President Of The Government Of Catalonia: Head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
The president of the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: President de la Generalitat de Catalunya, IPA: ) is one of the main parts of government that make up the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia.
The president also is head of government of Catalonia.
| President of the Government of Catalonia President de la Generalitat de Catalunya | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the Generalitat | |
| Style | El Molt Honorable Senyor (The Right Honourable) |
| Residence | Casa dels Canonges |
| Nominator | Parliament of Catalonia |
| Appointer | Monarch of Spain |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Berenguer de Cruïlles (1359) |
| Formation | 1359 |
| Website | www.president.cat |
The current acting president is Pere Aragonès following Quim Torra's disqualification as president in 28 September 2020.
Presidents (since 1977)
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | Government | Election | Monarch (Reign) | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | Cabinet name | Composition | |||||||
_Adolfo_Su%C3%A1rez_junto_al_presidente_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalu%C3%B1a_a_su_llegada_a_Barcelona._Pool_Moncloa._24_de_febrero_de_1979_(cropped)_(cropped).jpeg) | Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988) | 18 October 1977 | 29 April 1980 | 2 years and 194 days | ERC | Tarradellas | Provisional PSC • ERC • PSUC • CDC • UCD | N/A | King Juan Carlos I  (1975–2014) | ||
.jpg) | Jordi Pujol (born 1930) | 29 April 1980 | 13 June 1984 | 23 years and 233 days | CDC | Pujol I | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by CC–UCD and ERC) | 1980 | |||
| 13 June 1984 | 1 July 1988 | Pujol II | CDC • UDC • ERC until Feb 1987 | 1984 | |||||||
| 1 July 1988 | 13 April 1992 | Pujol III | 1988 | ||||||||
| 13 April 1992 | 21 December 1995 | Pujol IV | 1992 | ||||||||
| 21 December 1995 | 24 November 1999 | Pujol V | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by PP 1999–2003) | 1995 | |||||||
| 24 November 1999 | 18 December 2003 | Pujol VI | 1999 | ||||||||
.jpg) | Pasqual Maragall (born 1941) | 18 December 2003 | 28 November 2006 | 2 years and 345 days | PSC | Maragall | Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV | 2003 | |||
| PSC • ICV (minority government) | |||||||||||
.jpg) | José Montilla (born 1955) | 28 November 2006 | 27 December 2010 | 4 years and 29 days | PSC | Montilla | Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV | 2006 | |||
.jpg) | Artur Mas (born 1956) | 27 December 2010 | 24 December 2012 | 5 years and 16 days | CDC | Mas I | CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by ERC 2012–2015) | 2010 | |||
| 24 December 2012 | 12 January 2016 | Mas II | 2012 | ||||||||
| King Felipe VI (2014–present) | |||||||||||
| CDC (minority government supp. by ERC and DC) | |||||||||||
.jpg) | Carles Puigdemont (born 1962) | 12 January 2016 | 28 October 2017 (removed) | 1 year and 289 days | CDC | Puigdemont | Junts pel Sí CDC/PDeCAT • ERC (minority government supp. by CUP) | 2015 | |||
| PDeCAT | |||||||||||
| During this interval, the office was suspended. | Direct rule over Catalonia | N/A | |||||||||
.jpg) | Quim Torra (born 1962) | 16 May 2018 | 28 September 2020 (disqualified) | 2 years and 135 days | Independent | Torra | JxCat/Junts • ERC • PDeCAT until Sep 2020 (minority government) | 2017 | |||
| During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder. | |||||||||||
References
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