Ester Capella | |
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Minister of Territory of Catalonia | |
In office 12 June 2023 – 12 August 2024 | |
President | Pere Aragonès |
Preceded by | Damià Calvet |
Succeeded by | Sílvia Paneque |
Delegate of the Catalan Government to Madrid | |
In office 9 June 2021 – 14 June 2023 | |
President | Pere Aragonès |
Preceded by | Gorka Knörr |
Succeeded by | Joan Capdevila i Esteve |
Minister of Justice of Catalonia | |
In office 2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021 | |
President | Quim Torra |
Preceded by | Carles Mundó i Blanch (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
Succeeded by | Lourdes Ciuró |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 8 January 2016 – 1 June 2018 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 23 January 2013 – 12 January 2016 | |
Preceded by | Iolanda Pineda Balló |
Constituency | Catalonia |
Member of the Municipality Council of Barcelona | |
In office 2007–2011 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Ester Capella i Farré 3 April 1963 La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain |
Citizenship | Spanish |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes |
Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
Occupation | Lawyer |
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.