Provincial Deputation of Barcelona

The Provincial Deputation of Barcelona (Catalan: Diputació de Barcelona; Spanish: Diputación de Barcelona) is the local government body charged with the government and administration of the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Provincial Deputation of Barcelona Diputació de Barcelona (Catalan) Diputación de Barcelona (Spanish)
Coat of arms
Logo
Type
Type	Provincial Deputation of the Province of Barcelona
History
Founded	1822 (1822)
Disbanded	1931–1939
Leadership
President	Lluïsa Moret [ca; es], PSC
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (35)   PSC (17)   ERC (11)[1]   ECP–C (5)[2]   Junts (2)[3] Confidence and supply (1)   TxT (1)[4][5] Opposition (15)   Junts (10)   PP (4)   Vox (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect election (from the local election results, elected by proportional representation in electoral judicial districts (single or multi-member, according to population)
Last election	28 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
Paranimf de l'Escola Industrial, Eixample, Barcelona (since 2021) Casa Serra, Eixample, Barcelona (formerly)
Agency overview
Employees	4,483[6]
Annual budget	€1.24 billion[7]
Website	https://www.diba.cat/

Being the biggest provincial deputation in Spain,^[8] it is the third biggest public institution in Catalonia after the Generalitat and the Barcelona City Council,^[9] managing a yearly budget around €1 billion.^[10][11] As is the case for all provincial councils, the Council is indirectly elected, based on the results of the municipal elections in the province.^[8] The president is elected among the Council's members meet for the inaugural session after the municipal elections.

The Council's headquarters is the Casa Serra,^[12] on the Rambla de Catalunya.

Composition

Key to parties   CUP   PSUC   ICV   ICV–EUiA–EPM   BComú–E (Entesa)   ECG   ECP–C   ERC   TxT   PSC   JxCat   Junts   CC–UCD   CiU   Cs   PP   AP   Vox
Election	Distribution
1979	12 17 3 19
1983	7 26 15 3
1987	6 24 20 1
1991	6 24 19 2
1995	6 1 22 18 4
1999	3 1 30 13 4
2003	7 2 25 12 5
2007	4 2 25 16 4
2011	4 2 19 20 6
2015	3 7 11 10 14 3 3
2019	5 16 1 16 7 4 2
2023	5 11 1 17 12 4 1

Barcelona province 25 judicial districts which serve as the basis for the 14 deputation constituencies (Catalan: partit judicial electoral, Spanish: partido judicial electoral) albeit many modified or merged together. Deputies elected are always directly-elected municipal councilors (mayors included).

Presidents

List of presidents of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona.^[13]

Portrait	Office holder	Start	End
	Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà	1907	1917
	Joan Vallès i Pujals	1917	1924
	José Enrique de Olano y Loyzaga	1924	1925
	Alfons Sala i Argemí	1925	1925
	Gaietà Marfà i Clivilles	1925	1925
	Josep Maria Milà i Camps	1925	1930
	Joan Maluquer i Viladot	1930	1931
	Josep Maria Milà i Camps	1939	1939
	Antoni Maria Simarro i Puig	1939	1943
	Lluís Argemí i de Martí	1943	1946
	Antoni Maria Llopis Galofré	1946	1949
	Joaquim Buxó Dulce d'Abaigar	1949	1967
	Josep Maria de Muller i d'Abadal	1967	1973
	Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló	1973	1977
	Josep Tarradellas i Joan	1977	1980
	Francesc Martí i Jusmet	April 1980	1982
	Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta	1982	1987
	Manel Royes i Vila	1987	2003
	José Montilla i Aguilera	2003	2004
	Celestino Corbacho Chaves	2004	2008
	Antoni Fogué i Moya	2008	2011
	Salvador Esteve i Figueras	2011	2015
	Mercè Conesa i Pagès	2015	2018
sense marc	Marc Castells i Berzosa	2018	2019
sense marc	Núria Marín Martínez	2019	2023
sense marc	Lluïsa Moret i Sabidó	2023	In office

Buildings

• 
  Casa Serra
• 
  Canet de Mar Weaving School (Escola de Teixits de Canet de Mar)
• 
  House of Charity (Casa de la Caritat), currently hosting the CCCB arts center
• 
  Industrial School (Escola Industrial)
• 
  Industrial School
• 
  Industrial School's Escola del Treball
• 
  Francesca Bonnemaison Space
• 
  Recinte Mundet, hosting a campus of the University of Barcelona
• 
  Torribera

References

1. "ERC entra al Govern de la Diputació de Barcelona" [ERC enters the Government of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona] (in Catalan). Público. 25 July 2023.
2. "PSC i comuns tanquen un acord a la Diputació de Barcelona sense majoria absoluta" [PSC and comuns reach an agreement for the Barcelona Provincial Deputation without absolute majority] (in Catalan). Público. 5 July 2023.
3. "Dos representants de Junts a la Diputació de Barcelona s'integraran al govern de PSC i comuns" [Two Junts representatives in the Barcelona Provincial Deputation will join the PSC and Comuns government] (in Catalan). 13 July 2023.
4. "Els 25 acords de Tot per Terrassa per donar la Diputació al PSC" [The 25 agreements of Tot per Terrassa to give the Provincial Council to the PSC] (in Catalan). 12 July 2023.
5. "Tot per Terrassa es decanta per un govern del PSC i En Comú Guanyem a la Diputació" [Tot per Terrassa opts for a PSC and En Comú Guanyem government in the Provincial Council] (in Catalan). 12 July 2023.
6. https://transparencia.diba.cat/sites/transparencia.diba.cat/files/public/node/field_fitxers/annex_plantilla_ple_27.06.2024.pdf
7. "La Diputació de Barcelona aprova un pressupost rècord de 1.244 milions d'euros per al 2024" (in Catalan).
8. Medina, Álvaro (17 May 2019). "Diputaciones catalanas: el verdadero poder territorial que Junqueras quiere arrebatar a Puigdemont". Voz Pópuli.
9. Noguer, Miquel; Vallespín, Ivanna (8 August 2012). "La Diputación de Barcelona otorga sin concurso el 82% de las subvenciones". El País.
10. "Los «comunes» también tienen en sus manos devolver la Diputación de Barcelona al PSC". La Razón. 11 June 2019.
11. Casanova, Grego (28 May 2019). "JxCat pierde las diputaciones de Barcelona y Lleida". El País.
12. Borràs, Anna (20 July 2017). "La Barcelona mágica de Puig i Cadafalch". El País. El Viajero.
13. "Presidents de la Diputació de Barcelona - La Diputació - Diputació de Barcelona". www.diba.cat. Retrieved 2023-07-13.