Government of Catalonia

The term "Government of Catalonia" is also used to refer to the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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The Government of Catalonia (Catalan: Govern de Catalunya) is the executive branch of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It is responsible for the political action, reglamentation and administration of the Generalitat.^[1]

The President of the Generalitat is the head of government: he or she may also appoint a Prime Minister (Catalan: Conseller(a) primer(a)),^[2] who must be approved by the Parliament. The various ministers (Catalan: consellers) are also appointed by the President of the Generalitat. Ministers need not be deputies, as they have an automatic right to intervene in parliamentary debates.

Serving members of the government may not be arrested for any acts committed in Catalonia, except in flagrante delicto, and may only be judged before the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia, or the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court outside of Catalonia.^[3]

1 Current government (Eighth legislature)
2 Previous governments
3 Former ministries
4 References
5 External links

Current government (Eighth legislature)

Main article: Catalonia Government 2006-2010 term of office

President of the Generalitat

José Montilla Aguilera

PSC

Vice President of the Generalitat

Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira

ERC

Ministry	Minister	Affiliation
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Action	Joaquim Llena i Cortina	PSC
Ministry of Culture and the Media	Joan Manuel Tresserras i Gaju	Indep. by ERC
Ministry of Economy and Finance	Antoni Castells i Oliveres	PSC
Ministry of Education	Ernest Maragall i Mira	PSC
Ministry of Employment	Maria del Mar Serna i Calvo	Indep. by PSC
Ministry of the Environment and Housing	Francesc Baltasar i Albesa	ICV-EUiA
Ministry of Governance and Public Administration	Jordi Ausàs i Coll	ERC
Ministry of Health	Marina Geli i Fàbrega	PSC
Ministry of Home Affairs^[4] and Institutional Relations and Participation	Joan Saura i Laporta	ICV-EUiA
Ministry of Innovation, Universities and Business	Josep Huguet i Biosca	ERC
Ministry of Justice	Montserrat Tura i Camafreita	PSC
Ministry of Social Action and Citizenship	Carme Capdevila i Palau	ERC
Ministry of Town and Country Planning	Joaquim Nadal i Farreras	PSC

Government Spokesperson

vacant

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Previous governments

Government of Catalonia (Seventh legislature) (2003–6)
Government of Catalonia (Sixth legislature) (1999–2003)
Government of Catalonia (Fifth legislature) (1995–99)
Government of Catalonia (Fourth legislature) (1992–95)
Government of Catalonia (Third legislature) (1988–92)
Government of Catalonia (Second legislature) (1984–88)
Government of Catalonia (First legislature) (1980–84)
Provisional government of Catalonia (1977–80)
Governments in exile of Catalonia (1939–1977)
Governments of Catalonia during the Spanish civil war (1936–38)
Ninth government of Catalonia (1936)
Eighth government of Catalonia (1934–1936)
Seventh government of Catalonia (1934)
Sixth government of Catalonia (1933–34)
Fifth government of Catalonia (1933)
Fourth government of Catalonia (1932–33)
Third government of Catalonia (1932)
Second government of Catalonia (1931–32)
First government of Catalonia (1931)
Government of the Republic of Catalonia (1931)

Former ministries

Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Public Works
Ministry of Communications
Foment
Beneficencia
Ministry of Provisions
Ministry of Internal Security
Ministry of Public Services

There have also been two ministers without portfolio in Catalan governments:

Rafael Closas i Cendra (ACR, 26 September – 17 December 1936)
Antoni Sesé i Artaso (5 May – 29 June 1937)

References

^ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 68.
^ The statutory post of Prime Minister was introduced in the 2006 Statute of Autonomy (Art. 69). As of January 2007, the post is still vacant, although Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (ERC) has been named as Vice-President of the Generalitat and is expected to be named as Prime Minister in due course. The posts of Conseller primer or Cap del Consell Executiu (Head of the Executive Council) existed in some of the Governments of Catalonia between 1931 and 1938.
^ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 70.
^ Department d'Interior in Catalan; Home Affairs is the "official" translation according to the Generalitat. Public Safety perhaps better capture the "idea" of the department, but Interior Department is frequently used in the English-language media for similarly named agencies in other governments despite the fact that, for example, the U.S. Department of the Interior has a much different portfolio.