Government of Pere Aragonès

The government of Pere Aragonès was formed on 26 May 2021 following the latter's election as President of the Government of Catalonia by the Parliament of Catalonia on 21 May and his swearing-in on 24 May, as a result of Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (Junts) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament with external support from the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) following the 2021 Catalan regional election.^[1][2] It succeeded the Torra government and was the Government of Catalonia from 26 May 2021 to 12 August 2024, a total of 1,174 days, or 3 years, 2 months and 17 days.

Government of Pere Aragonès
Executive Council of Catalonia
2021–2024
The government in May 2021.
Date formed	26 May 2021
Date dissolved	12 August 2024
People and organisations
Monarch	Felipe VI
President	Pere Aragonès
Vice President	Jordi Puigneró (2021–2022) Laura Vilagrà (2024)
No. of ministers	14[a]
Total no. of members	24[a]
Member parties	ERC   Junts (2021–2022)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition government (2021–2022) Minority government (2022–2024)
Opposition party	PSC
Opposition leader	Salvador Illa
History
Election	2021 regional election
Outgoing election	2024 regional election
Legislature term	13th/14th Parliament
Budget	2022, 2023
Predecessor	Torra
Successor	Illa

Until 2022, the cabinet comprised members of ERC and Junts, as well as a number of independents proposed by both parties.^[3] On 7 October 2022, Junts members voted to abandon the government following the dismissal of their vice president Jordi Puigneró by Aragonès, which resulted from a political crisis sparked after Junts had demanded a confidence vote on the president.^[4] Aragonès vowed to remain as the head of a minority cabinet made up of ERC members.^[5] It was automatically dismissed on 13 May 2024 as a consequence of the 2024 regional election, but remained in acting capacity until the next government was sworn in.

Investiture

Further information: 2021 Catalan regional election

Investiture Pere Aragonès (ERC)
Ballot →		21 May 2021
Required majority →		68 out of 135 Y
	Yes • ERC (33) • Junts (32) • CUP–G (9)	74 / 135
	No • PSC (33) • Vox (11) • ECP–PEC (8) • Cs (6) • PP (3)	61 / 135
	Abstentions	0 / 135
	Absentees	0 / 135
Sources[1]

Cabinet changes

Aragonès's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:

• On 20 June 2021, the Department of Foreign Action and Transparency was rebranded as the Department of Foreign Action and Open Government.^[6]
• On 28 September 2022, Pere Aragonès announced the dismissal of Vice President and Digital Policies and Territory minister Jordi Puigneró, following a political crisis between the two coalition partners ERC and Junts over the latter's demand of a confidence vote on the president.^[7][8] As a result of the dismissal, Junts announced that it would held a party vote on its permanence in the cabinet among its members on 7 October, which resulted in 56% in favour of leaving.^[4] As a result, Jaume Giró was replaced by Natàlia Mas as Minister of Economy and Finance; Meritxell Serret replaced Victòria Alsina at the helm of the Foreign Action ministry; Joaquim Nadal replaced Gemma Geis in Research and Universities; Josep Maria Argimon was replaced by Manuel Balcells as Minister of Health, whereas Carles Campuzano and Gemma Ubasart became the new officeholders of the Social Rights and Justice portfolios, respectively. Finally, Juli Fernández was appointed to fill the vacancy left in the Territory ministry by Puigneró's dismissal.^[9]
• On 12 June 2023, ahead of the 2023 Spanish general election, Aragonès reshuffled his cabinet by appointing Anna Simó at the helm of the Education portfolio, replacing Josep Gonzàlez Cambray; David Mascort replacing Teresa Jordà as Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda minister; and Ester Capella becoming new minister of Territory in place of Juli Fernández.^[10]
• On 24 January 2024, Presidency minister Laura Vilagrà was appointed as new vice president.^[11]

Executive Council

The Executive Council was structured into the offices for the president, the vice president and 14 ministries.^[6][12][13]

← Aragonès Government → (26 May 2021 – 12 August 2024)
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
President	Pere Aragonès		ERC	22 May 2021	10 August 2024	[14]
Vice President Minister of Digital Policies and Territory	Jordi Puigneró		Junts	26 May 2021	29 September 2022	[15]
Minister of the Presidency	Laura Vilagrà		ERC	26 May 2021	24 January 2024	[15]
Minister of Business and Labour	Roger Torrent		ERC	26 May 2021	12 August 2024	[15]
Minister of Economy and Finance	Jaume Giró		Ind. / Junts[b]	26 May 2021	7 October 2022	[15]
Minister of Equality and Feminism	Tània Verge		ERC (Ind.)	26 May 2021	12 August 2024	[15]
Minister of Foreign Action and Transparency	Victòria Alsina		Junts (Ind.)	26 May 2021	20 June 2021	[15]
Minister of Education	Josep González Cambray		ERC	26 May 2021	12 June 2023	[15]
Minister of Research and Universities	Gemma Geis		Junts	26 May 2021	7 October 2022	[15]
Minister of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda	Teresa Jordà		ERC	26 May 2021	12 June 2023	[15]
Minister of Health	Josep Maria Argimon		Junts (Ind.)	26 May 2021	7 October 2022	[15]
Minister of the Interior	Joan Ignasi Elena		ERC (Ind.)	26 May 2021	12 August 2024	[15]
Minister of Social Rights	Violant Cervera		Junts	26 May 2021	7 October 2022	[15]
Minister of Culture	Natàlia Garriga		ERC	26 May 2021	12 August 2024	[15]
Minister of Justice	Lourdes Ciuró		Junts	26 May 2021	7 October 2022	[15]
Changes June 2021
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Foreign Action and Open Government[c]	Victòria Alsina		Ind. / Junts[d]	20 June 2021	10 October 2022	[6]
Changes September 2022
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Digital Policies and Territory	Gemma Geis took on the ordinary discharge of duties from 3 to 7 October 2022.[18]
Changes October 2022
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Economy and Finance	Natàlia Mas		ERC	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[19]
Minister of Foreign Action and European Union[e]	Meritxell Serret		ERC	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[20]
Minister of Research and Universities	Joaquim Nadal		ERC (Ind.)	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[21]
Minister of Territory[e]	Juli Fernández		ERC	10 October 2022	12 June 2023	[22]
Minister of Health	Manuel Balcells		ERC	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[23]
Minister of Social Rights	Carles Campuzano		ERC (Ind.)	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[24]
Minister of Justice, Rights and Memory[e]	Gemma Ubasart		ERC (Ind.)	10 October 2022	12 August 2024	[25]
Changes June 2023
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Minister of Education	Anna Simó		ERC	12 June 2023	12 August 2024	[26]
Minister of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda	David Mascort		ERC	12 June 2023	12 August 2024	[27]
Minister of Territory	Ester Capella		ERC	12 June 2023	12 August 2024	[28]
Changes January 2024
Portfolio	Name	Party		Took office	Left office	Ref.
Vice President Minister of the Presidency	Laura Vilagrà		ERC	24 January 2024	12 August 2024	[29]

Departmental structure

Pere Aragonès's government is organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure may vary depending on the ministerial department.^[12][6][13]

Unit/body rank

• (■) General secretary
• (■) Director-general

Office (Original name)	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Alliance/party			Ref.
Presidency
Presidency (Presidència de la Generalitat)		Pere Aragonès	22 May 2021	10 August 2024			ERC
Vice Presidency (Vicepresidència de la Generalitat)		Jordi Puigneró	26 May 2021	29 September 2022			Junts
		Laura Vilagrà	24 January 2024	12 August 2024			ERC
	See Department of Digital Policies and Territory (26 May 2021 – 29 September 2022) See Department of the Presidency (24 January 2024 – present)
Department of the Presidency
Department of the Presidency (Departament de la Presidència)		Laura Vilagrà	26 May 2021	12 August 2024			ERC	[30]
Department of Digital Policies and Territory
Department of Digital Policies and Territory (Departament de Polítiques Digitals i Territori) (until 10 October 2022) Department of Territory (Departament de Territori) (from 10 October 2022)		Jordi Puigneró	26 May 2021	29 September 2022			Junts	[31]
		Gemma Geis (ordinary discharge of duties)	3 October 2022	7 October 2022 (renounced)			Junts
		Juli Fernández	10 October 2022	12 June 2023			ERC
		Ester Capella	12 June 2023	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of Business and Labour
Department of Business and Labour (Departament d'Empresa i Treball)		Roger Torrent	26 May 2021	12 August 2024			ERC	[32]
Department of Economy and Finance
Department of Economy and Finance (Departament d'Economia i Hisenda)		Jaume Giró	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts (Junts from Feb 2022; Indep. until Feb 2022)	[33]
		Natàlia Mas	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of Equality and Feminism
Department of Equality and Feminism (Departament d'Igualtat i Feminismes)		Tània Verge	26 May 2021	12 August 2024			ERC (Independent)	[34]
Department of Foreign Action
Department of Foreign Action and Transparency (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Transparència) (until 20 June 2021) Department of Foreign Action and Open Government (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Govern Obert) (20 June 2021 – 10 October 2022) Department of Foreign Action and European Union (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Unió Europea) (from 10 October 2022)		Victòria Alsina	26 May 2021	10 October 2022			Junts (Junts from Oct 2022; Indep. until Oct 2022)	[35]
		Meritxell Serret	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of Education
Department of Education (Departament d'Educació)		Josep González Cambray	26 May 2021	12 June 2023			ERC	[36]
		Anna Simó	12 June 2023	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of Research and Universities
Department of Research and Universities (Departament de Recerca i Universitats)		Gemma Geis	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts	[37]
		Joaquim Nadal	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC (Independent)
Department of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda
Department of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda (Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural)		Teresa Jordà	26 May 2021	12 June 2023			ERC	[38]
		David Mascort	12 June 2023	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of Health
Department of Health (Departament de Salut)		Josep Maria Argimon	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts (Independent)	[39]
		Manuel Balcells	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC
Department of the Interior
Department of the Interior (Departament d'Interior)		Joan Ignasi Elena	26 May 2021	12 August 2024			ERC (Independent)	[40]
Department of Social Rights
Department of Social Rights (Departament de Drets Socials)		Violant Cervera	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts	[41]
		Carles Campuzano	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC (Independent)
Department of Culture
Department of Culture (Departament de Cultura)		Natàlia Garriga	26 May 2021	12 August 2024			ERC	[42]
Department of Justice
Department of Justice (Departament de Justícia) (until 10 October 2022) Department of Justice, Rights and Memory (Departament de Justícia, Drets i Memòria) (from 10 October 2022)		Lourdes Ciuró	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts	[43]
		Gemma Ubasart	10 October 2022	12 August 2024			ERC (Independent)

Notes

1. Does not include the President.
2. Joined Junts in February 2022.^[16]
3. On 20 June 2021, the Department of Foreign Action and Transparency was rebranded as the Department of Foreign Action and Open Government.^[6]
4. Joined Junts in October 2022.^[17]
5. On 10 October 2022, the departments of Digital Policies and Territory, Foreign Action and Open Government and Justice were rebranded as the Territory, Foreign Action and European Union and Justice, Rights and Memory portfolios.^[13]

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31. "Decreto 246/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de la Vicepresidencia y de Políticas Digitales y Territorio" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 23–36. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
32. "Decreto 247/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Empresa y Trabajo" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 75–84. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
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34. "Decreto 249/2021, de 22 de junio, de estructuración del Departamento de Igualdad y Feminismos" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 97–111. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
35. "Decreto 250/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Acción Exterior y Gobierno Abierto" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 112–119. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
36. "Decreto 251/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Educación" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 120–123. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
37. "Decreto 252/2021, de 22 de junio, de estructuración del Departamento de Investigación y Universidades" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 124–136. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
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39. "Decreto 254/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Salud" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 146–153. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
40. "Decreto 255/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Interior" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 154–159. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
41. "Decreto 256/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Derechos Sociales" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 160–169. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
42. "Decreto 257/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Cultura" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 170–176. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.
43. "Decreto 258/2021, de 22 de junio, de reestructuración del Departamento de Justicia" (pdf). Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Spanish) (8442): 177–181. 23 June 2021. ISSN 1988-298X.

Preceded by Torra

Government of Catalonia 2021–2024

Succeeded by Illa