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{{short description|Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1963)}}
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{{Catalan name|Capella|Farré}}
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| office = [[Executive Council of Catalonia|Minister of Territory of Catalonia]]
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| office1 = [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice]] of Catalonia
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| term_end = 12 August 2024
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| president = [[Pere Aragonès]]
| president1 = [[Quim Torra]]
| predecessor = [[Damià Calvet]]
| successor = {{ill|Sílvia Paneque|ca|Sílvia Paneque i Sureda}}
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| office2 = Member of the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies]]
| office1 = Delegate of the [[Catalan Government]] to [[Madrid]]
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| constituency2 = [[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Barcelona]]
| term_start2 = 8 January 2016
| term_start1 = 9 June 2021
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| successor1 = [[Joan Capdevila i Esteve]]


| office3 = Member of the [[Senate of Spain|Senate]]
| office2 = [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice of Catalonia]]
| constituency3 = [[Catalonia]]
| term_start2 = 2 June 2018
| term_start3 = 23 January 2013
| term_end2 = 26 May 2021
| term_end3 = 12 January 2016
| president2 = [[Quim Torra]]
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| predecessor3 = Iolanda Pineda Balló
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| successor2 = [[Lourdes Ciuró]]


| office4 = Member of the Municipality Council of [[Barcelona]]
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| office4 = Member of the [[Senate of Spain|Senate]]
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| office5 = Member of the Municipality Council of [[Barcelona]]
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| birth_name = Ester Capella i Farré
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'''Ester Capella i Farré''' (born 3 April 1963) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] lawyer and politician from [[Catalonia]]. She is the current [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice of Catalonia]]. She was previously a member of the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies of Spain]] and [[Senate of Spain]].
'''Ester Capella i Farré''' (born 3 April 1963) is a Spanish lawyer and politician from [[Catalonia]]. She was the [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice of Catalonia]] in the Torra Cabinet,a member of the [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|Congress of Deputies of Spain]] and [[Senate of Spain]].


Born in 1968 in [[La Seu d'Urgell]], 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.
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.


==Early life==
==Early life==
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Capella started [[Practice of law|practising law]] in 1988.<ref name="LV190518"/> She is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona.<ref name="APDDA">{{cite web |title=Miembros |url=http://www.apdda.es/p/miembros.html |publisher=Asociación Parlamentaria en Defensa de los Derechos de los Animales |accessdate=7 June 2018 |language=Spanish}}</ref> She was president of the Catalan Association of Democratic Lawyers (ACJD) from 2003 to 2007.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="DC190518"/> She is a member of several feminist organisations including Women and Rights, the Women's Lobby of Catalonia and the Association of Women Jurists.<ref name="DC190518"/><ref name="ND210518">{{cite news |title=La pallaresa Ester Capella serà la consellera de Justícia en el govern de Torra |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/pallarsdigital/noticia/9422/pallaresa/ester/capella/sera/consellera/justicia/govern/torra |accessdate=7 June 2018 |work=Nació Digital |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=21 May 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>
Capella started [[Practice of law|practising law]] in 1988.<ref name="LV190518"/> She is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona.<ref name="APDDA">{{cite web |title=Miembros |url=http://www.apdda.es/p/miembros.html |publisher=Asociación Parlamentaria en Defensa de los Derechos de los Animales |accessdate=7 June 2018 |language=Spanish}}</ref> She was president of the Catalan Association of Democratic Lawyers (ACJD) from 2003 to 2007.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="DC190518"/> She is a member of several feminist organisations including Women and Rights, the Women's Lobby of Catalonia and the Association of Women Jurists.<ref name="DC190518"/><ref name="ND210518">{{cite news |title=La pallaresa Ester Capella serà la consellera de Justícia en el govern de Torra |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/pallarsdigital/noticia/9422/pallaresa/ester/capella/sera/consellera/justicia/govern/torra |accessdate=7 June 2018 |work=Nació Digital |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=21 May 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>


Capella contested the [[Spanish local elections, 2007|2007 local elections]] as an [[Independent politician|independent]] [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) [[electoral alliance]] candidate in [[Barcelona]] and was elected.<ref name="BOPB250407">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=25 April 2007 |volume=LXIX |issue=99 |page=25 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2007&04/07099a29999.pdf&23 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le07">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She joined ERC in 2008 and became the party's spokesperson on the city council.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="EP070113">{{cite news |title=Ester Capella será la senadora de ERC |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20130107/ester-capella-senadora-erc-2288425 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]] |date=7 January 2013 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref> At the [[Spanish local elections, 2011|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.<ref name="BOPB200411">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=20 April 2011 |page=16 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002021.pdf&1 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le11">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She was in charge of the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities from 2011 to 2013.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="DC190518"/>
Capella contested the [[2007 Spanish local elections|2007 local elections]] as an [[Independent politician|independent]] [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) [[electoral alliance]] candidate in [[Barcelona]] and was elected.<ref name="BOPB250407">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=25 April 2007 |volume=LXIX |issue=99 |page=25 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2007&04/07099a29999.pdf&23 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="le07">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She joined ERC in 2008 and became the party's spokesperson on the city council.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="EP070113">{{cite news |title=Ester Capella será la senadora de ERC |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20130107/ester-capella-senadora-erc-2288425 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |work=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]] |date=7 January 2013 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref> At the [[2011 Spanish local elections|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.<ref name="BOPB200411">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=20 April 2011 |page=16 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002021.pdf&1 |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le11">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was in charge of the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities from 2011 to 2013.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="DC190518"/>


[[File:Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2018.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Capella and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018]]
[[File:Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2018.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Capella and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018]]
In January 2013 Capella was appointed to the [[Senate of Spain]] by the [[Parliament of Catalonia]], replacing Socialist Iolanda Pineda Balló.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="EP070113"/> At the [[Spanish local elections, 2015|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.<ref name="BOPL220415">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tremp |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Lleida |date=22 April 2015 |issue=76 |page=333 |url=https://pandora4.diputaciolleida.cat/pandora/4/viewer.vm?id=13873&view=bop&lang=ca |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Lleida]] |location=Lleida, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She contested the [[Spanish general election, 2015|2015 general election]] as a [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the [[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] and was elected to the [[Congress of Deputies]].<ref name="BOE241115">{{cite web |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] |date=24 November 2015 |issue=281 |page=110645 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/11/24/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-12734.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Government of Spain]] |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ge15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She was re-elected at the [[Spanish general election, 2016|2016 general election]].<ref name="BOE310516">{{cite web |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] |date=31 May 2016 |issue=131 |page=35531 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2016/05/31/pdfs/BOE-A-2016-5186.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Government of Spain]] |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ge16">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref>
In January 2013 Capella was appointed to the [[Senate of Spain]] by the [[Parliament of Catalonia]], replacing Socialist Iolanda Pineda Balló.<ref name="LV190518"/><ref name="EP070113"/> At the [[2015 Spanish local elections|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.<ref name="BOPL220415">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tremp |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Lleida |date=22 April 2015 |issue=76 |page=333 |url=https://pandora4.diputaciolleida.cat/pandora/4/viewer.vm?id=13873&view=bop&lang=ca |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Lleida]] |location=Lleida, Spain |language=Catalan |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140912/https://pandora4.diputaciolleida.cat/pandora/4/viewer.vm?id=13873&view=bop&lang=ca |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="le15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Barcelona|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She contested the [[2015 Spanish general election|2015 general election]] as a [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the [[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] and was elected to the [[Congress of Deputies]].<ref name="BOE241115">{{cite web |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] |date=24 November 2015 |issue=281 |page=110645 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/11/24/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-12734.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Government of Spain]] |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ge15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was re-elected at the [[2016 Spanish general election|2016 general election]].<ref name="BOE310516">{{cite web |title=Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona |work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] |date=31 May 2016 |issue=131 |page=35531 |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2016/05/31/pdfs/BOE-A-2016-5186.pdf |accessdate=7 June 2018 |publisher=[[Government of Spain]] |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ge16">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish|archive-date=26 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


On 19 May 2018 newly elected [[President of Catalonia|President]] [[Quim Torra]] nominated a [[Torra Government|new government]] in which Capella was to be [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/torra-nominates-new-government-including-jailed-and-exiled-officials|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20180519/443696027178/torra-nombra-en-su-govern-a-aragones-artadi-turull-rull-comin-y-maragall.html|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Puente|first1=Arturo|title=Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern|url=https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/politica/Torra-encarcelados-Turull-Rull-Govern_0_773072909.html|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[eldiario.es]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the [[Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya]].<ref name="CNA020618">{{cite news|title=Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/catalan-government-takes-office-in-emotional-event-lifting-direct-rule|accessdate=3 June 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=2 June 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref><ref name="LV020618">{{cite news|last1=Villalonga|first1=Carles|title=El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180602/444008791316/govern-torra-consellers-acto-reivindicativo-155.html|accessdate=3 June 2018|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=2 June 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ED020618">{{cite news |title=Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/consellers-posesion-prometen-Quim-Torra_0_777972400.html |accessdate=3 June 2018 |work=[[eldiario.es]] |agency=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |date=2 June 2018 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
On 19 May 2018 newly elected [[President of Catalonia|President]] [[Quim Torra]] nominated a [[Torra Government|new government]] in which Capella was to be [[Minister of Justice (Catalonia)|Minister of Justice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/torra-nominates-new-government-including-jailed-and-exiled-officials|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcelona/20180519/443696027178/torra-nombra-en-su-govern-a-aragones-artadi-turull-rull-comin-y-maragall.html|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Puente|first1=Arturo|title=Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern|url=https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/politica/Torra-encarcelados-Turull-Rull-Govern_0_773072909.html|accessdate=19 May 2018|work=[[eldiario.es]]|date=19 May 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the [[Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya]].<ref name="CNA020618">{{cite news|title=Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule|url=http://www.catalannews.com/politics/item/catalan-government-takes-office-in-emotional-event-lifting-direct-rule|accessdate=3 June 2018|work=[[Catalan News Agency]]|date=2 June 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain}}</ref><ref name="LV020618">{{cite news|last1=Villalonga|first1=Carles|title=El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180602/444008791316/govern-torra-consellers-acto-reivindicativo-155.html|accessdate=3 June 2018|work=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=2 June 2018|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref><ref name="ED020618">{{cite news |title=Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/consellers-posesion-prometen-Quim-Torra_0_777972400.html |accessdate=3 June 2018 |work=[[eldiario.es]] |agency=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |date=2 June 2018 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
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| [[Spanish local elections, 2007|2007 local]]<ref name="BOPB250407"/><ref name="le07"/> || [[Barcelona]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal || align=right|2 || '''Elected'''
| [[2007 Spanish local elections|2007 local]]<ref name="BOPB250407"/><ref name="le07"/> || [[Barcelona]] || [[Independent politician|Independent]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal || align=right|2 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Spanish local elections, 2011|2011 local]]<ref name="BOPB200411"/><ref name="le11"/> || [[Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM || align=right|3 || Not elected
| [[2011 Spanish local elections|2011 local]]<ref name="BOPB200411"/><ref name="le11"/> || [[Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM || align=right|3 || Not elected
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| [[Spanish local elections, 2015|2015 local]]<ref name="BOPL220415"/><ref name="le15"/> || [[La Pobla de Segur]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal || align=right|11 || Not elected
| [[2015 Spanish local elections|2015 local]]<ref name="BOPL220415"/><ref name="le15"/> || [[La Pobla de Segur]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]-Acord Municipal || align=right|11 || Not elected
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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Capella and the second or maternal family name is Farré; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
The Honourable
Ester Capella
Capella in June 2018
Minister of Territory of Catalonia
In office
12 June 2023 – 12 August 2024
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byDamià Calvet
Succeeded bySílvia Paneque [ca]
Delegate of the Catalan Government to Madrid
In office
9 June 2021 – 14 June 2023
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byGorka Knörr [ca; es]
Succeeded byJoan Capdevila i Esteve
Minister of Justice of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byCarles Mundó i Blanch
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byLourdes Ciuró
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
8 January 2016 – 1 June 2018
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Senate
In office
23 January 2013 – 12 January 2016
Preceded byIolanda Pineda Balló
ConstituencyCatalonia
Member of the Municipality Council of Barcelona
In office
2007–2011
Personal details
Born
Ester Capella i Farré

(1963-04-03) 3 April 1963 (age 61)
La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer

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,a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain and Senate of Spain.

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.

Early life

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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]

Career

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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]

Capella and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018

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]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Ester Capella
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Ester Capella, una abogada y diputada que dirigirá la consellería de Justicia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Ester Capella, del Congreso a liderar la Conselleria de Justicia". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Europa Press. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Perfil: Ester Capella: advocada, feminista i amb trajectòria a Madrid". Directe.cat (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Miembros" (in Spanish). Asociación Parlamentaria en Defensa de los Derechos de los Animales. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. ^ "La pallaresa Ester Capella serà la consellera de Justícia en el govern de Torra". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 25 April 2007. p. 25. Retrieved 7 June 2018.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Ester Capella será la senadora de ERC". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 20 April 2011. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tremp". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Lleida (in Catalan). Lleida, Spain: Diputació de Lleida. 22 April 2015. p. 333. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110645. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35531. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  16. ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  19. ^ Puente, Arturo (19 May 2018). "Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  21. ^ Villalonga, Carles (2 June 2018). "El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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