Pasqual Maragall

Pasqual Maragall
Official portrait, 2003
127th[1] President of the Government of Catalonia
In office
20 December 2003 – 28 November 2006
MonarchJuan Carlos I
First MinisterJosep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (2003–2004)
Josep Bargalló (2004–2006)
Preceded byJordi Pujol
Succeeded byJosé Montilla
114th Mayor of Barcelona
In office
1 December 1982 – 26 September 1997
Preceded byNarcís Serra
Succeeded byJoan Clos
Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia
In office
16 November 1999 – 17 December 2003
Preceded byJoaquim Nadal
Succeeded byArtur Mas
(Office suspended between 17 December 2003 and 27 May 2004)
President of the Barcelona'92 Olympic Organising Committee
In office
2 October 1988 – 9 August 1992
IOC PresidentJuan Antonio Samaranch
Preceded byPark Seh-jik
Succeeded byBilly Payne
Chair of the Barcelona'92 Olympic Organising Committee
In office
12 March 1987 – 15 September 1992
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Personal details
Born (1941-01-13) 13 January 1941 (age 83)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality Spain
Political partySocialists' Party of Catalonia
SpouseDiana Garrigosa (1965-2020; her death)[2]
ChildrenTwo daughters and a son
OccupationPolitician
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Pasqual Maragall Mira (Catalan pronunciation: [pəsˈkwal məɾəˈɣaʎ]; born 13 January 1941) is a Spanish retired politician and former President of Generalitat de Catalunya.[3] He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.[4]

  1. ^ "Presidents of the Generalitat". catalangovernment.eu. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Muere Diana Garrigosa, la esposa del expresidente de la Generalitat, Pasqual Maragall (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Fuchs, Dale (2003-11-16). "Catalonian Political Rivals Agree on Seeking Autonomy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  4. ^ Marshall, Tim (2004). Transforming Barcelona. Routledge. pp. 65–75. ISBN 9780415288415.