Ester Capella

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.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Capella and the second or maternal family name is Farré; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
The Honourable
Ester Capella
Capella in June 2018
Minister of Justice of Catalonia
In office
2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021
PresidentQuim Torra
Preceded byCarles Mundó i Blanch
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Succeeded byLourdes Ciuró
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
8 January 2016 – 1 June 2018
ConstituencyBarcelona
Member of the Senate
In office
23 January 2013 – 12 January 2016
Preceded byIolanda Pineda Balló
ConstituencyCatalonia
Member of the Municipality Council of Barcelona
In office
2007–2011
Personal details
Born
Ester Capella i Farré

(1963-04-03) 3 April 1963
La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyRepublican Left of Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer

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.

Early life

Capella was born on 3 April 1963 in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia.[1][2] She grew up in La Pobla de Segur.[2][3] She has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona.[1][3]

Career

Capella started practising law in 1988.[1] She is a member of the Bar Association of Barcelona.[4] She was president of the Catalan Association of Democratic Lawyers (ACJD) from 2003 to 2007.[1][3] She is a member of several feminist organisations including Women and Rights, the Women's Lobby of Catalonia and the Association of Women Jurists.[3][5]

Capella contested the 2007 local elections as an independent Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Barcelona and was elected.[6][7] She joined ERC in 2008 and became the party's spokesperson on the city council.[1][8] At the 2011 local elections Capella was placed third on the Unity for Barcelona–Republican Left of Catalonia–Reagrupament-Catalan Democracy-Acord Municipal (UpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM) alliance's list of candidates in Barcelona but the alliance only managed to win two seats in the municipality and as a result she failed to get re-elected.[9][10] She was in charge of the Municipal Institute for People with Disabilities from 2011 to 2013.[1][3]

Capella and other members of the Catalan government on 2 June 2018

In January 2013 Capella was appointed to the Senate of Spain by the Parliament of Catalonia, replacing Socialist Iolanda Pineda Balló.[1][8] At the 2015 local elections Capella was placed 11th on the ERC-AM alliance's list of candidates in La Pobla de Segur but the alliance only managed to win six seats in the municipality and as a result she failed to get elected.[11][12] She contested the 2015 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the Province of Barcelona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[13][14] She was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[15][16]

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Capella was to be Minister of Justice.[17][18][19] She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[20][21][22]

Electoral history
Electoral history of Ester Capella
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2007 local[6][7]BarcelonaIndependentRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal2Elected
2011 local[9][10]BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaUpB-ERC-Ri.Cat-DCat-AM3Not elected
2015 local[11][12]La Pobla de SegurRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal11Not elected
2015 general[13][14]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes3Elected
2016 general[15][16]Province of BarcelonaRepublican Left of CataloniaRepublican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes3Elected

References
  1. "Ester Capella, una abogada y diputada que dirigirá la consellería de Justicia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. "Ester Capella, del Congreso a liderar la Conselleria de Justicia". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Europa Press. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  3. "Perfil: Ester Capella: advocada, feminista i amb trajectòria a Madrid". Directe.cat (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. "Miembros" (in Spanish). Asociación Parlamentaria en Defensa de los Derechos de los Animales. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. "La pallaresa Ester Capella serà la consellera de Justícia en el govern de Torra". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 25 April 2007. p. 25. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  7. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. "Ester Capella será la senadora de ERC". El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  9. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Barcelona". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 20 April 2011. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  10. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  11. "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Tremp". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Lleida (in Catalan). Lleida, Spain: Diputació de Lleida. 22 April 2015. p. 333. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  12. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Barcelona" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  13. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 24 November 2015. p. 110645. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  14. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  15. "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Barcelona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 31 May 2016. p. 35531. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  16. "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  17. "Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  18. "Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  19. Puente, Arturo (19 May 2018). "Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  20. "Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  21. Villalonga, Carles (2 June 2018). "El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  22. "Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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