Pere Aragonès
Pere Aragonès | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 132nd President of the Government of Catalonia | |
| In office 24 May 2021 – 10 August 2024 (Acting: 29 September 2020 – 24 May 2021) | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Vice President | Jordi Puigneró Laura Vilagrà |
| Preceded by | Quim Torra |
| Succeeded by | Salvador Illa |
| Vice President of Catalonia | |
| In office 2 June 2018 – 24 May 2021 | |
| President | Quim Torra |
| Preceded by | Oriol Junqueras (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
| Succeeded by | Jordi Puigneró |
| Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia | |
| In office 2 June 2018 – 24 May 2021 | |
| President | Quim Torra |
| Preceded by | Oriol Junqueras (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
| Succeeded by | Jaume Giró |
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 12 March 2021 – 19 March 2024 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| In office 5 December 2006 – 21 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Josep Huguet |
| Succeeded by | Maria Assumpta Rosell i Medall |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Member of Pineda de Mar Municipal Council | |
| In office 11 June 2011 – 26 April 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Meritxell Mateu Estopa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pere Aragones i Garcia 16 November 1982 Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Alma mater | Open University of Catalonia University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer, academic |
| Website | Official website |
Pere Aragonès i Garcia (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə əɾəɣuˈnɛs i ɣərˈsiə]; born 16 November 1982) is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.
Born in 1982 in Pineda de Mar, Aragonès studied law at the Open University of Catalonia and economics at the University of Barcelona before becoming a lawyer and an academic. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from December 2006 to January 2016 when he was appointed Secretary of Economy in the Catalan government. He was a member of the municipal council in Pineda de Mar from May 2011 to April 2018 and was appointed Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in June 2018.