Board of the Parliament of Catalonia

The Board of the Parliament of Catalonia (Catalan: Mesa del Parlament) is the body responsible for the management of the Parliament of Catalonia. It is composed of the President of the Parliament, the two Vice-Presidents of the Parliament and four Secretaries, who are elected (in separate votes) by the Plenary Assembly.

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The main functions of the Board are

  • to organize the work of Parliament;
  • to interpret parliamentary procedure;
  • to manage the various support services of Parliament.

The President (or one of the Vice-Presidents as necessary) is also responsible for chairing sessions of the Plenary Assembly, and for the external representation of Parliament.

Members

First Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Heribert BarreraRepublican Left of CataloniaPresident10 April 198020 March 1984
Isidre MolasSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Vice-President10 April 19809 September 1980
Concepció Ferrer i CasalsDemocratic Union of CataloniaFirst Vice-President9 September 198020 March 1984
Concepció Ferrer i CasalsDemocratic Union of CataloniaSecond Vice-President10 April 19809 September 1980
Isidre MolasSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President9 September 198020 March 1984
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary10 April 198020 March 1984
Felip Lorda i AlaizSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary10 April 198020 March 1984
Ramon Espasa i OliverUnified Socialist Party of CataloniaThird Secretary10 April 19809 September 1980
Enrique Manuel-Rimbau TomásCentrists of CataloniaThird Secretary9 September 198020 March 1984
Enrique Manuel-Rimbau TomásCentrists of CataloniaFourth Secretary10 April 19809 September 1980
Ramon Espasa i OliverUnified Socialist Party of CataloniaFourth Secretary9 September 198011 October 1983
Marcel Planellas i AranUnified Socialist Party of CataloniaFourth Secretary11 October 198320 March 1984

Second Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Miquel Coll i AlentornDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident17 May 19844 April 1988
Arcadi Calzada i SalavedraDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President17 May 19844 April 1988
Isidre MolasSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President17 May 19844 April 1988
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary17 May 19844 April 1988
Felip Lorda i AlaizSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary17 May 19844 April 1988
Flora Sanabra i VillarroyaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary17 May 19844 April 1988
Marçal Casanovas i GuerriRepublican Left of CataloniaFourth Secretary17 May 19844 April 1988

Third Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Joaquim Xicoy i BassegodaDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident16 June 198821 January 1992
Arcadi Calzada i SalavedraDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President16 June 198821 January 1992
Antoni Dalmau i RibaltaSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President16 June 198821 January 1992
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary16 June 198821 January 1992
Luís Andrés García SáezSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary16 June 19889 January 1992
Flora Sanabra i VillarroyaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary16 June 198821 January 1992
Celestino Andrés Sánchez RamosInitiative for Catalonia GreensFourth Secretary16 June 198821 December 1989
Rosa Fabián MartínezInitiative for Catalonia GreensFourth Secretary21 December 198921 January 1992

Fourth Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Joaquim Xicoy i BassegodaDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident3 April 199226 September 1995
Arcadi Calzada i SalavedraDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President3 April 199226 September 1995
Antoni Dalmau i RibaltaSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President3 April 199226 September 1995
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary3 April 199216 June 1993
Flora Sanabra i VillarroyaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary16 June 199326 September 1995
Xavier Guitart i DomènechSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary3 April 199226 September 1995
Flora Sanabra i VillarroyaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary3 April 199216 June 1993
Enric Castellnou i AlberchDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary16 June 199326 September 1995
Xavier Bosch i GarciaRepublican Left of CataloniaFourth Secretary3 April 199226 September 1995

Fifth Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Joan ReventósSocialists' Party of CataloniaPresident5 December 199524 August 1999
Domènec Sesmilo i RiusDemocratic Union of CataloniaFirst Vice-President5 December 199524 August 1999
Simó Pujol i FolcràPeople's Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President5 December 199524 August 1999
Raimon Escudé i PladellorensDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Secretary5 December 199524 August 1999
Xavier Bosch i GarciaRepublican Left of CataloniaSecond Secretary5 December 199522 October 1996
Ernest BenachRepublican Left of CataloniaSecond Secretary22 October 199624 August 1999
Francesc Codina i CastilloDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary5 December 199524 August 1999
Imma Mayol i BeltranInitiative for Catalonia GreensFourth Secretary5 December 199516 June 1998
Roc Fuentes i NavarroInitiative for Catalonia GreensFourth Secretary16 June 199824 August 1999

Sixth Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Joan RigolDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident5 November 199923 September 2003
Higini Clotas i CiercoSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Vice-President5 November 199923 September 2003
Dolors Montserrat i CulleréPeople's Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President5 November 199923 September 2003
Carme Valls i LlobetSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary5 November 199923 September 2003
Ernest BenachRepublican Left of CataloniaSecond Secretary5 November 199923 September 2003
Francesc Codina i CastilloDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary5 November 199916 June 2000
Esteve Orriols i SendraDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary16 June 200023 September 2003
Isidre Gavín i VallsDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFourth Secretary5 November 199923 September 2003

Seventh Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Ernest BenachRepublican Left of CataloniaPresident5 December 20038 September 2006
Higini Clotas i CiercoSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Vice-President5 December 20038 September 2006
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaSecond Vice-President5 December 20038 September 2006
Anna Miranda i TorresDemocratic Union of CataloniaFirst Secretary5 December 20038 September 2006
Carme Carretero i RomaySocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary5 December 20038 September 2006
Rafael Luna i VivasPeople's Party of CataloniaThird Secretary5 December 20038 September 2006
Marina Llansana i RosichRepublican Left of CataloniaFourth Secretary5 December 200324 March 2004
Elisabet Font MontanyàInitiative for Catalonia GreensFourth Secretary24 March 20048 September 2006

Eighth Parliament

The composition of the Board of the Eighth legislature was published in the Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya on 17 November 2006.

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Ernest BenachRepublican Left of CataloniaPresident17 November 20065 December 2010
Higini Clotas i CiercoSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Vice-President17 November 20065 December 2010
Ramon Camp i BatallaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaSecond Vice-President17 November 200623 September 2008
Lluís Maria Corominas i DíazDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaSecond Vice-President30 September 20085 December 2010
Lídia Santos i ArnauSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary17 November 20065 December 2010
Antoni Castellà i ClavéDemocratic Union of CataloniaSecond Secretary17 November 20065 December 2010
Jordi MirallesParty of the Communists of CataloniaThird Secretary17 November 20065 December 2010
Rafael Luna i VivasPeople's Party of CataloniaFourth Secretary17 November 20065 December 2010

Ninth Parliament

The Board of the ninth Parliament of Catalonia was elected on 16 December 2010.[1]

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Núria de GispertDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident16 December 20102 October 2012
Lluís Maria Corominas i DíazDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President16 December 20102 October 2012
Higini Clotas i CiercoSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Vice-President16 December 20102 October 2012
Jordi Cornet i SerraPeople's Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary16 December 201017 January 2012
Pere Calbó i RocaPeople's Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary17 January 20122 October 2012
Montserrat TuraSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary16 December 20102 October 2012
Josep Rull i AndreuDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary16 December 20102 October 2012
Maria Dolors Batalla i NoguésDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFourth Secretary16 December 20102 October 2012

Tenth Parliament
Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Núria de GispertDemocratic Union of CataloniaPresident12 December 20124 August 2015
Anna SimóRepublican Left of CataloniaFirst Vice-President12 December 20124 August 2015
Lluís Maria Corominas i DíazDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaSecond Vice-President12 December 20124 August 2015
Miquel IcetaSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary12 December 201223 July 2014
Pere NavarroSocialists' Party of CataloniaFirst Secretary23 July 20144 August 2015
Pere Calbó i RocaPeople's Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary12 December 20124 August 2015
Josep Rull i AndreuDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaThird Secretary12 December 20124 August 2015
David Companyon i CostaRevolutionary Workers' PartyFourth Secretary12 December 20124 August 2015

Eleventh Parliament

The Board of the eleventh Parliament of Catalonia was elected on 26 October 2015.[2][3]

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Carme ForcadellRepublican Left of CataloniaPresident26 October 201528 October 2017
Lluís Maria Corominas i DíazDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President26 October 201525 July 2017
Lluís Guinó i SubirósDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFirst Vice-President25 July 201728 October 2017
José María Espejo-Saavedra ConesaCitizensSecond Vice-President26 October 201528 October 2017
Anna SimóRepublican Left of CataloniaFirst Secretary26 October 201528 October 2017
David Pérez i IbáñezSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary26 October 201528 October 2017
Joan Josep Nuet i PujalsCommunists of CataloniaThird Secretary26 October 201528 October 2017
Ramona Barrufet i SantacanaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaFourth Secretary26 October 201528 October 2017

Twelfth Parliament

The Board of the twelfth Parliament of Catalonia was elected on 17 January 2018.[4][5]

Name Portrait Party Office Took office Left office Refs
Roger TorrentRepublican Left of CataloniaPresident17 January 2018[6][7][8]
Josep Costa i RossellóIndependentFirst Vice-President17 January 2018
José María Espejo-Saavedra ConesaCitizensSecond Vice-President17 January 2018
Eusebi Campdepadrós i PucurullIndependentFirst Secretary17 January 2018
David Pérez i IbáñezSocialists' Party of CataloniaSecond Secretary17 January 2018
Joan García GonzálezCitizensThird Secretary17 January 2018
Alba VergésRepublican Left of CataloniaFourth Secretary17 January 20184 June 2018[9]

References
  • Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 59.1.
  • "Parlament de Catalunya - Òrgans" (in Catalan). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
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  3. Puente, Arturo (26 October 2015). "Carme Forcadell, elegida presidenta del Parlament con el 57% de los votos". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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