Ester Capella

Ester Capella
Capella in June 2018
Minister of Territory of Catalonia
In office
12 June 2023  12 August 2024
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byDamià Calvet
Succeeded bySílvia Paneque
Delegate of the Catalan Government to Madrid
In office
9 June 2021  14 June 2023
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byGorka Knörr
Succeeded byJoan Capdevila i Esteve
Minister of Justice of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018  26 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byCarles Mundó i Blanch
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byLourdes Ciuró
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
8 January 2016  1 June 2018
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Senate
In office
23 January 2013  12 January 2016
Preceded byIolanda Pineda Balló
ConstituencyCatalonia
Member of the Municipality Council of Barcelona
In office
2007–2011
Personal details
Born
Ester Capella i Farré

(1963-04-03) 3 April 1963
La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations
Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer

Ester Capella i Farré (born 3 April 1963) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from Catalonia. She was the Minister of Justice of Catalonia in the Torra Cabinet,a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Senate of Spain.

Born in 1968 in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain, Capella studied law at the University of Barcelona before becoming a lawyer. She was a municipal councillor in Barcelona from 2007 and 2011 and was appointed to the Senate of Spain in January 2013, serving until January 2016 when she became a member of the Congress of Deputies. She was appointed Minister of Justice of Catalonia in June 2018.