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List of vice presidents of Catalonia

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{{Politics of Catalonia}}

This article lists the vice presidents of Catalonia, the second most senior position in the Government of Catalonia. The position, previously known as First Minister ({{langx|ca|Conseller Primer|translation=First Councillor}}), Chief Advisor ({{langx|ca|Conseller en Cap}}), Chief Executive Officer ({{langx|ca|Conseller Delegat}}) and Head of the Executive Board ({{langx|ca|Cap del Consell Executiu}}), is optional and is appointed by the president of Catalonia.

List of officeholders

Office name:

  • Vice Presidency of the Council of Ministers (1840–1841; 1925–1931; 1933–1934)
  • Vice Presidency of the Government (1938–1939; 1962–1973; 1982–1995; 2011–2020)
  • First Vice Presidency of the Government (1974–1975; 1976; 1977–1979; 1981–1982; 1996–2011; 2020–present)
  • Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1975–1976)
  • First Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1976–1977)
  • First Vice Presidency of the Government, in charge of the Coordination of the Security and National Defence Affairs (1979–1981)
  • Vice Presidency of the Government for Economic Affairs (1982; 2011)

=Second Republic and exile (1931–1977)=

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! scope=col colspan="2"|Name

! scope=col class=unsortable|Portrait

! scope=col width=50px|Party

! scope=col|Took office

! scope=col|Left office

! scope=col colspan="2"|President

! width=125px|Ministerial
title

! scope=col width=25px class=unsortable|Refs

!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Joan|Casanovas i Maristany|nolink=1}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1931|12|29|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1932|10|03|format=dmy}}!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;" rowspan=4|rowspan=4|{{Sortname|Francesc|Macià}}Vice Presidentalign=center|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Joan|Lluhí}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1932|12|19|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1933|01|24|format=dmy}}Head of the Executive Boardalign=center|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Carles|Pi i Sunyer|nolink=1}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1933|01|24|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1933|10|04|format=dmy}}Chief Executive Officeralign=center|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Miquel|Santaló i Parvorell|nolink=1}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1933|10|04|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1934|01|03|format=dmy}}rowspan=3|First Ministeralign=center|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Joan|Casanovas i Maristany|nolink=1}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1936|07|31|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1936|09|26|format=dmy}}!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;" rowspan=2|rowspan=2|{{Sortname|Lluís|Companys}}align=center|
!align="center" style="background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}}; color:white;"|{{Sortname|Josep|Tarradellas}}align=center|75pxRepublican Left of Cataloniaalign=center|{{Dts|1936|12|26|format=dmy}}align=center|{{Dts|1937|05|05|format=dmy}}align=center|

=Restored autonomy (2001–present)=

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rowspan="2" width="65"| Portrait

! rowspan="2" width="210"| Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="3"| Term of office

! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party

! rowspan="2"| Government

! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister
{{small|(Tenure)}}

! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|{{smaller|Ref.}}|References}}

width="85"| {{small|Took office}}

! width="85"| {{small|Left office}}

! width="85"| {{small|Duration}}

65px

| Artur Mas
{{small|(born 1956)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|17 January}}
2001

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|20 December}}
2003

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2001|1|17|2003|12|20|sep=and}}

| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"|

| CDC

| Pujol VI

| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"|

| Jordi Pujol
60px
{{small|(1980–2003)}}

| align="center"|

65px

| Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|20 December}}
2003

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|20 February}}
2004

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2003|12|20|2004|2|20|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| rowspan="2"| Maragall

| rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"|

| rowspan="2"| Pasqual Maragall
60px
{{small|(2003–2006)}}

| align="center"|

65px

| Josep Bargalló
{{small|(born 1958)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|20 February}}
2004

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|11 May}}
2006

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2004|2|20|2006|5|11|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| align="center"|

65px

| Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
{{small|(born 1952)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|29 November}}
2006

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|29 December}}
2010

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2006|11|29|2010|12|29|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| Montilla

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialists' Party of Catalonia}};"|

| José Montilla
60px
{{small|(2006–2010)}}

| align="center"|

rowspan="2"| 65px

| rowspan="2"| Joana Ortega
{{small|(born 1959)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|29 December}}
2010

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|27 December}}
2012

| rowspan="2"style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2010|12|29|2015|6|22|sep=and}}

| rowspan="2"style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Union of Catalonia}};"|

| rowspan="2"| UDC

| Mas I

| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"|

| rowspan="3"| Artur Mas
60px
{{small|(2010–2016)}}

| rowspan="2" align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=5785|date=29 December 2012|language=es|title=DECRETO 202/2010, de 27 de diciembre, por el que se nombra a la vicepresidenta del Gobierno, a los consejeros y consejeras de los departamentos de la Generalidad de Cataluña y al secretario del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/5785/1159021.pdf|issn=1988-298X|page=93816}}
{{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=6281|date=27 December 2012|language=es|title=DECRETO 166/2012, de 27 de diciembre, por el que se nombran a la vicepresidenta del Gobierno, los consejeros y consejeras de los departamentos de la Generalidad de Cataluña y el secretario del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/6281A/1276556.pdf|issn=1988-298X|page=63942}}
{{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=6897A|date=22 June 2015|language=es|title=DECRETO 108/2015, de 22 de junio, de cese de la señora Joana Ortega i Alemany como titular del Departamento de Gobernación y Relaciones Institucionales y vicepresidenta del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/6897A/1431229.pdf|issn=1988-298X}}

class="nowrap"| {{smaller|27 December}}
2012

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 June}}
2015

| rowspan="2"| Mas II

65px

| Neus Munté
{{small|(born 1970)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 June}}
2015

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 January}}
2016

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2015|6|22|2016|1|14|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Convergence of Catalonia}};"|

| CDC

| align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=6897A|date=22 June 2015|language=es|title=DECRETO 111/2015, de 22 de junio, por el que se nombra a la señora Neus Munté i Fernàndez vicepresidenta del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/6897A/1431239.pdf|issn=1988-298X}}

65px

| Oriol Junqueras
{{small|(born 1970)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 January}}
2016

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|28 October}}
2017
{{small|(removed)}}

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2016|1|14|2017|10|27|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| Puigdemont

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Catalan European Democratic Party}};"|

| Carles Puigdemont
60px
{{small|(2016–2017)}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=7037|date=14 January 2016|language=es|title=DECRETO 3/2016, de 13 de enero, por el que se nombran el vicepresidente del Gobierno, los consejeros y consejeras de los departamentos de la Generalidad de Cataluña y el secretario del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/7037/1467140.pdf|issn=1988-298X}}
{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=261|date=28 October 2017|language=es|title=Real Decreto 943/2017, de 27 de octubre, por el que se dispone, en virtud de las medidas autorizadas con fecha 27 de octubre de 2017 por el Pleno del Senado respecto de la Generalitat de Cataluña en aplicación del artículo 155 de la Constitución, el cese del Vicepresidente de la Generalitat de Cataluña y de los Consejeros integrantes del Consejo de Gobierno de la Generalitat de Cataluña|url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2017/10/28/pdfs/BOE-A-2017-12333.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=103564}}

colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEEE;"| {{smaller|During this interval, the office was suspended.}}

| colspan="3" style="background:#EEEEEE;"| Direct rule over Catalonia

|

65px

| Pere Aragonès
{{small|(born 1982)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|1 June}}
2018

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 May}}
2021

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2018|6|2|2021|5|26|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| Torra

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"|

| Quim Torra
60px
{{small|(2018–2020)}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=7632|date=1 June 2018|language=es|title=DECRETO 3/2018, de 29 de mayo, por el que se nombran el vicepresidente del Gobierno y los consejeros y las consejeras de los departamentos de la Generalidad de Cataluña|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/7632/1677537.pdf|issn=1988-298X}}

65px

| Jordi Puigneró
{{small|(born 1974)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 May}}
2021

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|29 September}}
2022

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2021|5|26|2022|9|29|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Together for Catalonia (2020)}};"|

| JxCat

| Aragonès

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| Pere Aragonès
60px
{{small|(2021–2024)}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=8418A|date=26 May 2021|language=es|title=DECRETO 22/2021, de 26 de mayo, por el que se nombran el vicepresidente del Gobierno y los consejeros y las consejeras de los departamentos de la Generalitat de Catalunya|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/8418A/1853624.pdf|issn=1988-298X|page=1}}
{{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=8762A|date=29 September 2022|language=es|title=DECRETO 176/2022, de 29 de septiembre, de cese del señor Jordi Puigneró i Ferrer como titular del Departamento de Políticas Digitales y Territorio y vicepresidente del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/8762A/1928782.pdf|issn=1988-298X|page=1}}

colspan="11" style="background:#EEEEEE;"| {{smaller|Office disestablished during this interval.}}
65px

| Laura Vilagrà
{{small|(born 1976)}}

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|24 January}}
2024

| class="nowrap"| {{smaller|12 August}}
2024

| style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2024|1|24|2024|8|12|sep=and}}

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| ERC

| Aragonès

| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Republican Left of Catalonia}};"|

| Pere Aragonès
60px
{{small|(2021–2024)}}

| align="center"| {{cite journal|journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya|issue=9086|date=24 January 2024|language=es|title=DECRETO 16/2024, de 23 de enero, por el que se nombra a la señora Laura Vilagrà Pons vicepresidenta del Gobierno|format=pdf|url=https://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/PDF/9086/2009776.pdf|issn=1988-298X|page=1}}

colspan="11" style="background:#EEEEEE;"| {{smaller|Office disestablished during this interval.}}

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References

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