Laura Vilagrà
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|Vilagrà|Pons|lang=Catalan|}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Laura Vilagrà
| honorific_suffix = MP
| image = Laura Vilagrà retrat oficial 2021 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Vilagrà in May 2021
| office = Vice President of Catalonia
| term_start = 23 January 2024
| term_end = 12 August 2024
| president = Pere Aragonès
| predecessor = Jordi Puigneró
| successor = Office disestablished
| office1 = Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia
| term_start1 = 26 May 2021
| term_end1 = 12 August 2024
| president1 = Pere Aragonès
| predecessor1 = Meritxell Budó
| successor1 = {{ill|Albert Dalmau Miranda|ca}}
| office2 = Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
| constituency2 = Barcelona
| term_start2 = 12 March 2021
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| constituency3 = Barcelona
| term_start3 = 5 December 2006
| term_end3 = 28 June 2011
| predecessor3 = Oriol Amorós i March
| successor3 = Violant Mascaró i López
| office4 = Mayor of Santpedor
| term_start4 = 14 June 2003
| term_end4 = 13 June 2015
| predecessor4 = Josep Santamans i Gubianas
| successor4 = Xavier Codina i Casas
| office5 = Member of Santpedor Municipal Council
| term_start5 = 1999
| term_end5 = 2015
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| birth_name = Laura Vilagrà i Pons
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|07|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain
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| citizenship = Spanish
| nationality =
| party = Republican Left of Catalonia
| otherparty = Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
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| alma_mater = Autonomous University of Barcelona
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Laura Vilagrà i Pons (born 3 July 1976) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, member of the Parliament of Catalonia and the current Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia.
Early life
Vilagrà was born on 3 July 1976 in Santpedor, Catalonia.{{cite web |title=VII legislatura: Càrrecs parlamentaris i biografies dels diputats i diputades & Composició dels grups parlamentaris |url=https://www.parlament.cat/document/composicio/150342.pdf |publisher=Parliament of Catalonia |access-date=11 June 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |pages=155 |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Perfil i trajectòria professional dels alts càrrecs de l'Administració del Consell Comarcal del Bages |url=https://www.ccbages.cat/docs/CSCB-DCS/Ger%C3%A8ncia/Laura%20Vilagr%C3%A0%20i%20Pons.pdf |publisher=Bages County Council |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Manresa, Spain |language=ca |date=10 October 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203054235/https://www.ccbages.cat/docs/CSCB-DCS/Ger%C3%A8ncia/Laura%20Vilagr%C3%A0%20i%20Pons.pdf |url-status=dead }} She has a degree in political science and administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a master's degree in public management from ESADE. She joined Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) in 1999.{{cite web |title=Laura Vilagrà Pons |url=https://www.esquerra.cat/ca/laura-vilagra |publisher=Republican Left of Catalonia |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}
Career
Vilagrà worked as a political advisor to ERC municipal councillors. She was a member of Bages County Council from 1999 to 2003.
Vilagrà contested the 1999 local elections as an ERC candidate in Santpedor and was elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Manresa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=12 May 1999 |volume=LXI |issue=113 |page=57 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop1999&05/99118a29999.pdf&89 |access-date=11 July 2019 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Junio 1999 - Mun. Santpedor |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }} She was re-elected at the 2003 local elections and became Mayor of Santpedor.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Manresa |magazine=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=29 April 2003 |volume=LXI |issue=102 |page=54 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/anunci/descarrega-pdf/146289 |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 – Mun. Santpedor |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=La exdiputada Laura Vilagrà será la número dos de Aragonès en la lista de ERC |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20201130/49816570657/la-exdiputada-laura-vilagra-sera-la-numero-dos-de-aragones-en-la-lista-de-erc.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=La Vanguardia |agency=EFE |date=30 November 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} She was re-elected at the 2007 and 2011 local elections.{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Manresa |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=25 April 2007 |volume=LXIX |issue=99 |page=185 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2007&04/07099a29999.pdf&23 |access-date=7 June 2018 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Santpedor |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Manresa |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=20 April 2011 |volume= |issue= |page=65 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/anunci/descarrega-pdf/352419 |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Diputació de Barcelona |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Santpedor |url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |publisher=Ministry of the Interior |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |archive-date=26 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html |url-status=dead }}
At the 2006 regional election Vilagrà was placed 14th on ERC's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only managed to win 11 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=30 September 2006 |issue=4730 |page=40764 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=460625&type=01&language=ca_ES |access-date=12 June 2018 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2006: Candidats electes |url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20061.pdf |publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=6 June 2018 |page=2 |language=ca}} However, in December 2006, she was appointed to the Parliament of Catalonia following the resignation of Oriol Amorós i March.{{cite web |title=Historial de la composició: Ple del Parlament: VIII legislatura (17 de novembre de 2006 - 5 d'octubre de 2010) |url=https://www.parlament.cat/web/composicio/legislatures-anteriors/VIII-legislatura/ple-parlament/index.html |publisher=Parliament of Catalonia |access-date=25 May 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} She was re-elected at the 2010 regional election.{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Administració Electoral |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=2 November 2010 |issue=5746 |page=80090 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=562072&type=01&language=ca_ES |access-date=12 June 2018 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2010: Candidats electes |url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20101.pdf |publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=6 June 2018 |page=2 |language=ca}} She resigned from Parliament in June 2011 due to increased workload and personal reasons.{{cite news |title=Laura Vilagrà deixa l'escó al Parlament de Catalunya |url=https://www.regio7.cat/bages/2011/06/29/laura-vilagra-deixa-l-esco-50605101.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=Regió 7 |date=29 June 2011 |location=Manresa, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite news |title=La diputada d'ERC Laura Vilagrà renuncia a l'escó al Parlament i serà substituïda per Violant Mascaró |url=https://directe.larepublica.cat/noticia/162139/la-diputada-d-erc-laura-vilagra-renuncia-a-l-esco-al-parlament-i-sera-substituida-per-viol |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=La República |date=28 June 2011 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}
At the 2012 regional election Vilagrà was placed 24th on the Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes electoral alliance's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win 12 seats in the province and as a result she failed to get elected.{{cite journal |title=Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=24 October 2012 |issue=6239 |page=51640 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=619044&type=01&language=ca_ES |access-date=14 June 2018 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite web |title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes |url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20121.pdf |publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, Generalitat de Catalunya |access-date=26 December 2017 |page=2 |language=ca}}
Vilagrà was the Government of Catalonia's delegate in Central Catalonia from 2016 till the imposition of direct rule in 2017.{{cite news |title=Vilagrà, número dos d'ERC el 14-F: una aposta per la gestió del mentrestant |url=https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/politica/laura-vilagra-numero-2-erc-14-f-aposta-gestio-mentrestant_561432_102.html |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=El Nacional |agency=Catalan News Agency |date=30 November 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |page=ca}} She became manager of the Fundació Tutelar Santa Maria de Comabella in 2018.{{cite news |title=La Fundació Tutelar Santa Maria de Comabella incorpora Laura Vilagrà com a gerent |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/manresa/noticia/73896/fundacio-tutelar-santa-maria-comabella-incorpora-laura-vilagra-gerent |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=NacióManresa |date=5 March 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}} She was appointed manager of Bages County Council in 2019.{{cite news |title=Laura Vilagrà, escollida nova gerent del Consell Comarcal d'entre dinou candidatures |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/manresa/noticia/85759/laura-vilagra-escollida-nova-gerent-consell-comarcal-entre-dinou-candidatures |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=NacióManresa |date=17 September 2019 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}{{cite news |title=Laura Vilagrà, ex-batllessa de Santpedor, serà la número 2 d'ERC a les eleccions del 14-F |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/laura-vilagra-numero-2-erc/ |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=VilaWeb |date=30 November 2020 |language=ca}}
Vilagrà contested the 2021 regional election as an ERC candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=20 January 2021 |issue=8321A |page=3 |url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?versionId=1831957&type=01 |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |issn=1988-298X |language=ca}}{{cite magazine |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral Central |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=3 March 2021 |issue=8355 |page=4 |url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?versionId=1838768&type=01 |access-date=25 May 2021 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |issn=1988-298X |language=ca}} On 26 May 2021 she was sworn in as Minister of the Presidency in the new government of President Pere Aragonès.{{cite news |title=New Catalan ministers take office under the presidency of Pere Aragonès |url=https://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/new-catalan-ministers-take-office-under-the-presidency-of-pere-aragones |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=Catalan News Agency |date=26 May 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain}}{{cite news |last1=Calvet |first1=Josep M. |title=Los consellers de Aragonès toman posesión sin referencias al Estatut ni a la Constitución |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20210526/7482392/14-consellers-aragones-toman-posesion-cargos.html |access-date=26 May 2021 |work=La Vanguardia |date=26 May 2021 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=es}}{{cite magazine |title=Càrrecs i Personal: Departament de la Presidència |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=26 May 2021 |issue=8418A |page=1 |url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?versionId=1853623&type=01 |access-date=28 May 2021 |publisher=Generalitat de Catalunya |location=Barcelona, Spain |issn=1988-298X |language=ca}}
Personal life
Vilagrà is a member of Òmnium Cultural and of the swimming club in Santpedor and has been a swimming instructor for many years. She is the mother of two daughters.{{cite news |last1=Fontanals | first1=Pere |last2=González | first2=Sara |title=Laura Vilagrà, l'"alter ego" de Pere Aragonès |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/212467/laura-vilagra-alter-ego-pere-aragones |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=NacióDigital |date=1 December 2020 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}
Electoral history
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|+ Electoral history of Laura Vilagrà ! scope=col|Election ! scope=col|Constituency ! scope=col colspan="2"|Party ! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance ! scope=col|No. ! scope=col|Result | |||||||
| 1999 local | Santpedor | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | align=right|1 | Elected | ||
| 2003 local | Santpedor | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement | align=right|1 | Elected | |
| 2006 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | align=right|14 | Not elected | ||
| 2007 local | Santpedor | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement | align=right|1 | Elected | |
| 2010 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | align=right|4 | Elected | ||
| 2011 local | Santpedor | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Municipal Agreement | align=right|1 | Elected | |
| 2012 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | align=right|24 | Not elected |
| 2021 regional | Province of Barcelona | style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"| | Republican Left of Catalonia | align=right|2 | Elected |
References
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