Damià Calvet

Damià Calvet
Calvet in June 2018
Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018  26 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byJosep Rull
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Deputy Mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès
In office
2015–2018
Member of the Municipality Council of Sant Cugat del Vallès
In office
2015–2018
Personal details
Born
Damià Calvet i Valera

(1968-05-23) 23 May 1968
Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyTogether for Catalonia

Damià Calvet i Valera (born 23 May 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and who served as Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

Born in 1968 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Calvet studied construction engineering at La Salle before becoming an academic. He later worked in the private sector in the Balearic Islands before holding various senior positions at the Generalitat de Catalunya. He was a deputy mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès, a municipality in north-eastern Spain, before being appointed Minister of Territory and Sustainability in June 2018.