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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It has been the traditional way of listing presidents, starting with Berenguer de Cruïlles.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The procedure to set up this list is the following: for the period of the medieval Generalitat (Deputation of the General),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the president was the most eminent ecclesiastic deputy of the Deputation of the General of Catalonia (popularly known as Generalitat),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="gencat.cat">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The functions of the President of the Government of Catalonia have varied considerably over history, in parallel with the attributions of the Generalitat itself.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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)

Modern Generalitat (1931–present)

Second Republic and exile (1931–1977)

Governments

• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Government Template:Small	Election	President Template:Small	Template:Abbr
		Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
File:Macia 2a tongada scans 003 editora 8 44 1.jpg	Francesc Macià Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1931	Template:Smaller 1932	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan="2" width="1" style="background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC	Macià I Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small Niceto Alcalá-Zamora File:Coat of Arms of Spain (1931-1939).svg Template:Small
		Template:Smaller 1932	Template:Smaller 1933Template:Dagger		Macià II Template:Small		1932
File:Lluis Companys.jpg	Lluís Companys Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1933	Template:Smaller 1936	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC		Companys I Template:Small
					Template:Small Manuel Azaña File:Coat of Arms of Spain (1931-1939).svg Template:Small
		Template:Smaller 1936	Template:Smaller 1940Template:Dagger Template:Small					Companys II Template:Small
File:Irla bb (cropped).jpg	Josep Irla Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1940	Template:Smaller 1954	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC	In exile	Template:Small	Template:Smaller Template:Small
Error creating thumbnail:	Josep Tarradellas Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1954	Template:Smaller 1977	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC

Restored autonomy (1977–present)

Governments

• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2
• Template:Legend2

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party		Government Template:Small	Election	Monarch Template:Small	Template:Abbr
		Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small
Error creating thumbnail:	Josep Tarradellas Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1977	Template:Smaller 1980	Template:Age in years and days	width="1" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC	Tarradellas Template:Small	Template:Small	Template:Small Juan Carlos I File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg Template:Small	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg	Jordi Pujol Template:Small	Template:Smaller 1980	Template:Smaller 1984	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	CDC	Pujol I Template:Small	1980		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		Template:Smaller 1984	Template:Smaller 1988		Pujol II Template:Small		1984
		Template:Smaller 1988	Template:Smaller 1992		Pujol III Template:Small		1988
		Template:Smaller 1992	Template:Smaller 1995		Pujol IV Template:Small		1992
		Template:Smaller 1995	Template:Smaller 1999		Pujol V Template:Small		1995
		Template:Smaller 1999	Template:Smaller 2003		Pujol VI Template:Small		1999
Error creating thumbnail:	Pasqual Maragall Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2003	Template:Smaller 2006	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	PSC	Maragall Template:Small	2003		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
File:José Montilla 2008 (cropped).jpg	José Montilla Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2006	Template:Smaller 2010	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	PSC	Montilla Template:Small	2006		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Error creating thumbnail:	Artur Mas Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2010	Template:Smaller 2012	Template:Age in years and days	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	CDC	Mas I Template:Small	2010		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
		Template:Smaller 2012	Template:Smaller 2016		Mas II Template:Small		2012
								Template:Small Felipe VI File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg Template:Small
Error creating thumbnail:	Carles Puigdemont Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2016	Template:Smaller 2017 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	CDC	Puigdemont Template:Small		2015	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref name="Article155">Template:Cite journal</ref>
					style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	PDeCAT
Template:Smaller							Direct rule over Catalonia		Template:Small	<ref name="Article155"/>
Error creating thumbnail:	Quim Torra Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2018	Template:Smaller 2020 Template:Small	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	Torra Template:Small		2017	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Smaller
File:Pere Aragonès 2021b (cropped).jpg	Pere Aragonès Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2021	Template:Smaller 2024	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	ERC	Aragonès Template:Small		2021	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> <ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Error creating thumbnail:	Salvador Illa Template:Small	Template:Smaller 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	PSC	Illa Template:Small		2024	<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Timeline

<timeline> ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late

Colors =

 id:ERC    value:rgb(1,0.698,0.196)      legend:ERC
 id:CDC    value:rgb(0.137,0.176,0.482)  legend:CDC
 id:PSC    value:rgb(1,0.141,0)          legend:PSC
 id:PDeCAT value:rgb(0,0.510,0.792)      legend:PDeCAT
 id:IND    value:rgb(0.8,0.8,0.8)        legend:Indep.
 id:gray1  value:gray(0.85)
 id:gray2  value:gray(0.95)
 id:grid   value:gray(0.5)

DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1930 till:{{#time:d/m/Y}} TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1930 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1930

Legend = columns:1 left:205 top:35 columnwidth:75

TextData =

 pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M
 text:"Political parties:"

BarData =

 barset:P
 bar:Macià
 bar:Companys
 bar:Irla
 bar:Tarradellas
 bar:Pujol
 bar:Maragall
 bar:Montilla
 bar:Mas
 bar:Puigdemont
 bar:Torra
 bar:Aragonès
 bar:Illa

LineData=

 at: 13/02/1939 color:magenta width:0.1
 at: 29/09/1977 color:magenta width:0.1

PlotData=

 width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till
 barset:P

 bar:Macià
 from: 14/04/1931 till: 25/12/1933 color:ERC    text:"Macià" fontsize:10
 bar:Companys
 from: 25/12/1933 till: 15/10/1940 color:ERC    text:"Companys" fontsize:10
 bar:Irla
 from: 15/10/1940 till: 07/08/1954 color:ERC    text:"Irla" fontsize:10
 bar:Tarradellas
 from: 07/08/1954 till: 29/04/1980 color:ERC    text:"Tarradellas" fontsize:10
 bar:Pujol
 from: 29/04/1980 till: 18/12/2003 color:CDC    text:"Pujol" fontsize:10
 bar:Maragall
 from: 18/12/2003 till: 28/11/2006 color:PSC    text:"Maragall" fontsize:10
 bar:Montilla
 from: 28/11/2006 till: 27/12/2010 color:PSC    text:"Montilla" fontsize:10
 bar:Mas
 from: 27/12/2010 till: 12/01/2016 color:CDC    text:"Mas" fontsize:10
 bar:Puigdemont
 from: 12/01/2016 till: 10/07/2016 color:CDC
 from: 10/07/2016 till: 28/10/2017 color:PDeCAT text:"Puigdemont" fontsize:10
 bar:Torra
 from: 16/05/2018 till: 28/09/2020 color:IND    text:"Torra" fontsize:10
 bar:Aragonès
 from: 28/09/2020 till: 10/08/2024 color:ERC    text:"Aragonès" fontsize:10
 bar:Illa
 from: 10/08/2024 till: end        color:PSC    text:"Illa" fontsize:10

</timeline>

See also

• Generalitat de Catalunya
• President of the Government of Catalonia

Notes

^†{{#if:| }} Died in officeTemplate:\^‡{{#if:| }} assassinated.

External links

• Presidents of the Generalitat
• Template:HistCat