List of vice presidents of Catalonia

Vice President of Catalonia
Vicepresidència de Catalunya
File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia
File:Flag of Catalonia.svg Flag of Catalonia
Department of the Vice President
Member of	Executive Council of Catalonia
Reports to	President of Catalonia
Seat	Barcelona
Appointer	President of Catalonia
Inaugural holder	Joan Casanovas i Maristany
Formation	29 December 1931

This article lists the vice presidents of Catalonia, the second most senior position in the Government of Catalonia. The position, previously known as First Minister (Catalan: Conseller Primer, lit. 'First Councillor'), Chief Advisor (Catalan: Conseller en Cap), Chief Executive Officer (Catalan: Conseller Delegat) and Head of the Executive Board (Catalan: Cap del Consell Executiu), is optional and is appointed by the president of Catalonia.

List of officeholders

Office name:

• Vice Presidency of the Council of Ministers (1840–1841; 1925–1931; 1933–1934)
• Vice Presidency of the Government (1938–1939; 1962–1973; 1982–1995; 2011–2020)
• First Vice Presidency of the Government (1974–1975; 1976; 1977–1979; 1981–1982; 1996–2011; 2020–present)
• Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1975–1976)
• First Vice Presidency of the Government for Defence Affairs (1976–1977)
• First Vice Presidency of the Government, in charge of the Coordination of the Security and National Defence Affairs (1979–1981)
• Vice Presidency of the Government for Economic Affairs (1982; 2011)

Second Republic and exile (1931–1977)

Name		Portrait	Party	Took office	Left office	President		Ministerial title	Refs
	Joan Casanovas i Maristany	File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg	Republican Left of Catalonia	29 December 1931	3 October 1932		Francesc Macià	Vice President
	Joan Lluhí	File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg	Republican Left of Catalonia	19 December 1932	24 January 1933			Head of the Executive Board
	Carles Pi i Sunyer	File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg	Republican Left of Catalonia	24 January 1933	4 October 1933			Chief Executive Officer
	Miquel Santaló i Parvorell	File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg	Republican Left of Catalonia	4 October 1933	3 January 1934			First Minister
	Joan Casanovas i Maristany	File:Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg	Republican Left of Catalonia	31 July 1936	26 September 1936		Lluís Companys
	Josep Tarradellas	File:Tarradellas1931.JPG	Republican Left of Catalonia	26 December 1936	5 May 1937

Restored autonomy (2001–present)

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government	President (Tenure)		Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
File:Artur Mas 2006 (cropped).jpg	Artur Mas (born 1956)	17 January 2001	20 December 2003	2 years and 337 days		CDC	Pujol VI		Jordi Pujol File:Jordi Pujol 1996 (cropped).jpg (1980–2003)
File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira 2001 (cropped).jpg	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (born 1952)	20 December 2003	20 February 2004	62 days		ERC	Maragall		Pasqual Maragall File:Pasqual Maragall 2004 (cropped).jpg (2003–2006)
File:Josep Bargalló 2010.jpg	Josep Bargalló (born 1958)	20 February 2004	11 May 2006	2 years and 80 days		ERC
File:Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira - 001 cropped.jpg	Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (born 1952)	29 November 2006	29 December 2010	4 years and 30 days		ERC	Montilla		José Montilla File:José Montilla 2008 (cropped).jpg (2006–2010)
File:Portrait placeholder.svg	Joana Ortega (born 1959)	29 December 2010	27 December 2012	4 years and 175 days		UDC	Mas I		Artur Mas File:Artur Mas 2011 (cropped).jpg (2010–2016)
		27 December 2012	22 June 2015				Mas II
File:Neus Munté 2016 (cropped).jpg	Neus Munté (born 1970)	22 June 2015	14 January 2016	206 days		CDC
File:Oriol Junqueras 2016b (cropped).jpg	Oriol Junqueras (born 1970)	14 January 2016	28 October 2017 (removed)	1 year and 286 days		ERC	Puigdemont		Carles Puigdemont File:Retrat oficial del President Carles Puigdemont cropped (cropped).jpg (2016–2017)
During this interval, the office was suspended.							Direct rule over Catalonia
File:Pere Aragonès 2018 (cropped).jpg	Pere Aragonès (born 1982)	1 June 2018	26 May 2021	2 years and 358 days		ERC	Torra		Quim Torra File:Quim Torra 2018b (cropped).jpg (2018–2020)
File:Jordi Puigneró 2021 (cropped).jpg	Jordi Puigneró (born 1974)	26 May 2021	29 September 2022	1 year and 126 days		JxCat	Aragonès		Pere Aragonès File:Pere Aragonès 2021b (cropped).jpg (2021–2024)
Office disestablished during this interval.
File:Laura Vilagrà 2021 (cropped).jpg	Laura Vilagrà (born 1976)	24 January 2024	12 August 2024	201 days		ERC	Aragonès		Pere Aragonès File:Pere Aragonès 2021b (cropped).jpg (2021–2024)
Office disestablished during this interval.

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