Government_of_Catalonia

The term "Government of Catalonia" is also used to refer to the Generalitat de Catalunya.

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The Government of Catalonia (Catalan: Govern de Catalunya) is the executive branch of the Generalitat de Catalunya. It is responsible for the political action, reglamentation and administration of the Generalitat.^[1]

The President of the Generalitat is the head of government: he or she may also appoint a Prime Minister (Catalan: Conseller(a) primer(a)),^[2] who must be approved by the Parliament. The various ministers (Catalan: consellers) are also appointed by the President of the Generalitat. Ministers need not be deputies, as they have an automatic right to intervene in parliamentary debates.

Serving members of the government may not be arrested for any acts committed in Catalonia, except in flagrante delicto, and may only be judged before the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia, or the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court outside of Catalonia.^[3]

Current government (Eighth legislature)

Previous governments

• Government of Catalonia (Seventh legislature) (2003–6)
• Government of Catalonia (Sixth legislature) (1999–2003)
• Government of Catalonia (Fifth legislature) (1995–99)
• Government of Catalonia (Fourth legislature) (1992–95)
• Government of Catalonia (Third legislature) (1988–92)
• Government of Catalonia (Second legislature) (1984–88)
• Government of Catalonia (First legislature) (1980–84)
• Provisional government of Catalonia (1977–80)
• Governments in exile of Catalonia (1939–1977)
• Governments of Catalonia during the Spanish civil war (1936–38)
• Ninth government of Catalonia (1936)
• Eighth government of Catalonia (1934–1936)
• Seventh government of Catalonia (1934)
• Sixth government of Catalonia (1933–34)
• Fifth government of Catalonia (1933)
• Fourth government of Catalonia (1932–33)
• Third government of Catalonia (1932)
• Second government of Catalonia (1931–32)
• First government of Catalonia (1931)
• Government of the Republic of Catalonia (1931)

Former ministries

• Ministry of Defence
• Ministry of Public Works
• Ministry of Communications
• Foment
• Beneficencia
• Ministry of Provisions
• Ministry of Internal Security
• Ministry of Public Services

There have also been two ministers without portfolio in Catalan governments:

• Rafael Closas i Cendra (ACR, 26 September – 17 December 1936)
• Antoni Sesé i Artaso (5 May – 29 June 1937)

References

1. ^ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 68.
2. ^ The statutory post of Prime Minister was introduced in the 2006 Statute of Autonomy (Art. 69). As of January 2007, the post is still vacant, although Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (ERC) has been named as Vice-President of the Generalitat and is expected to be named as Prime Minister in due course. The posts of Conseller primer or Cap del Consell Executiu (Head of the Executive Council) existed in some of the Governments of Catalonia between 1931 and 1938.
3. ^ Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 70.
4. ^ Department d'Interior in Catalan; Home Affairs is the "official" translation according to the Generalitat. Public Safety perhaps better capture the "idea" of the department, but Interior Department is frequently used in the English-language media for similarly named agencies in other governments despite the fact that, for example, the U.S. Department of the Interior has a much different portfolio.

External links

Politics of Catalonia
Government of Catalonia series
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