Xavier Espot Zamora

Xavier Espot Zamora (born 30 October 1979) is an Andorran judge and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Andorra and President of the Democrats for Andorra since 2019. He previously served as Minister of Social Affairs, Justice, and the Interior from 2012 to 2019. A trained lawyer, Espot began his professional career as a court clerk and later served as a judge in various sections of the Andorran judiciary.

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Xavier Espot Zamora
Espot in 2024

Prime Minister of Andorra
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2019
Monarchs	Episcopal Co-prince: Joan Enric Vives Sicília French Co-prince: Emmanuel Macron
Representative	Episcopal: Josep Maria Mauri French: Patrick Strzoda
Preceded by	Antoni Martí
President of Democrats for Andorra
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 June 2019
Preceded by	Antoni Martí

Personal details
Born	Xavier Espot Zamora (1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 45) Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra
Political party	Democrats for Andorra
Alma mater	ESADE (LL.B., LL.M.) University Ramon Llull (BA)

Education

Espot completed his primary and secondary education at the Lycée Comte de Foix and the Collège Alpin Beau Soleil in Switzerland. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree and a Master of Laws from the Faculty of Law at the ESADE Business School. Additionally, he obtained a degree in Humanities from the Faculty of Philosophy at University Ramon Llull in Barcelona.^[1]

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Espot began his professional career as a court clerk from September 2004 to June 2008, later serving at the Tribunal Superior de la Justícia (High Court of Andorra) between July and December 2008. He also held the position of batlle (judge), working in the civil, juvenile, and former investigative sections. From January to May 2009, he trained as a judge at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Toulouse, France—a court based on common law—and also served at the courts of first instance in Barcelona.^[1]

His political career began in 2011 when he joined the Government of Andorra as Secretary of State for Justice and the Interior.^[2] Under Prime Minister Antoni Martí, he served as Minister of Social Affairs, Justice, and the Interior from 25 July 2012 to 28 February 2019, succeeding Rosa Ferrer Obiols and holding all three portfolios.^[1] On 28 February 2019, he resigned from the government to prepare his candidacy for Prime Minister in the 2019 general election as the lead candidate of Democrats for Andorra (DA).^[3] Following the election, Espot was formally elected president of the party during its 5th Ordinary Congress on 15 June 2019, succeeding Antoni Martí in that role.^[4]

He has served as prime minister since 16 May 2019.^[5] He was re-elected as the DA party leader during the 8th Ordinary Congress on 13 September 2023.^[6]

Xavier Espot Zamora

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