Provincial Deputation of Barcelona

Provincial Deputation of Barcelona

Diputació de Barcelona (Catalan)
Diputación de Barcelona (Spanish)
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of arms
Logo
Logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1822 (1822)
Disbanded1931–1939
Leadership
President
Structure
Seats51
Composition of the Deputation of Barcelona
Political groups
Government (35)
  •   PSC (17)
  •   ERC (11)[1]
  •   ECP–C (5)[2]
  •   Junts (2)[3]

Confidence and supply (1)

Opposition (15)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Indirect election (from the local election results, elected by proportional representation in electoral judicial districts (single or multi-member, according to population)
Last election
28 May 2023
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Paranimf de l'Escola Industrial, Eixample, Barcelona (since 2021)
Casa Serra, Eixample, Barcelona (formerly)
Agency overview
Employees4,483[6]
Annual budget€1.24 billion[7]
Websitehttps://www.diba.cat/
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The Provincial Deputation of Barcelona (Catalan: Diputació de Barcelona; Spanish: Diputación de Barcelona) is the local government body charged with the government and administration of the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Being the biggest provincial deputation in Spain,[8] it is the third biggest public institution in Catalonia after the Generalitat and the Barcelona City Council,[9] managing a yearly budget around €1 billion.[10][11] As is the case for all provincial councils, the Council is indirectly elected, based on the results of the municipal elections in the province.[8] The president is elected among the Council's members meet for the inaugural session after the municipal elections.

The Council's headquarters is the Casa Serra,[12] on the Rambla de Catalunya.

  1. ^ "ERC entra al Govern de la Diputació de Barcelona" [ERC enters the Government of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona] (in Catalan). Público. 25 July 2023.
  2. ^ "PSC i comuns tanquen un acord a la Diputació de Barcelona sense majoria absoluta" [PSC and comuns reach an agreement for the Barcelona Provincial Deputation without absolute majority] (in Catalan). Público. 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Dos representants de Junts a la Diputació de Barcelona s'integraran al govern de PSC i comuns" [Two Junts representatives in the Barcelona Provincial Deputation will join the PSC and Comuns government] (in Catalan). 13 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Els 25 acords de Tot per Terrassa per donar la Diputació al PSC" [The 25 agreements of Tot per Terrassa to give the Provincial Council to the PSC] (in Catalan). 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Tot per Terrassa es decanta per un govern del PSC i En Comú Guanyem a la Diputació" [Tot per Terrassa opts for a PSC and En Comú Guanyem government in the Provincial Council] (in Catalan). 12 July 2023.
  6. ^ https://transparencia.diba.cat/sites/transparencia.diba.cat/files/public/node/field_fitxers/annex_plantilla_ple_27.06.2024.pdf
  7. ^ "La Diputació de Barcelona aprova un pressupost rècord de 1.244 milions d'euros per al 2024" (in Catalan).
  8. ^ a b Medina, Álvaro (17 May 2019). "Diputaciones catalanas: el verdadero poder territorial que Junqueras quiere arrebatar a Puigdemont". Voz Pópuli.
  9. ^ Noguer, Miquel; Vallespín, Ivanna (8 August 2012). "La Diputación de Barcelona otorga sin concurso el 82% de las subvenciones". El País.
  10. ^ "Los «comunes» también tienen en sus manos devolver la Diputación de Barcelona al PSC". La Razón. 11 June 2019.
  11. ^ Casanova, Grego (28 May 2019). "JxCat pierde las diputaciones de Barcelona y Lleida". El País.
  12. ^ Borràs, Anna (20 July 2017). "La Barcelona mágica de Puig i Cadafalch". El País. El Viajero.