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.

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

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Heribert Barrera	Republican Left of Catalonia	President	10 April 1980	20 March 1984
Isidre Molas	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Vice-President	10 April 1980	9 September 1980
Concepció Ferrer i Casals	Democratic Union of Catalonia	First Vice-President	9 September 1980	20 March 1984
Concepció Ferrer i Casals	Democratic Union of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	10 April 1980	9 September 1980
Isidre Molas	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	9 September 1980	20 March 1984
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	10 April 1980	20 March 1984
Felip Lorda i Alaiz	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	10 April 1980	20 March 1984
Ramon Espasa i Oliver	Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia	Third Secretary	10 April 1980	9 September 1980
Enrique Manuel-Rimbau Tomás	Centrists of Catalonia	Third Secretary	9 September 1980	20 March 1984
Enrique Manuel-Rimbau Tomás	Centrists of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	10 April 1980	9 September 1980
Ramon Espasa i Oliver	Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	9 September 1980	11 October 1983
Marcel Planellas i Aran	Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	11 October 1983	20 March 1984

Second Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Miquel Coll i Alentorn	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Arcadi Calzada i Salavedra	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Isidre Molas	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Felip Lorda i Alaiz	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Flora Sanabra i Villarroya	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	17 May 1984	4 April 1988
Marçal Casanovas i Guerri	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	17 May 1984	4 April 1988

Third Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Joaquim Xicoy i Bassegoda	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	16 June 1988	21 January 1992
Arcadi Calzada i Salavedra	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	16 June 1988	21 January 1992
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	16 June 1988	21 January 1992
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	16 June 1988	21 January 1992
Luís Andrés García Sáez	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	16 June 1988	9 January 1992
Flora Sanabra i Villarroya	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	16 June 1988	21 January 1992
Celestino Andrés Sánchez Ramos	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	Fourth Secretary	16 June 1988	21 December 1989
Rosa Fabián Martínez	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	Fourth Secretary	21 December 1989	21 January 1992

Fourth Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Joaquim Xicoy i Bassegoda	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	3 April 1992	26 September 1995
Arcadi Calzada i Salavedra	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	3 April 1992	26 September 1995
Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	3 April 1992	26 September 1995
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	3 April 1992	16 June 1993
Flora Sanabra i Villarroya	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	16 June 1993	26 September 1995
Xavier Guitart i Domènech	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	3 April 1992	26 September 1995
Flora Sanabra i Villarroya	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	3 April 1992	16 June 1993
Enric Castellnou i Alberch	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	16 June 1993	26 September 1995
Xavier Bosch i Garcia	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	3 April 1992	26 September 1995

Fifth Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Joan Reventós	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	President	5 December 1995	24 August 1999
Domènec Sesmilo i Rius	Democratic Union of Catalonia	First Vice-President	5 December 1995	24 August 1999
Simó Pujol i Folcrà	People's Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	5 December 1995	24 August 1999
Raimon Escudé i Pladellorens	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Secretary	5 December 1995	24 August 1999
Xavier Bosch i Garcia	Republican Left of Catalonia	Second Secretary	5 December 1995	22 October 1996
Ernest Benach	Republican Left of Catalonia	Second Secretary	22 October 1996	24 August 1999
Francesc Codina i Castillo	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	5 December 1995	24 August 1999
Imma Mayol i Beltran	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	Fourth Secretary	5 December 1995	16 June 1998
Roc Fuentes i Navarro	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	Fourth Secretary	16 June 1998	24 August 1999

Sixth Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Joan Rigol	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	5 November 1999	23 September 2003
Higini Clotas i Cierco	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Vice-President	5 November 1999	23 September 2003
Dolors Montserrat i Culleré	People's Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	5 November 1999	23 September 2003
Carme Valls i Llobet	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	5 November 1999	23 September 2003
Ernest Benach	Republican Left of Catalonia	Second Secretary	5 November 1999	23 September 2003
Francesc Codina i Castillo	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	5 November 1999	16 June 2000
Esteve Orriols i Sendra	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	16 June 2000	23 September 2003
Isidre Gavín i Valls	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	5 November 1999	23 September 2003

Seventh Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Ernest Benach	Republican Left of Catalonia	President	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Higini Clotas i Cierco	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Vice-President	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Anna Miranda i Torres	Democratic Union of Catalonia	First Secretary	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Carme Carretero i Romay	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Rafael Luna i Vivas	People's Party of Catalonia	Third Secretary	5 December 2003	8 September 2006
Marina Llansana i Rosich	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	5 December 2003	24 March 2004
Elisabet Font Montanyà	Initiative for Catalonia Greens	Fourth Secretary	24 March 2004	8 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.

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Ernest Benach	Republican Left of Catalonia	President	17 November 2006	5 December 2010
Higini Clotas i Cierco	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Vice-President	17 November 2006	5 December 2010
Ramon Camp i Batalla	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	17 November 2006	23 September 2008
Lluís Maria Corominas i Díaz	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	30 September 2008	5 December 2010
Lídia Santos i Arnau	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	17 November 2006	5 December 2010
Antoni Castellà i Clavé	Democratic Union of Catalonia	Second Secretary	17 November 2006	5 December 2010
Jordi Miralles	Party of the Communists of Catalonia	Third Secretary	17 November 2006	5 December 2010
Rafael Luna i Vivas	People's Party of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	17 November 2006	5 December 2010

Ninth Parliament

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

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Núria de Gispert	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	16 December 2010	2 October 2012
Lluís Maria Corominas i Díaz	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	16 December 2010	2 October 2012
Higini Clotas i Cierco	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	16 December 2010	2 October 2012
Jordi Cornet i Serra	People's Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	16 December 2010	17 January 2012
Pere Calbó i Roca	People's Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	17 January 2012	2 October 2012
Montserrat Tura	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	16 December 2010	2 October 2012
Josep Rull i Andreu	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	16 December 2010	2 October 2012
Maria Dolors Batalla i Nogués	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	16 December 2010	2 October 2012

Tenth Parliament

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Núria de Gispert	Democratic Union of Catalonia	President	12 December 2012	4 August 2015
Anna Simó	Republican Left of Catalonia	First Vice-President	12 December 2012	4 August 2015
Lluís Maria Corominas i Díaz	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	12 December 2012	4 August 2015
Miquel Iceta	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	12 December 2012	23 July 2014
Pere Navarro	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	23 July 2014	4 August 2015
Pere Calbó i Roca	People's Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	12 December 2012	4 August 2015
Josep Rull i Andreu	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Third Secretary	12 December 2012	4 August 2015
David Companyon i Costa	Revolutionary Workers' Party	Fourth Secretary	12 December 2012	4 August 2015

Eleventh Parliament

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

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office
Carme Forcadell	Republican Left of Catalonia	President	26 October 2015	28 October 2017
Lluís Maria Corominas i Díaz	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	26 October 2015	25 July 2017
Lluís Guinó i Subirós	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	First Vice-President	25 July 2017	28 October 2017
José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa	Citizens	Second Vice-President	26 October 2015	28 October 2017
Anna Simó	Republican Left of Catalonia	First Secretary	26 October 2015	28 October 2017
David Pérez i Ibáñez	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	26 October 2015	28 October 2017
Joan Josep Nuet i Pujals	Communists of Catalonia	Third Secretary	26 October 2015	28 October 2017
Ramona Barrufet i Santacana	Democratic Convergence of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	26 October 2015	28 October 2017

Twelfth Parliament

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

	Party	Office	Took office	Left office	Refs
Roger Torrent	Republican Left of Catalonia	President	17 January 2018	12 March 2021	^[6]^[7]^[8]
Josep Costa i Rosselló	Independent	First Vice-President	17 January 2018	12 March 2021
José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa	Citizens	Second Vice-President	17 January 2018	20 May 2019
Joan García González	Citizens	Second Vice-President	29 May 2019	12 March 2021
Eusebi Campdepadrós i Pucurull	Independent	First Secretary	17 January 2018	12 March 2021
David Pérez i Ibáñez	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Secretary	17 January 2018	12 March 2021
Joan García González	Citizens	Third Secretary	17 January 2018	29 May 2019
Laura Vílchez Sánchez	Citizens	Third Secretary	29 May 2019	12 March 2021
Alba Vergés	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	17 January 2018	6 June 2018	^[9]
Adriana Delgado i Herreros	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	6 June 2018	26 November 2019
Rut Ribas i Martí	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	26 November 2019	12 March 2021

Thirteenth Parliament

The Board of the thirteenth Parliament of Catalonia was elected on 12 March 2021.^[10]

	Party	Office	Took office	Refs
Laura Borràs	Together for Catalonia	President	12 March 2021	^[11]
Anna Caula i Paretas	Republican Left of Catalonia	First Vice-President	12 March 2021
Eva Granados	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	Second Vice-President	12 March 2021
Ferran Pedret i Santos	Socialists' Party of Catalonia	First Secretary	12 March 2021
Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas	Together for Catalonia	Second Secretary	12 March 2021
Pau Juvillà i Ballester	Popular Unity Candidacy	Third Secretary	12 March 2021
Ruben Wagensberg	Republican Left of Catalonia	Fourth Secretary	12 March 2021

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.

^ Blanchar, Clara (16 December 2010). "Núria de Gispert, primera presidenta del Parlamento catalán". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Julve, Rafa; Rico, Jose (26 October 2015). "Parlament con los votos de JxSí, la CUP y parte de Sí que es Pot". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ 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.
^ Pardo Torregrosa, Iñaki (17 January 2018). "Así es la nueva Mesa del Parlament". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ Ubieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018). "Així és la nova Mesa del Parlament". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
^ "Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes". BBC News. London, U.K. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Catalan lawmakers elect separatist parliamentary speaker as sacked leader Carles Puigdemont eyes comeback". The New Indian Express. Chennai, India. Press Trust of India. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "Roger Torrent, new Catalan Parliament president". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
^ "BOPC 094/12: Tramitacions generals" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya. Vol. XII, no. 94. Parliament of Catalonia. 6 June 2018. p. 18. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
^ "Laura Borràs, elegida presidenta del Parlament de Catalunya". 3/24 (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^ "Laura Borràs elected as new speaker of the Catalan Parliament". VilaWeb. Barcelona, Spain. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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[1] Blanchar, Clara (16 December 2010). "Núria de Gispert, primera presidenta del Parlamento catalán". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[2] Julve, Rafa; Rico, Jose (26 October 2015). "Parlament con los votos de JxSí, la CUP y parte de Sí que es Pot". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[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.

[4] Pardo Torregrosa, Iñaki (17 January 2018). "Así es la nueva Mesa del Parlament". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[5] Ubieto, Gabriel (17 January 2018). "Així és la nova Mesa del Parlament". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[6] "Catalonia MPs elect separatist speaker as parliament reconvenes". BBC News. London, U.K. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[7] "Catalan lawmakers elect separatist parliamentary speaker as sacked leader Carles Puigdemont eyes comeback". The New Indian Express. Chennai, India. Press Trust of India. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[8] "Roger Torrent, new Catalan Parliament president". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[9] "BOPC 094/12: Tramitacions generals" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya. Vol. XII, no. 94. Parliament of Catalonia. 6 June 2018. p. 18. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

[10] "Laura Borràs, elegida presidenta del Parlament de Catalunya". 3/24 (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 21 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

[11] "Laura Borràs elected as new speaker of the Catalan Parliament". VilaWeb. Barcelona, Spain. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

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