Teresa Cunillera

Teresa Cunillera i Mestres (born 17 February 1951), is a Spanish politician She served as Delegate of the Government in Catalonia from 2018 to 2022.[1] She was Vice President of the Congress of Deputies from 2008 to 2016.

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Cunillera and the second or maternal family name is Mestres; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Teresa Cunillera
Delegate of the Government in Catalonia
In office
22 June 2018 – 18 January 2022
MonarchFelipe VI
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byEnric Millo
Succeeded byMaria Eugènia Gay
Third Secretary of the Congress of Deputies
In office
13 December 2011 – 13 January 2016
PresidentJesús Posada
First Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
In office
1 April 2008 – 13 December 2011
PresidentJosé Bono Martínez
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
3 March 1996 – 13 January 2016
ConstituencyLleida
In office
1982–1986
ConstituencyLleida
Personal details
Born
Teresa Cunillera i Mestres

(1951-02-17) February 17, 1951
Bell-lloc d'Urgell, Spain
Political partySocialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)
OccupationMercantile proficient and politician

Biography and parliamentary career

She studied Mercantile Expertise and, after passing exams, she joined the State Administration in 1973. In 1975 she joined the Socialist Convergence of Catalonia to pass in 1978 to the Socialists' Party of Catalonia.[2] She was elected MP for Lleida for the first time at age 31, in 1982. In 1986 she served in the Ministry of Relations with the Cortes, reaching the position of director of the Cabinet of Minister Virgilio Zapatero between 1989 and 1993.

She was reelected deputy in the general elections of 1996 and until 2015 she maintained her seat.[3] In the IX Legislature she was the first vice president of the Congress.

Considered a person of confidence of Pedro Sánchez and Miquel Iceta, in 2014 she joined the team of confidence of Sanchez to coordinate his candidacy to the General Secretariat of the PSOE. In January 2017 she joined the Management Committee of the PSOE by of PSC.[4]

Delegate of the Spanish Government to Catalonia

In June 2018, she was appointed delegate of the Government in Catalonia, replacing Enric Millo, after Mariano Rajoy's Government was ousted following the approval of the motion of censure on 2 June 2018.[5][6] She took office on 22 June.[7][8]

She left the office in January 2022.[9]

References
  1. Teresa Cunillera será la nueva delegada del Gobierno en Catalunya (in Spanish)
  2. Cunillera, histórica exdiputada del Congreso de confianza de Sánchez e Iceta (in Spanish)
  3. Cunillera i Mestres, Teresa (in Spanish)
  4. Teresa Cunillera, del PSC, se incorpora desde este jueves a la gestora del PSOE (in Spanish)
  5. Real Decreto 455/2018, de 18 de junio, por el que se nombra Delegada del Gobierno en la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña a doña Teresa Cunillera i Mestres. (in Spanish)
  6. Teresa Cunillera será la delegada del Gobierno en Cataluña en sustitución de Millo (in Spanish)
  7. Cunillera llama a la “lealtad institucional” en su toma de posesión (in Spanish)
  8. Teresa Cunillera, nova delegada del govern espanyol: "Torra és el meu president" (in Catalan)
  9. "Teresa Cunillera deja el cargo de delegada del Gobierno en Cataluña". Europa Press. 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
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