List of presidents of the Government of Catalonia

The functions of the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya have varied considerably over history, in parallel with the attributions of the Generalitat itself.

Generalitat (1932–present)

No.	Term of Office		Picture	Name	Party	Notes
style="background:Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 1	14 December 1932	25 December 1933		Francesc Macià	ERC	Died in office.
style="background:Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 2	25 December 1933	15 October 1940		Lluís Companys	ERC	In exile from 1939 due to the advance of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent dictatorship. Arrested by the Gestapo in France in 1940, extradited to Spain and executed.
style="background:Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 3	15 October 1940	7 August 1954	File:Josep Irla Generalidad.jpg	Josep Irla	ERC	He became the President-in-exile of the Generalitat after Lluís Companys was executed. He appointed the next President of the Generalitat, Josep Tarradellas, while in exile in Paris.
style="background:Template:Republican Left of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 4	7 August 1954	24 April 1980		Josep Tarradellas	ERC	In exile until 1977. Stepped down after the 1980 regional elections.
style="background:Template:Democratic Convergence of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 5	24 April 1980	16 December 2003		Jordi Pujol	CiU
style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 6	16 December 2003	28 November 2006		Pasqual Maragall	PSC
style="background:Template:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color; color:white;"| 7	28 November 2006	27 December 2010		José Montilla	PSC
style="background:Template:Democratic Convergence of Catalonia/meta/color; color:white;"| 8	27 December 2010	10 January 2016		Artur Mas	CiU
style="background:Template:Junts pel Sí/meta/color; color:white;"| 9	10 January 2016	27 October 2017		Carles Puigdemont	JxSí	Removed from office by disposition of the Senate of Spain, passed in plenary session on 27 October 2017, after the request by the Government of Spain for approval of extraordinary measures under Section 155 of the Spanish Constitution, in response to the decision of the Parliament of Catalonia to unilaterally declare independence and establish the Catalan Republic.

See also

• Generalitat de Catalunya
• President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

References

• "Relació cronològica dels presidents de la Generalitat de Catalunya" (PDF) (in Catalan). Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
• Història de Catalunya. Barcelona: El Periodico, 1992.