Ester Capella

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. She was previously 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.