Government of Pere Aragonès

Government of Pere Aragonès
Executive Council of Catalonia
2021–present
The government in May 2021.
Date formed	26 May 2021
People and organisations
Monarch	Felipe VI
President	Pere Aragonès
Vice President	Jordi Puigneró (2021–2022)
No. of ministers	14
Total no. of members	21
Member parties	ERC   Junts (2021–2022)
Status in legislature	Minority coalition government (2021–2022) Minority government (2022–present)
Opposition party	PSC–PSOE
Opposition leader	Salvador Illa
History
Election(s)	2021 regional election
Legislature term(s)	13th/14th Parliament
Predecessor	Torra

The government of Pere Aragonès was formed on 26 May 2021 following the latter's election as President of the Government of Catalonia by the Parliament of Catalonia on 21 May and his swearing-in on 24 May, as a result of Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) and Together for Catalonia (Junts) being able to muster a majority of seats in the Parliament with external support from the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) following the 2021 Catalan regional election. It succeeded the Torra government and has been the incumbent Government of Catalonia since 26 May 2021, a total of 984 days, or 2 years, 8 months and 9 days.

Until 2022, the cabinet comprised members of ERC and Junts, as well as a number of independents proposed by both parties. On 7 October, Junts members voted to abandon the government following the dismissal of their vice president Jordi Puigneró by Aragonès, which resulted from a political crisis sparked after Junts had demanded a confidence vote on the president. Aragonès vowed to remain as the head of a minority cabinet made up of ERC members.

Investiture

Investiture Pere Aragonès (ERC)
Ballot →		21 May 2021
Required majority →		68 out of 135
	Yes • ERC (33) • Junts (32) • CUP–G (9)	74 / 135
	No • PSC (33) • Vox (11) • ECP–PEC (8) • Cs (6) • PP (3)	61 / 135
	Abstentions	0 / 135
	Absentees	0 / 135
Sources

Cabinet changes

Aragonès's government saw a number of cabinet changes during its tenure:

• On 28 September 2022, Pere Aragonès announced the dismissal of Vice President and Digital Policies and Territory minister Jordi Puigneró, following a political crisis between the two coalition partners ERC and Junts over the latter's demand of a confidence vote on the president. As a result of the dismissal, Junts announced that it would held a party vote on its permanence in the cabinet among its members on 7 October, which resulted in 56% in favour of leaving. As a result, Jaume Giró was replaced by Natàlia Mas as Minister of Economy and Finance; Meritxell Serret replaced Victòria Alsina at the helm of the Foreign Action ministry; Joaquim Nadal replaced Gemma Geis in Research and Universities; Josep Maria Argimon was replaced by Manuel Balcells as Minister of Health, whereas Carles Campuzano and Gemma Ubasart became the new officeholders of the Social Rights and Justice portfolios, respectively. Finally, Juli Fernández was appointed to fill the vacancy left in the Territory ministry by Puigneró's dismissal.

Executive Council

The Executive Council is structured into the offices for the president, the vice president and 14 ministries.

Departmental structure

Pere Aragonès's government is organised into several superior and governing units, whose number, powers and hierarchical structure may vary depending on the ministerial department.

Unit/body rank

• (■) General secretary
• (■) Director-general

Office (Original name)	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Alliance/party			Ref.
Presidency
Presidency (Presidència de la Generalitat)		Pere Aragonès	22 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC
Vice Presidency (Vicepresidència de la Generalitat)		Jordi Puigneró	26 May 2021	29 September 2022			Junts
	See Department of Digital Policies and Territory
Department of the Presidency
Department of the Presidency (Departament de la Presidència)		Laura Vilagrà	26 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Digital Policies and Territory
Department of Digital Policies and Territory (Departament de Polítiques Digitals i Territori) (until 10 October 2022) Department of Territory (Departament de Territori) (from 10 October 2022)		Jordi Puigneró	26 May 2021	29 September 2022			Junts
		Gemma Geis (ordinary discharge of duties)	3 October 2022	7 October 2022 (renounced)			Junts
		Juli Fernández	10 October 2022	12 June 2023			ERC
		Ester Capella	12 June 2023	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Business and Labour
Department of Business and Labour (Departament d'Empresa i Treball)		Roger Torrent	26 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Economy and Finance
Department of Economy and Finance (Departament d'Economia i Hisenda)		Jaume Giró	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts (Junts from Feb 2022; Indep. until Feb 2022)
		Natàlia Mas	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Equality and Feminism
Department of Equality and Feminism (Departament d'Igualtat i Feminismes)		Tània Verge	26 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC (Independent)
Department of Foreign Action
Department of Foreign Action and Transparency (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Transparència) (until 20 June 2021) Department of Foreign Action and Open Government (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Govern Obert) (20 June 2021 – 10 October 2022) Department of Foreign Action and European Union (Departament d'Acció Exterior i Unió Europea) (from 10 October 2022)		Victòria Alsina	26 May 2021	10 October 2022			Junts (Junts from Oct 2022; Indep. until Oct 2022)
		Meritxell Serret	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Education
Department of Education (Departament d'Educació)		Josep González	26 May 2021	12 June 2023			ERC
		Anna Simó	12 June 2023	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Research and Universities
Department of Research and Universities (Departament de Recerca i Universitats)		Gemma Geis	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts
		Joaquim Nadal	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC (Independent)
Department of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda
Department of Climatic Action, Food and Rural Agenda (Departament d'Acció Climàtica, Alimentació i Agenda Rural)		Teresa Jordà	26 May 2021	12 June 2023			ERC
		David Mascort	12 June 2023	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Health
Department of Health (Departament de Salut)		Josep Maria Argimon	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts (Independent)
		Manuel Balcells	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC
Department of the Interior
Department of the Interior (Departament d'Interior)		Joan Ignasi Elena	26 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC (Independent)
Department of Social Rights
Department of Social Rights (Departament de Drets Socials)		Violant Cervera	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts
		Carles Campuzano	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC (Independent)
Department of Culture
Department of Culture (Departament de Cultura)		Natàlia Garriga	26 May 2021	Incumbent			ERC
Department of Justice
Department of Justice (Departament de Justícia) (until 10 October 2022) Department of Justice, Rights and Memory (Departament de Justícia, Drets i Memòria) (from 10 October 2022)		Lourdes Ciuró	26 May 2021	7 October 2022 (resigned)			Junts
		Gemma Ubasart	10 October 2022	Incumbent			ERC (Independent)