GOVERNMENT OF CATALONIA

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

Contents

Current government (Eighth legislature)

Previous governments

Former ministries

References

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Current government (Eighth legislature)

Main articles: 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	Joan Puigcercós i Boixassa	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

1. ''Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia'' (2006), Art. 68.
2. The statutary 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.
3. ''Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia'' (2006), Art. 70.
4. ''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.

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