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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. She was previously a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Senate of Spain.
Ester Capella | |
|---|---|
Capella in June 2018 | |
| Minister of Territory of Catalonia | |
| In office 12 June 2023 – 12 August 2024 | |
| President | Pere Aragonès |
| Preceded by | Damià Calvet |
| Succeeded by | Sílvia Paneque |
| Delegate of the Catalan Government to Madrid | |
| In office 9 June 2021 – 14 June 2023 | |
| President | Pere Aragonès |
| Preceded by | Gorka Knörr |
| Succeeded by | Joan Capdevila i Esteve |
| Minister of Justice of Catalonia | |
| In office 2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021 | |
| President | Quim Torra |
| Preceded by | Carles Mundó i Blanch (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
| Succeeded by | Lourdes Ciuró |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 8 January 2016 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 23 January 2013 – 12 January 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Iolanda Pineda Balló |
| Constituency | Catalonia |
| Member of the Municipality Council of Barcelona | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ester Capella i Farré 3 April 1963 La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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.
Capella was born on 3 April 1963 in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia.[1][2] She grew up in La Pobla de Segur.[2][3] She has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona.[1][3]
Capella started practising law in 1988.[1] She is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona.[4] She was president of the Catalan Association of Democratic Lawyers (ACJD) from 2003 to 2007.[1][3] She is a member of several feminist organisations including Women and Rights, the Women's Lobby of Catalonia and the Association of Women Jurists.[3][5]
Capella contested the 2007 local elections as an independent Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Barcelona and was elected.[6][7] She joined ERC in 2008 and became the party's spokesperson on the city council.[1][8] At the 2011 local elections Capella was placed third on the Unity for Barcelona–Republican Left of Catalonia–Reagrupament-Catalan Democracy-Acord Municipal (UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM) alliance's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win two seats in the municipality and as a result she failed to get re-elected.[9][10] She was in charge of the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities from 2011 to 2013.[1][3]
In January 2013 Capella was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Parliament of Catalonia, replacing Socialist Iolanda Pineda Balló.[1][8] At the 2015 local elections Capella was placed 11th on the ERC-AM alliance's list of candidates in La Pobla de Segur but the alliance only managed to win six seats in the municipality and as a result she failed to get elected.[11][12] She contested the 2015 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[13][14] She was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[15][16]
On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Capella was to be Minister of Justice.[17][18][19] She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[20][21][22]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 local[6][7] | Barcelona | Independent | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 2 | Elected |
| 2011 local[9][10] | Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM | 3 | Not elected |
| 2015 local[11][12] | La Pobla de Segur | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 11 | Not elected |
| 2015 general[13][14] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 3 | Elected |
| 2016 general[15][16] | Province of Barcelona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 3 | Elected |
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