2020 ERC– JxCat from Sep 2020 |
2017 |
[28] [29] | |||
During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder. | ||||||||||
Pere Aragonès (born 1982) |
22 May 2021 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 343 days | ERC |
Aragonès ERC– JxCat until Oct 2022 ERC from Oct 2022 |
2021 | [30] |
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La relació cronològica adjunta recull, per a les èpoques medieval i moderna, els noms dels diputats que, per raó del seu rang, tingueren preeminència protocol·lària per damunt dels altres diputats, fet que amb freqüència els dugué a presidir els actes i a encapçalar els documents de la Diputació del General. Per aquesta causa es tracta sempre de diputats del Braç Eclesiàstic, a excepció del cas de Joan I d'Empúries —diputat del Braç Militar—, sobre el qual recaigué la preeminència pel fet de pertànyer a la família reial. The accompanying chronological list includes, for the medieval and modern periods, the names of the Members who, due to their rank, had a pre-eminent protocol over the other Members, which often led them to preside over the acts and to lead the documents of the Diputació del General. For this reason, it is always the deputies of the Ecclesiastical Arm, except for the case of John I of Empúries - deputy of the Military Arm -, on which the preeminence fell due to belonging to the royal family.
The list of presidents of the Government of Catalonia compiles the official list of presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya since its inception in 1359 to present time. [1] It has been the traditional way of listing presidents, starting with Berenguer de Cruïlles. [2] [3] [4] The most recent stable version of the list dates from 2003, by Josep M. Solé i Sabaté in his work Historia de la Generalitat de Catalunya i dels seus presidents. [5] The procedure to set up this list is the following: for the period of the medieval Generalitat (Deputation of the General), [6] the president was the most eminent ecclesiastic deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (popularly known as Generalitat), [7] a body of the Catalan Courts dissolved in 1716 and reinstated for two years in 1874. From April 1931 on, the list includes the elected presidents as well as the proclaimed exiled presidents during the Francoist dictatorship. [8] The functions of the President of the Government of Catalonia have varied considerably over history, in parallel with the attributions of the Generalitat itself. [9]
Here follows a list of representatives of Catalan institutions through the ages. The Presidents as such first appeared with the modern Generalitat in the 20th century.
Governments:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election |
President (Tenure) |
Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
Francesc Macià (1859–1933) |
14 April 1931 |
14 December 1932 |
2 years and 255 days | ERC | Macià I ERC– USC– UGT– PRR– PCR |
N/A |
President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936) |
|||
14 December 1932 |
25 December 1933† |
Macià II ERC |
1932 | |||||||
Lluís Companys (1882–1940) |
25 December 1933 |
31 July 1936 |
6 years and 295 days | ERC | Companys I ERC– USC– ACR–PNRE |
|||||
President Manuel Azaña (1936–1939) | ||||||||||
31 July 1936 |
15 October 1940† (assassinated) |
Companys II ERC– PSUC– UR– UGT– ACR– CNT from Sep 1936 | ||||||||
Josep Irla (1874–1958) |
15 October 1940 |
7 August 1954 |
13 years and 235 days | ERC | In exile | N/A |
Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977) |
|||
Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) |
7 August 1954 |
18 October 1977 |
23 years and 72 days | ERC |
Governments:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election |
Monarch (Reign) |
Ref. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) |
18 October 1977 |
29 April 1980 |
2 years and 194 days | ERC |
Tarradellas PSC– ERC– PSUC– CDC– UCD |
N/A |
King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) |
[10] [11] | ||
Jordi Pujol (born 1930) |
29 April 1980 |
13 June 1984 |
23 years and 233 days | CDC | Pujol I CDC– UDC |
1980 |
[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | |||
13 June 1984 |
1 July 1988 |
Pujol II CDC– UDC– ERC until Feb 1987 CDC– UDC from Feb 1987 |
1984 | |||||||
1 July 1988 |
13 April 1992 |
Pujol III CDC– UDC |
1988 | |||||||
13 April 1992 |
21 December 1995 |
Pujol IV CDC– UDC |
1992 | |||||||
21 December 1995 |
24 November 1999 |
Pujol V CDC– UDC |
1995 | |||||||
24 November 1999 |
18 December 2003 |
Pujol VI CDC– UDC |
1999 | |||||||
Pasqual Maragall (born 1941) |
18 December 2003 |
28 November 2006 |
2 years and 345 days | PSC |
Maragall PSC– ERC– ICV– CpC until May 2006 PSC– ICV– CpC from May 2006 |
2003 |
[19] [20] | |||
José Montilla (born 1955) |
28 November 2006 |
27 December 2010 |
4 years and 29 days | PSC |
Montilla PSC– ERC– ICV |
2006 |
[21] [22] | |||
Artur Mas (born 1956) |
27 December 2010 |
24 December 2012 |
5 years and 16 days | CDC |
Mas I CDC– UDC |
2010 |
[23] [24] [25] | |||
24 December 2012 |
12 January 2016 |
Mas II CDC– UDC until Jun 2015 CDC from Jun 2015 |
2012 | |||||||
King Felipe VI (2014–present) | ||||||||||
Carles Puigdemont (born 1962) |
12 January 2016 |
28 October 2017 (removed) |
1 year and 289 days | CDC |
Puigdemont CDC/ PDeCAT– ERC |
2015 |
[26] [27] | |||
PDeCAT | ||||||||||
During this interval, the office was suspended. | Direct rule over Catalonia | N/A | [27] | |||||||
Quim Torra (born 1962) |
16 May 2018 |
28 September 2020 (disqualified) |
2 years and 135 days | Independent |
Torra ERC– JuntsxCat until Sep 2020 ERC– JxCat from Sep 2020 |
2017 |
[28] [29] | |||
During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder. | ||||||||||
Pere Aragonès (born 1982) |
22 May 2021 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 343 days | ERC |
Aragonès ERC– JxCat until Oct 2022 ERC from Oct 2022 |
2021 | [30] |
{{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)
La relació cronològica adjunta recull, per a les èpoques medieval i moderna, els noms dels diputats que, per raó del seu rang, tingueren preeminència protocol·lària per damunt dels altres diputats, fet que amb freqüència els dugué a presidir els actes i a encapçalar els documents de la Diputació del General. Per aquesta causa es tracta sempre de diputats del Braç Eclesiàstic, a excepció del cas de Joan I d'Empúries —diputat del Braç Militar—, sobre el qual recaigué la preeminència pel fet de pertànyer a la família reial. The accompanying chronological list includes, for the medieval and modern periods, the names of the Members who, due to their rank, had a pre-eminent protocol over the other Members, which often led them to preside over the acts and to lead the documents of the Diputació del General. For this reason, it is always the deputies of the Ecclesiastical Arm, except for the case of John I of Empúries - deputy of the Military Arm -, on which the preeminence fell due to belonging to the royal family.