Board of the Parliament of Catalonia

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The Board of the Parliament of Catalonia (Catalan: Mesa del Parlament) is the body responsible for the management of the Parliament of Catalonia. It is composed of the President of the Parliament, the two Vice-Presidents of the Parliament and four Secretaries, who are elected (in separate votes) by the Plenary Assembly.

The main functions of the Board are

  • to organize the work of Parliament;
  • to interpret parliamentary procedure;
  • to manage the various support services of Parliament.

The President (or one of the Vice-Presidents as necessary) is also responsible for chairing sessions of the Plenary Assembly, and for the external representation of Parliament.

[edit] Composition (Eighth legislature)

The composition of the Board of the Eighth legislature was published in the Butlletí Oficial del Parlament de Catalunya on 2006-11-17.

President of Parliament Ernest Benach i Pascual ERC Tarragona
First Vice-President of Parliament Higini Clotas i Cierco PSC–CpC Barcelona
Second Vice-President of Parliament Ramon Camp i Batalla CiU Barcelona
First Secretary Lídia Santos i Arnau PSC–CpC Barcelona
Second Secretary Antoni Castellà i Clavé (CiU) Barcelona CiU Barcelona
Third Secretary Jordi Miralles i Conte ICV–EUiA Barcelona
Fourth Secretary Rafel Luna i Vivas PPC Tarragona

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