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{{short description|Catalan lawyer and politician (born 1982)}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable#Catalonia|The Honourable]]
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honorable in Catalonia|The Right Honourable]]
| name = Pere Aragonès
| name = Pere Aragonès
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| image = Pere Aragonès retrat oficial 2018.jpg
| image = Pere Aragonès, fotografia oficial 2021 (Cropped).jpg
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| caption = Aragonès in June 2018
| caption = Official portrait, 2021
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| order = 132nd

| order1 =
| office = President of the Government of Catalonia
| office1 = [[Vice President of Catalonia]]
| term_start = 24 May 2021
| term_end = 10 August 2024<br />{{small|''(Acting: 29 September 2020 – 24 May 2021)''}}
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| term_start1 = 2 June 2018
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| monarch = [[Felipe VI of Spain|Felipe VI]]
| president1 = [[Quim Torra]]
| vicepresident = [[Jordi Puigneró]]<br>[[Laura Vilagrà]]
| predecessor = [[Quim Torra]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Oriol Junqueras]]<br>{{small|([[2017-18 Spanish constitutional crisis#Independence declaration and direct rule|Direct rule]] from 27 October 2017)}}
| successor1 =
| successor = [[Salvador Illa]]
| office1 = [[Vice President of Catalonia]]

| order2 =
| term_start1 = 2 June 2018
| term_end1 = 24 May 2021
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| office2 = [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance]]
| term_start2 = 2 June 2018
| president1 = [[Quim Torra]]
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| predecessor1 = [[Oriol Junqueras]]<br />{{small|([[2017-18 Spanish constitutional crisis#Independence declaration and direct rule|Direct rule]] from 27 October 2017)}}
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| term_end2 =
| president2 = Quim Torra
| successor1 = [[Jordi Puigneró]]
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| office2 = [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia]]
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| predecessor2 = Oriol Junqueras<br>{{small|(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)}}
| successor2 =
| term_start2 = 2 June 2018
| term_end2 = 24 May 2021

| president2 = Quim Torra
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| constituency_MP3 = the [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]]
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| predecessor2 = Oriol Junqueras<br />{{small|(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)}}
| parliament3 = Catalan
| term_start3 = 5 December 2006
| successor2 = [[Jaume Giró]]
| office3 = Member of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]]
| term_end3 = 21 January 2016
| predecessor3 = [[Josep Huguet]]
| term_start3 = 12 March 2021
| successor3 = Maria Assumpta Rosell i Medall
| term_end3 = 19 March 2024
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| constituency3 = [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Barcelona]]

| office4 = Member of [[Pineda de Mar Municipal Council]]
| term_start4 = 5 December 2006
| term_start4 = 2011
| term_end4 = 21 January 2016
| term_end4 = 2018
| predecessor4 = [[Josep Huguet]]
| successor4 = Maria Assumpta Rosell i Medall
| predecessor4 =
| constituency4 = [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Barcelona]]
| successor4 = Meritxell Mateu Estopa
| office5 = Member of [[Pineda de Mar Municipal Council]]

| birth_name = Pere Aragonès i Garcia
| term_start5 = 11 June 2011
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| term_end5 = 26 April 2018
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|16|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Pineda de Mar]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]
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| successor5 = Meritxell Mateu Estopa
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| birth_name = Pere Aragones i Garcia
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|16|df=y}}
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| birth_place = [[Pineda de Mar]], Catalonia, Spain
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| party = [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]
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| party = [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]
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| alma_mater = [[Open University of Catalonia]]<br>[[University of Barcelona]]
| occupation = Lawyer, academic
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| alma_mater = [[Open University of Catalonia]]<br />[[University of Barcelona]]
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| occupation = Lawyer, academic
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| website = [https://perearagones.esquerrarepublicana.cat/ Official website]
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'''Pere Aragonès i Garcia''' (born 16 November 1982) is a [[Catalans|Catalan]] lawyer, academic, politician and the current [[Vice President of Catalonia|Vice President]] and [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance]] of [[Catalonia]].
'''Pere Aragonès i Garcia''' ({{IPA|ca|ˈpeɾə əɾəɣuˈnɛs i ɣərˈsiə}}; born 16 November 1982) is a [[Catalonia|Catalan]] lawyer and former politician who served as [[President of the Government of Catalonia]] from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as [[Vice President of Catalonia|Vice President]] and [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance]] of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC) political party.


Born in 1982 in [[Pineda de Mar]], Aragonès studied law at the [[Open University of Catalonia]] and economics at the [[University of Barcelona]] before becoming a lawyer and an academic. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] from December 2006 to January 2016 when he was appointed Secretary of Economy in the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Catalan government]]. He was a member of the municipal council in Pineda de Mar from May 2011 to April 2018 and was appointed Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in June 2018.
Born in 1982 in [[Pineda de Mar]], Aragonès studied law at the [[Open University of Catalonia]] and economics at the [[University of Barcelona]] before becoming a lawyer and an academic. He was a member of the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] from December 2006 to January 2016 when he was appointed Secretary of Economy in the [[Generalitat de Catalunya|Catalan government]]. He was a member of the municipal council in Pineda de Mar from May 2011 to April 2018 and was appointed Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in June 2018.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Aragonès was born on 16 November 1982 in [[Pineda de Mar]], [[Spain]].<ref name="LV190116">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès és nomenat secretari d'Economia i Lluís Salvadó, secretari d'Hisenda |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20160119/301513060721/pere-aragones-es-nomenat-secretari-d-economia-i-lluis-salvado-secretari-d-hisenda.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=19 January 2016 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="ND130116">{{cite news |title=Lluís Salvadó i Pere Aragonès, els homes forts de Junqueras a Economia |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/101381/lluis/salvado/pere/aragones/homes/forts/junqueras/economia |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=Nació Digital |date=13 January 2016 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> He has a degree in law from the [[Open University of Catalonia]] and a [[masters degree]] in economic history from the [[University of Barcelona]] (UB).<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/> He has also studied public policy and economic development at the [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]].<ref name="ND130116"/><ref name="LV190518">{{cite news |title=Perfil: Pere Aragonès, l’alter ego de Junqueras al Govern |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180519/443696027294/pere-aragones-lalter-ego-de-junqueras-al-govern.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=19 May 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref> He is currently studying for a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economic history from UB.<ref name="EP280418">{{cite news |last1=Baquero |first1=Camilo S. |title=L’alumne aplicat de Junqueras |url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/04/28/catalunya/1524941103_925404.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[El País]] |date=28 April 2018 |location=Mardid, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref>
Aragonès was born on 16 November 1982 in [[Pineda de Mar]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]].<ref name="LV190116">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès és nomenat secretari d'Economia i Lluís Salvadó, secretari d'Hisenda |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20160119/301513060721/pere-aragones-es-nomenat-secretari-d-economia-i-lluis-salvado-secretari-d-hisenda.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=19 January 2016 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="ND130116">{{cite news |title=Lluís Salvadó i Pere Aragonès, els homes forts de Junqueras a Economia |url=https://www.naciodigital.cat/noticia/101381/lluis/salvado/pere/aragones/homes/forts/junqueras/economia |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=Nació Digital |date=13 January 2016 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref> His grandfather {{ill|Josep Aragonés i Montsant|es}}, a textile businessman and real estate tycoon, also served as the mayor of his hometown during the [[Francoist dictatorship]], continuing in the post throughout the [[Spanish Transition|Transition]] as a member of [[Democratic Reform|Democratic Reform of Catalonia]] and [[People's Alliance (Spain)|People's Alliance]] up until 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/gente/20210410/3p3wxxpxk5dqjf6pt3glschbwy.html|first=Alex|last=Soler|date=10 April 2021|website=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|title=Pere Aragonès: la fortuna franquista del nuevo "president" de la Generalitat|access-date=2 August 2022|language=es}}</ref> In the 1990s, his father served as municipal councillor for [[Convergence and Union]] in Pineda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/famosos/2021-05-21/pere-aragones-familia-rica-hotelero-abuelo-franquista_2772715/|website=Vanitatis|via=[[El Confidencial]]|access-date=2 August 2022|title=Así es la familia de Pere Aragonés, nuevo presidente de la Generalitat|date=21 May 2021|first=Silvia|last=Taulés}}</ref> He has a degree in law from the [[Open University of Catalonia]] and a [[master's degree]] in economic history from the [[University of Barcelona]] (UB).<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/> He has also studied public policy and economic development at the [[Harvard University]]'s [[Kennedy School of Government]].<ref name="ND130116"/><ref name="LV190518">{{cite news |title=Perfil: Pere Aragonès, l'alter ego de Junqueras al Govern |url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20180519/443696027294/pere-aragones-lalter-ego-de-junqueras-al-govern.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[La Vanguardia]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=19 May 2018 |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref> He is currently{{when|date=May 2022}} studying for a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in economic history from UB.<ref name="EP280418">{{cite news |last1=Baquero |first1=Camilo S. |title=L'alumne aplicat de Junqueras |url=https://cat.elpais.com/cat/2018/04/28/catalunya/1524941103_925404.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[El País]] |date=28 April 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=ca}}</ref>


Aragonès joined the [[Young Republican Left of Catalonia]], the youth wing of the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC), in 1998 and was its national spokesperson from 2003 to 2007.<ref name="ND130116"/><ref name="LV190518"/> He joined ERC in 2000.<ref name="LV190116"/> He has been a member of ERC's executive since 2003 and is currently number three in the party.<ref name="EM190518">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès, de 'número dos' de Economía a conseller y vicepresidente |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2018/05/19/5b001fdc468aeb35048b4603.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |agency=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |date=19 May 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=Spanish}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[Òmnium Cultural]].<ref name="LV190518"/>
Aragonès joined the [[Young Republican Left of Catalonia]], the youth wing of the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]], in 1998 and was its national spokesperson from 2003 to 2007.<ref name="ND130116"/><ref name="LV190518"/> He joined ERC in 2000.<ref name="LV190116"/> He has been a member of ERC's executive since 2003 and is currently{{when|date=May 2022}} number three in the party.<ref name="EM190518">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès, de 'número dos' de Economía a conseller y vicepresidente |url=http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2018/05/19/5b001fdc468aeb35048b4603.html |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |agency=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |date=19 May 2018 |location=Madrid, Spain |language=es}}</ref> He is also a member of the [[Òmnium Cultural]].<ref name="LV190518"/>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Sant Jordi 2018 DC74869 (26976554017).jpg|thumb|left|225px|Aragonès at a [[Saint George's Day]] event on 23 April 2018]]
[[File:Sant Jordi 2018 DC74869 (26976554017).jpg|thumb|left|225px|Aragonès at a [[Saint George's Day]] event on 23 April 2018]]
Aragonès worked at a [[law firm]] specialising in corporate and public administration law.<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/> He was a [[researcher]] at the Institut Ignasi Villalonga d'Economia i Empresa and an associate professor at the [[University of Perpignan]].<ref name="ND130116"/> In January 2016 he was appointed the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]'s Secretary of Economy in January 2016.<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/>
Aragonès worked at a [[law firm]] specialising in corporate and public administration law.<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/> He was a [[researcher]] at the Institut Ignasi Villalonga d'Economia i Empresa and an associate professor at the [[University of Perpignan]].<ref name="ND130116"/> In January 2016 he was appointed the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]'s Secretary of Economy.<ref name="LV190116"/><ref name="ND130116"/>


At the [[Catalan regional election, 2003|2003 regional election]] Aragonès was placed 38th on the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]'s [[Electoral list|list of candidates]] in the [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] but the party only managed to win 13 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected.<ref name="DOGC151003">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=15 October 2003 |issue=3988 |page=19858 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=320475&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re03">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2003: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20031.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|page=2|language=Catalan}}</ref> At the [[Catalan regional election, 2006|2006 regional election]] he was placed 12th on the ERC's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only managed to win 11 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected again.<ref name="DOGC300906">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=30 September 2006 |issue=4730 |page=40764 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=460625&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re06">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2006: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20061.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=6 June 2018|page=2|language=Catalan}}</ref> However, in December 2006, he was appointed to the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] following the resignation of [[Josep Huguet]].<ref name="BOPC181206">{{cite magazine |title=BOPC 009/08: Tramitacions generals |journal=Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya |date=18 December 2006 |volume=VIII |issue=9 |pages=14 |url=https://www.parlament.cat/document/bopc/50832.pdf |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=[[Parliament of Catalonia]]}}</ref>
At the [[2003 Catalan regional election|2003 regional election]] Aragonès was placed 38th on the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]]'s [[Electoral list|list of candidates]] in the [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] but the party only won 13 seats in the province, and as a result he was not elected.<ref name="DOGC151003">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=15 October 2003 |issue=3988 |page=19858 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=320475&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="re03">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2003: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20031.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=7 June 2018|page=2|language=ca}}</ref> At the [[2006 Catalan regional election|2006 regional election]] he was placed 12th on the ERC's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won 11 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected again.<ref name="DOGC300906">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Juntes Electorals |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=30 September 2006 |issue=4730 |page=40764 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=460625&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="re06">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2006: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20061.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=6 June 2018|page=2|language=ca}}</ref> In December 2006, he was appointed to the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] following the resignation of [[Josep Huguet]].<ref name="BOPC181206">{{cite magazine |title=BOPC 009/08: Tramitacions generals |journal=Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya |date=18 December 2006 |volume=VIII |issue=9 |pages=14 |url=https://www.parlament.cat/document/bopc/50832.pdf |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=[[Parliament of Catalonia]]}}</ref>


Aragonès was placed 7th on ERC's list of candidates [[Catalan regional election, 2010|2010]] in the Province of Barcelona and, although the party only managed to win six seats in the province, he was re-elected after the second placed candidate [[Ernest Benach]] declined to take his seat in the Catalan parliament.<ref name="DOGC021110">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Administració Electoral |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=2 November 2010 |issue=5746 |page=80090 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=562072&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re10">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2010: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20101.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=6 June 2018|page=2|language=Catalan}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[Catalan regional election, 2012|2012]] and [[Catalan regional election, 2015|2015]] regional elections.<ref name="DOGC241012">{{cite journal |title=Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=24 October 2012 |issue=6239 |page=51639 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=619044&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=14 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re12">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20121.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=26 December 2017|page=2|language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="DOGC010915">{{cite journal |title=Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=1 September 2015 |issue=6947 |page=10 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=701480&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="re15">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20151.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=17 January 2018|page=1|language=Catalan}}</ref> He resigned from parliament upon being appointed Secretary of Economy.
Aragonès was placed 7th on ERC's list of candidates [[2010 Catalan regional election|2010]] in the Province of Barcelona and, although the party only won six seats in the province, he was re-elected after the second placed candidate [[Ernest Benach]] declined to take his seat in the Catalan parliament.<ref name="DOGC021110">{{cite magazine |title=Administració de Justícia: Administració Electoral |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=2 November 2010 |issue=5746 |page=80090 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=562072&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=12 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="re10">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2010: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20101.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=6 June 2018|page=2|language=ca}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012]] and [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015]] regional elections.<ref name="DOGC241012">{{cite journal |title=Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=24 October 2012 |issue=6239 |page=51639 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=619044&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=14 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="re12">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2012: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20121.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=26 December 2017|page=2|language=ca}}</ref><ref name="DOGC010915">{{cite journal |title=Anuncis Diversos: Administració Electoral - Juntes Electorals Provincials |journal=Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya |date=1 September 2015 |issue=6947 |page=10 |url=http://portaldogc.gencat.cat/utilsEADOP/AppJava/PdfProviderServlet?documentId=701480&type=01&language=ca_ES |accessdate=10 June 2018 |publisher=[[Generalitat de Catalunya]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="re15">{{cite web|title=Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2015: Candidats electes|url=http://dadeselectorals.gencat.cat/electes/A20151.pdf|publisher=Departament de Governació, Administracions Públiques i Habitatge, [[Generalitat de Catalunya]]|accessdate=17 January 2018|page=1|language=ca}}</ref> He resigned from parliament upon being appointed Secretary of Economy.


[[File:Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2018.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Aragonès and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018]]
[[File:Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2018.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Aragonès and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018]]
Aragonès contested the [[Spanish local elections, 2011|2011 local elections]] as an Republican Left of Catalonia-Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal (ERC-JP-AM) [[electoral alliance]] candidate in [[Pineda de Mar]] and was elected.<ref name="BOPB260411">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Arenys de Mar |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=26 April 2011 |page=30 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002056.pdf&1 |accessdate=16 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. Pineda de Mar|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=16 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> He was re-elected at the [[Spanish local elections, 2015|2015 local elections]].<ref name="BOPB280415">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Arenys de Mar |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=28 April 2015 |page=23 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2015&04/062015000533.pdf&1 |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=Catalan}}</ref><ref name="le15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Pineda de Mar|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=16 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=Spanish}}</ref> He resigned from Pineda de Mar Municipal Council in April 2018.<ref name="VW100418">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès renuncia a l’acta de regidor a l’Ajuntament de Pineda per centrar-se “en les noves responabilitats a ERC” |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pere-aragones-renuncia-a-lacta-de-regidor-a-lajuntament-de-pineda-per-centrar-se-en-les-noves-responabilitats-a-erc/ |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[VilaWeb]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=10 April 2018 |location=Catalan}}</ref>
Aragonès contested the [[2011 Spanish local elections|2011 local elections]] as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal (ERC-JP-AM) [[electoral alliance]] candidate in [[Pineda de Mar]] and was elected.<ref name="BOPB260411">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Arenys de Mar |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=26 April 2011 |page=30 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2011&04/062011002056.pdf&1 |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca}}</ref><ref name="le11">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Pineda de Mar|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=16 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|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> He was re-elected at the [[2015 Spanish local elections|2015 local elections]].<ref name="BOPB280415">{{cite web |title=Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Arenys de Mar |work=Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona |date=28 April 2015 |page=23 |url=https://bop.diba.cat/scripts/ftpisa.aspx?fnew?bop2015&04/062015000533.pdf&1 |accessdate=16 June 2018 |publisher=[[Diputació de Barcelona]] |location=Barcelona, Spain |language=ca }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="le15">{{cite web|title=Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Pineda de Mar|url=http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html|publisher=[[Ministry of the Interior (Spain)|Ministry of the Interior]]|accessdate=16 June 2018|location=Madrid, Spain|language=es|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> He resigned from Pineda de Mar Municipal Council in April 2018.<ref name="VW100418">{{cite news |title=Pere Aragonès renuncia a l'acta de regidor a l'Ajuntament de Pineda per centrar-se "en les noves responabilitats a ERC" |url=https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pere-aragones-renuncia-a-lacta-de-regidor-a-lajuntament-de-pineda-per-centrar-se-en-les-noves-responabilitats-a-erc/ |accessdate=16 June 2018 |work=[[VilaWeb]] |agency=[[Catalan News Agency]] |date=10 April 2018 |language=ca |archive-date=17 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015543/https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/pere-aragones-renuncia-a-lacta-de-regidor-a-lajuntament-de-pineda-per-centrar-se-en-les-noves-responabilitats-a-erc/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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On 19 May 2018, newly elected [[President of Catalonia]] [[Quim Torra]] nominated a [[Torra Government|new government]] in which Aragonès was to be [[Vice President of Catalonia|Vice President]] and [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance]].<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=es}}</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=es}}</ref> He 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=es}}</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=es}}</ref>

On 15 March 2020 Aragonès announced on [[Twitter]] that he had contracted [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Spain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.europapress.es/catalunya/noticia-vicepresidente-pere-aragones-da-positivo-prueba-coronavirus-20200315174213.html|title=El vicepresidente Pere Aragonès da positivo en la prueba del coronavirus|date=2020-03-15|website=Europa Press|language=es|access-date=2020-03-15}}</ref>

On 28 September 2020, following the rule issued by the [[Supreme Court of Spain|Spanish Supreme Court]] that barred [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President of Catalonia]] [[Quim Torra|Joaquim Torra]] from chairing any public office, he assumed the position as acting President of the region.<ref>{{Cite web|last=García|first=Reyes Rincón, Jesús|date=2020-09-28|title=El Tribunal Supremo confirma la inhabilitación de Quim Torra|url=https://elpais.com/espana/2020-09-28/el-tribunal-supremo-confirma-la-inhabilitacion-de-quim-torra.html|access-date=2020-09-28|website=EL PAÍS|language=es}}</ref>

== Presidency ==
{{See also|Government of Pere Aragonès}}
[[File:Trobada Pedro Sánchez-Pere Aragonès.jpg|thumb|Aragonès with Spanish Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]] on 15 July 2022]]
[[File:Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2023.jpg|thumb|Aragonès late government (2023)]]
On 21 May 2021, after the [[2021 Catalan regional election|2021 Catalan elections]] and an agreement with [[Together for Catalonia (2020)|Junts]], he became the first President of Catalonia from Esquerra Republicana since [[Josep Tarradellas]] in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Altimira|first=Arturo Puente, Oriol Solé|date=2021-05-21|title=Pere Aragonès, investido al tercer intento gracias a la mayoría independentista del Parlament|url=https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/pere-aragones-investido-tercer-gracias-mayoria-independentista-parlament_1_7957134.html|access-date=2021-05-22|website=ElDiario.es|language=es}}</ref>

In June 2021, he welcomed the decision by [[Pedro Sánchez]] to pardon those convicted for the 2017 independence attempt but said that he would pursue amnesty for all those involved in that year's events, which would benefit over 3,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faus |first1=Joan |title=In 'spirit of dialogue', Spain to pardon jailed Catalan separatists |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-cabinet-pardon-jailed-catalan-separatist-leaders-tuesday-2021-06-21/ |access-date=21 June 2021 |date=21 June 2021}}</ref> Among the many measures, a "dialogue table" between the Catalan and Spanish governments to advance in the resolution of [[Catalan independence movement|the political conflict]] was announced, though it would later go on to prove little to no effective.

In October 2022, the coalition government collapsed mainly due to internal skirmishes over the strategy to achieve independence between the two ruling coalition parties that had been brewing during all that year, leaving [[Republican Left of Catalonia|ERC]] with a [[minority government]] with the external support of the [[Socialists' Party of Catalonia]].

During the [[2023 Spanish government formation]], ERC and the [[Spanish Socialist Worker's Party]] reached a deal to lead the "integral transfer" of the Spanish government operated [[Rodalies de Catalunya]] commuter rail to the Catalan Government. The negotiations for the transfer would go on to extend to the [[Government of Salvador Illa|Illa administration]].

In March 2024, he called for a [[2024 Catalan regional election|snap election]] after the [[Parliament of Catalonia]] failed to pass the [[Executive Council of Catalonia|Government]]'s yearly budget. The [[List of political parties in Catalonia|pro-independence camp]] would go on to lose parliamentary majority for the first time since [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012]], with Aragonès announcing his retirement from politics the day after the election.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Joseph |title=Catalan separatists lose majority as Spain’s pro-union Socialists win regional elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/spain-catalonia-election-puigdemont-illa-pedro-sanchez-6286cd67a5db7a34f7ea4e46e4052203 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=13 May 2024}}</ref>


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On 19 May 2018 newly elected [[President of Catalonia]] [[Quim Torra]] nominated a [[Torra Government|new government]] in which Aragonès was to be [[Vice President of Catalonia|Vice President]] and [[Minister of Economy and Finance (Catalonia)|Minister of Economy and Finance]].<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> He 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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| [[Catalan regional election, 2003|2003 regional]]<ref name="DOGC151003"/><ref name="re03"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|38 || Not elected
| [[2003 Catalan regional election|2003 regional]]<ref name="DOGC151003"/><ref name="re03"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|38 || Not elected
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| [[2006 Catalan regional election|2006 regional]]<ref name="DOGC300906"/><ref name="re06"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|12 || Not elected
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| [[2010 Catalan regional election|2010 regional]]<ref name="DOGC021110"/><ref name="re10"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|7 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Catalan regional election, 2006|2006 regional]]<ref name="DOGC300906"/><ref name="re06"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|12 || Not elected
| [[2011 Spanish local elections|2011 local]]<ref name="BOPB260411"/><ref name="le11"/> || [[Pineda de Mar]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia—Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Catalan regional election, 2010|2010 regional]]<ref name="DOGC021110"/><ref name="re10"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || || align=right|7 || '''Elected'''
| [[2012 Catalan regional election|2012 regional]]<ref name="DOGC241012"/><ref name="re12"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] || align=right|8 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Spanish local elections, 2011|2011 local]]<ref name="BOPB260411"/><ref name="le11"/> || [[Pineda de Mar]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia--Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected'''
| [[2015 Spanish local elections|2015 local]]<ref name="BOPB280415"/><ref name="le15"/> || [[Pineda de Mar]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia—Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Catalan regional election, 2012|2012 regional]]<ref name="DOGC241012"/><ref name="re12"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes]] || align=right|8 || '''Elected'''
| [[2015 Catalan regional election|2015 regional]]<ref name="DOGC010915"/><ref name="re15"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Junts pel Sí]] || align=right|21 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Spanish local elections, 2015|2015 local]]<ref name="BOPB280415"/><ref name="le15"/> || [[Pineda de Mar]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || Republican Left of Catalonia--Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal || align=right|1 || '''Elected'''
| [[2021 Catalan regional election|2021 regional]]|| [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || align=right|1 || '''Elected'''
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| [[Catalan regional election, 2015|2015 regional]]<ref name="DOGC010915"/><ref name="re15"/> || [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Junts pel Sí]] || align=right|21 || '''Elected'''
| [[2024 Catalan regional election|2024 regional]]|| [[Barcelona (Parliament of Catalonia constituency)|Province of Barcelona]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] || align=right|1 || '''Elected''' (resigned)
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* {{URL|1=http://www.govern.cat/pres_gov/AppJava/govern/govern/consell-executiu/162/pere-aragones-garcia.html|2=Catalan government profile}}
* {{URL|1=https://www.parlament.cat/web/composicio/diputats-fitxa/index.html?p_codi=1059|2=Catalan Parliament profile}}
* {{URL|1=https://www.esquerra.cat/ca/pere-aragones|2=Party profile}}
* {{Twitter|id=perearagones|name=Pere Aragonès}}
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 29 December 2024

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Aragonès and the second or maternal family name is Garcia; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

The Right Honourable
Pere Aragonès
Official portrait, 2021
132nd President of the Government of Catalonia
In office
24 May 2021 – 10 August 2024
(Acting: 29 September 2020 – 24 May 2021)
MonarchFelipe VI
Vice PresidentJordi Puigneró
Laura Vilagrà
Preceded byQuim Torra
Succeeded bySalvador Illa
Vice President of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018 – 24 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byOriol Junqueras
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byJordi Puigneró
Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018 – 24 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byOriol Junqueras
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byJaume Giró
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
12 March 2021 – 19 March 2024
ConstituencyBarcelona
In office
5 December 2006 – 21 January 2016
Preceded byJosep Huguet
Succeeded byMaria Assumpta Rosell i Medall
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of Pineda de Mar Municipal Council
In office
11 June 2011 – 26 April 2018
Succeeded byMeritxell Mateu Estopa
Personal details
Born
Pere Aragones i Garcia

(1982-11-16) 16 November 1982 (age 42)
Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Alma materOpen University of Catalonia
University of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer, academic
WebsiteOfficial website

Pere Aragonès i Garcia (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə əɾəɣuˈnɛs i ɣərˈsiə]; born 16 November 1982) is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party.

Born in 1982 in Pineda de Mar, Aragonès studied law at the Open University of Catalonia and economics at the University of Barcelona before becoming a lawyer and an academic. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from December 2006 to January 2016 when he was appointed Secretary of Economy in the Catalan government. He was a member of the municipal council in Pineda de Mar from May 2011 to April 2018 and was appointed Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in June 2018.

Early life

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Aragonès was born on 16 November 1982 in Pineda de Mar, Catalonia, Spain.[1][2] His grandfather Josep Aragonés i Montsant [es], a textile businessman and real estate tycoon, also served as the mayor of his hometown during the Francoist dictatorship, continuing in the post throughout the Transition as a member of Democratic Reform of Catalonia and People's Alliance up until 1987.[3] In the 1990s, his father served as municipal councillor for Convergence and Union in Pineda.[4] He has a degree in law from the Open University of Catalonia and a master's degree in economic history from the University of Barcelona (UB).[1][2] He has also studied public policy and economic development at the Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.[2][5] He is currently[when?] studying for a Ph.D. in economic history from UB.[6]

Aragonès joined the Young Republican Left of Catalonia, the youth wing of the Republican Left of Catalonia, in 1998 and was its national spokesperson from 2003 to 2007.[2][5] He joined ERC in 2000.[1] He has been a member of ERC's executive since 2003 and is currently[when?] number three in the party.[7] He is also a member of the Òmnium Cultural.[5]

Career

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Aragonès at a Saint George's Day event on 23 April 2018

Aragonès worked at a law firm specialising in corporate and public administration law.[1][2] He was a researcher at the Institut Ignasi Villalonga d'Economia i Empresa and an associate professor at the University of Perpignan.[2] In January 2016 he was appointed the Generalitat de Catalunya's Secretary of Economy.[1][2]

At the 2003 regional election Aragonès was placed 38th on the Republican Left of Catalonia's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won 13 seats in the province, and as a result he was not elected.[8][9] At the 2006 regional election he was placed 12th on the ERC's list of candidates in the Province of Barcelona but the party only won 11 seats in the province and as a result he was not elected again.[10][11] In December 2006, he was appointed to the Parliament of Catalonia following the resignation of Josep Huguet.[12]

Aragonès was placed 7th on ERC's list of candidates 2010 in the Province of Barcelona and, although the party only won six seats in the province, he was re-elected after the second placed candidate Ernest Benach declined to take his seat in the Catalan parliament.[13][14] He was re-elected at the 2012 and 2015 regional elections.[15][16][17][18] He resigned from parliament upon being appointed Secretary of Economy.

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

Aragonès contested the 2011 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal (ERC-JP-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Pineda de Mar and was elected.[19][20] He was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.[21][22] He resigned from Pineda de Mar Municipal Council in April 2018.[23]

On 19 May 2018, newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Aragonès was to be Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance.[24][25][26] He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[27][28][29]

On 15 March 2020 Aragonès announced on Twitter that he had contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[30]

On 28 September 2020, following the rule issued by the Spanish Supreme Court that barred President of Catalonia Joaquim Torra from chairing any public office, he assumed the position as acting President of the region.[31]

Presidency

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See also: Government of Pere Aragonès
Aragonès with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on 15 July 2022
Aragonès late government (2023)

On 21 May 2021, after the 2021 Catalan elections and an agreement with Junts, he became the first President of Catalonia from Esquerra Republicana since Josep Tarradellas in the 1980s.[32]

In June 2021, he welcomed the decision by Pedro Sánchez to pardon those convicted for the 2017 independence attempt but said that he would pursue amnesty for all those involved in that year's events, which would benefit over 3,000 people.[33] Among the many measures, a "dialogue table" between the Catalan and Spanish governments to advance in the resolution of the political conflict was announced, though it would later go on to prove little to no effective.

In October 2022, the coalition government collapsed mainly due to internal skirmishes over the strategy to achieve independence between the two ruling coalition parties that had been brewing during all that year, leaving ERC with a minority government with the external support of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.

During the 2023 Spanish government formation, ERC and the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party reached a deal to lead the "integral transfer" of the Spanish government operated Rodalies de Catalunya commuter rail to the Catalan Government. The negotiations for the transfer would go on to extend to the Illa administration.

In March 2024, he called for a snap election after the Parliament of Catalonia failed to pass the Government's yearly budget. The pro-independence camp would go on to lose parliamentary majority for the first time since 2012, with Aragonès announcing his retirement from politics the day after the election.[34]

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Pere Aragonès
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2003 regional[8][9] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia 38 Not elected
2006 regional[10][11] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia 12 Not elected
2010 regional[13][14] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia 7 Elected
2011 local[19][20] Pineda de Mar Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia—Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal 1 Elected
2012 regional[15][16] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 8 Elected
2015 local[21][22] Pineda de Mar Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia—Junts per Pineda-Acord Municipal 1 Elected
2015 regional[17][18] Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Junts pel Sí 21 Elected
2021 regional Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia 1 Elected
2024 regional Province of Barcelona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia 1 Elected (resigned)

References

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