List of presidents of the Government of Catalonia

The list of presidents of the Government of Catalonia compiles the official list of presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya since its inception in 1359 to present time.^[1] It has been the traditional way of listing presidents, starting with Berenguer de Cruïlles.^[2][3][4] The most recent stable version of the list dates from 2003, by Josep M. Solé i Sabaté in his work Historia de la Generalitat de Catalunya i dels seus presidents.^[5] The procedure to set up this list is the following: for the period of the medieval Generalitat (Deputation of the General),^[6] the president was the most eminent ecclesiastic deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (popularly known as Generalitat),^[7] a body of the Catalan Courts dissolved in 1716 and reinstated for two years in 1874. From April 1931 on, the list includes the elected presidents as well as the proclaimed exiled presidents during the Francoist dictatorship.^[8] The functions of the President of the Government of Catalonia have varied considerably over history, in parallel with the attributions of the Generalitat itself.^[9]

Deputation of the General or Generalitat (1359–1716)

Fourteenth century

Here follows a list of representatives of catalan institutions through the ages. The Presidents as such first appeared with the modern Generalitat in the 20th century.

1. Berenguer de Cruïlles, Bishop of Girona (1359–1366)
2. Romeu Sescomes, Bishop of Lleida (1363–1364)
3. Ramon Gener (1364–1365)
4. Bernat Vallès, canon of Barcelona (1365–1367)

   Romeu Sescomes, Bishop of Lleida (1375–1376)

5. Joan I d'Empúries (1376)
6. Guillem de Guimerà i d'Abella, Grand Prior of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem (1376–1377)
7. Galceren de Besora i de Cartellà, almoner of Ripoll (1377–1378)

   Ramon Gener (1379–1380)

8. Felip d'Anglesola, canon of Tarragona (1380)
9. Pere de Santamans, canon of Tortosa (1381–1383)
10. Arnau Descolomer, cleric from Girona (1384–1389)
11. Miquel de Santjoan, canon of Girona (1389–1396)
12. Alfons de Tous, canon of Barcelona (1396–1413)

Fifteenth century

Sixteenth century

Seventeenth century

Eighteenth century

Modern Generalitat (1931–present)

Second Republic and exile (1931–1977)

Governments:

•   ERC
•   War cabinet
•   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government Composition	Election	President (Tenure)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Francesc Macià (1859–1933)	14 April 1931	14 December 1932	2 years and 255 days		ERC	Macià I ERC–USC–UGT–PRR–PCR	N/A	President Niceto Alcalá-Zamora (1931–1936)
		14 December 1932	25 December 1933				Macià II ERC	1932
	Lluís Companys (1882–1940)	25 December 1933	31 July 1936	6 years and 295 days		ERC	Companys I ERC–USC–ACR–PNRE
									President Manuel Azaña (1936–1939)
		31 July 1936	15 October 1940 (assassinated)				Companys II ERC–PSUC–UR–UGT–ACR– CNT from Sep 1936
	Josep Irla (1874–1958)	15 October 1940	7 August 1954	13 years and 235 days		ERC	In exile	N/A	Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977)
	Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988)	7 August 1954	18 October 1977	23 years and 72 days		ERC

Restored autonomy (1977–present)

Governments:

•   CiU
•   Tripartite
•   Junts pel Sí
•   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government Composition	Election	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988)	18 October 1977	29 April 1980	2 years and 194 days		ERC	Tarradellas PSC–ERC–PSUC–CDC–UCD	N/A	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)	[10] [11]
	Jordi Pujol (born 1930)	29 April 1980	13 June 1984	23 years and 233 days		CDC	Pujol I CDC–UDC	1980		[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
		13 June 1984	1 July 1988				Pujol II CDC–UDC–ERC until Feb 1987 CDC–UDC from Feb 1987	1984
		1 July 1988	13 April 1992				Pujol III CDC–UDC	1988
		13 April 1992	21 December 1995				Pujol IV CDC–UDC	1992
		21 December 1995	24 November 1999				Pujol V CDC–UDC	1995
		24 November 1999	18 December 2003				Pujol VI CDC–UDC	1999
	Pasqual Maragall (born 1941)	18 December 2003	28 November 2006	2 years and 345 days		PSC	Maragall PSC–ERC–ICV–CpC until May 2006 PSC–ICV–CpC from May 2006	2003		[19] [20]
	José Montilla (born 1955)	28 November 2006	27 December 2010	4 years and 29 days		PSC	Montilla PSC–ERC–ICV	2006		[21] [22]
	Artur Mas (born 1956)	27 December 2010	24 December 2012	5 years and 16 days		CDC	Mas I CDC–UDC	2010		[23] [24] [25]
		24 December 2012	12 January 2016				Mas II CDC–UDC until Jun 2015 CDC from Jun 2015	2012
									King Felipe VI (2014–present)
	Carles Puigdemont (born 1962)	12 January 2016	28 October 2017 (removed)	1 year and 289 days		CDC	Puigdemont CDC/PDeCAT–ERC	2015		[26] [27]
						PDeCAT
During this interval, the office was suspended.							Direct rule over Catalonia	N/A		[27]
	Quim Torra (born 1962)	16 May 2018	28 September 2020 (disqualified)	2 years and 135 days		Independent	Torra ERC–JuntsxCat until Sep 2020 ERC–JxCat from Sep 2020	2017		[28] [29]
During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder.
	Pere Aragonès (born 1982)	22 May 2021	Incumbent	243 days		ERC	Aragonès ERC–JxCat	2021		[30]

Timeline

Controversies

Some historians, like Jaume Guillamet, from Pompeu Fabra University, or José Luis Corral, from Zaragoza University, do not consider the medieval Generalitat to be comparable with the contemporary Generalitat. According to them, the Contemporary Generalitat was created within the framework of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1939), and the current Generalitat is the result of the exercise of self-government of Catalonia within the framework of Spanish democracy. From their perspective, there would only be 10 presidents of the Generalitat: Macià, Companys, Irla, Tarradellas, Pujol, Maragall, Montilla, Mas, Puigdemont and Torra.^[31]

In 2015, one Historian wrote an opinion article defending a list of 16 presidents until Artur Mas. What would give a total of 18 presidents counting up to the current president Torra.^[32]

In 2018, the association "Historiadors de Catalunya", also proposed a list of 10 presidents, but substituting Josep Irla for Francisco Jiménez Arenas: Macià, Companys, Francisco Jiménez Arenas, Tarradellas, Pujol, Maragall, Montilla, Mas, Puigdemont and Torra.^[33]

See also

• Generalitat de Catalunya
• President of the Government of Catalonia

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