Marta Cid i Pañella

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Minister of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2004-2006)
Marta Cid i Pañella
Image:Marta cid.jpg
Born	Wednesday, July 29, 1960 Amposta (Montsià)
Political party	ERC

Marta Cid i Pañella (born July 29, 1960) was Minister of Education of Catalonia from 20 February 2004 until 12 May 2006.

1 Education and professional background
2 Civic background
3 Political background
4 Institutional background

[edit] Education and professional background

Marta Cid i Pañella received a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, a Graduation in Teaching and a Postdegree in Speech therapy from the UB. She taught basic education between 1982 and 1987, and roled as psychologist speech teacher in the Special Education School and Occupational Factory (APASA) between 1987 and 2000.

[edit] Civic background

She founded the Amposta Handball Club, a sport she played until 1984. She also cofounded the Against Transfer Coordinator, and has collaborated with several organizations and cultural associations of Amposta.

She cowrote PHN: la raó d’Estat contra l’Ebre i la Terra (PHN: State reason against the Ebre and the Land) in 2003.

[edit] Political background

Marta Cid enrolled in ERC in 1978, where she held several charges. She chaired the Amposta-located section, the Montsià Local Federation and the Terres de l'Ebre division.

She has been the head of the Tarragona's electoral list for the Spanish Congress twice, and member of the list for the Catalan Parliament in 1995. She also chaired the ERC's National Council.

[edit] Institutional background

She has been Councillor in Amposta Town Council (1993 to March of 2004), Regional Councillor in Montsià (1997-2001) and First Vicepresident of the Montsià Local Federation (1999-2001).

In 2000, she was elected in Tarragona for a seat in the Spanish Senate by the ERC party, integrated in the Entesa Catalana de Progrés (Catalan Agreement of Progress). She resigned in November of 2003 because she was elected as a deputy in the Catalan Parliament elections. After she was elected Minister of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya (substituting Josep Bargalló i Valls), February of 2004, she resigned as deputy in April of 2004.

Preceded by Josep Bargalló i Valls	Minister of Education 2004–2006	Succeeded by Joan Manuel del Pozo i Álvarez (as Minister of Education and Universities)