President of the Government of Catalonia facts for kids

Quick facts for kids President of the Government of Catalonia
Emblem of the Generalitat
Incumbent Pere Aragonès since 28 September 2020
Style	El Molt Honorable Senyor (The Right Honourable)
Residence	Casa dels Canonges
Nominator	Parliament of Catalonia
Appointer	Monarch of Spain
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Berenguer de Cruïlles (1359)
Formation	1359
Website	www.president.cat

The president of the Government of Catalonia (Catalan: President de la Generalitat de Catalunya) is one of the main parts of government that make up the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The president also is head of government of Catalonia.

The current acting president is Pere Aragonès following Quim Torra's disqualification as president in 28 September 2020.

Presidents (since 1977)

•       CiU
•       Tripartite
•       CDC
•       Junts pel Sí
•       Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government		Election	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration			Cabinet name	Composition
	Josep Tarradellas (1899–1988)	18 October 1977	29 April 1980	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&0194.&&&&&0194 days		ERC	Tarradellas	Provisional PSC • ERC • PSUC • CDC • UCD	N/A	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)
	Jordi Pujol (born 1930)	29 April 1980	13 June 1984	&&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&0233.&&&&&0233 days		CDC	Pujol I	CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by CC–UCD and ERC)	1980
		13 June 1984	1 July 1988				Pujol II	CDC • UDC • ERC until Feb 1987	1984
		1 July 1988	13 April 1992				Pujol III		1988
		13 April 1992	21 December 1995				Pujol IV		1992
		21 December 1995	24 November 1999				Pujol V	CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by PP 1999–2003)	1995
		24 November 1999	18 December 2003				Pujol VI		1999
	Pasqual Maragall (born 1941)	18 December 2003	28 November 2006	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&0345.&&&&&0345 days		PSC	Maragall	Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV	2003
								PSC • ICV (minority government)
	José Montilla (born 1955)	28 November 2006	27 December 2010	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&04.&&&&&04 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&&029.&&&&&029 days		PSC	Montilla	Tripartite PSC • ERC • ICV	2006
	Artur Mas (born 1956)	27 December 2010	24 December 2012	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&&016.&&&&&016 days		CDC	Mas I	CDC • UDC (minority government supp. by ERC 2012–2015)	2010
		24 December 2012	12 January 2016				Mas II		2012
										King Felipe VI (2014–present)
								CDC (minority government supp. by ERC and DC)
	Carles Puigdemont (born 1962)	12 January 2016	28 October 2017 (removed)	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&01.&&&&&01 year, &&&&&&&&&&&&0289.&&&&&0289 days		CDC	Puigdemont	Junts pel Sí CDC/PDeCAT • ERC (minority government supp. by CUP)	2015
						PDeCAT
During this interval, the office was suspended.							Direct rule over Catalonia		N/A
	Quim Torra (born 1962)	16 May 2018	28 September 2020 (disqualified)	&&&&&&&&&&&&&&02.&&&&&02 years, &&&&&&&&&&&&0135.&&&&&0135 days		Independent	Torra	JxCat/Junts • ERC • PDeCAT until Sep 2020 (minority government)	2017
During this interval, Vice President Pere Aragonès served as acting officeholder.