Board of the Parliament of Catalonia

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.

Composition (Ninth legislature)

The composition of the Board of the Ninth legislature was voted on 16 December 2010.

President of Parliament	Núria de Gispert i Català	CiU (UDC)	Barcelona
First Vice-President of Parliament	Lluís Maria Corominas i Díaz	CiU (CDC)	Barcelona
Second Vice-President of Parliament	Higini Clotas i Cierco	PSC	Barcelona
First Secretary	Jordi Cornet i Serra	PPC	Barcelona
Second Secretary	Montserrat Tura i Camafreita	PSC	Barcelona
Third Secretary	Josep Rull i Andreu	CiU (CDC)	Barcelona
Fourth Secretary	Dolors Batalla i Nogués	CiU (CDC)	Tarragona

Composition (Eighth legislature)

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

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
Third Secretary	Jordi Miralles i Conte	ICV–EUiA	Barcelona
Fourth Secretary	Rafel Luna i Vivas	PPC	Tarragona

References

• Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia (2006), Art. 59.1.