Anna Erra Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Honourable
Honorific Suffix:MP
Anna Erra i Solà
Birth Name:Anna Erra i Solà
Birth Date:7 October 1965
Birth Place:Vic, Spain
Occupation:Politician
Order1:17th
Office1:President of the Parliament of Catalonia
Term Start1:9 June 2023
Term End1:10 June 2024
Predecessor1:Laura Borràs
Alba Vergés (acting)
Vicepresident1:Alba Vergés
Assumpta Escarp
Successor1:Josep Rull
Office2:Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Constituency2:Barcelona
Term Start2:19 June 2018
Office3:Mayor of Vic
Term Start3:13 June 2015
Term End3:17 June 2023
Predecessor3:Josep María Vila
Successor3:Albert Castells
Party:Junts (2020–present)
Otherparty:CDC (until 2016)
PDeCAT (2016–2020)

Anna Erra i Solà (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ˈannə ˈɛrə/; born 7 October 1965) is a Spanish teacher and politician who served as President of the Parliament of Catalonia between June 2023 and June 2024. She is also a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for Junts per Catalunya. Between 2015 and 2023 she was Mayor of Vic, representing Junts per Catalunya.[1] [2]

Biography

She graduated with a degree in Geography and History from the University of Barcelona and a diploma in Teaching from the University of Vic. For more than twenty years she worked as a teacher at the Sant Miquel dels Sants college in Vic.

Between 2007 and 2015, Erra was a local councilor in Vic. In the 2015 local elections, she was elected mayor of Vic thanks to a government pact with the PSC. On June 19, 2018, Erra took office as deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia, after Isabel Ferrer resigned her seat. In the 2019 local elections she got an absolute majority, 11 seats out of 21 possible.

In February 2020 she apologised for comments she made which she thought may have been misunderstood. She was trying to address the issue that some Catalans switch to Spanish when they meet strangers on the assumption that they won't understand Catalan. She was trying to encourage Catalans to not make that assumption.[3]

On August 9, 2020, she was elected vice-president and head of institutional relations of her political party, Junts per Catalunya. In June 2022 she announced that she would not run for mayor in the municipal elections of 2023.

After the disqualification of Laura Borràs, on 9 June 2023, she was sworn in as President of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-06-06 . Acting Vic mayor Anna Erra set to become new parliament speaker . 2023-06-09 . www.catalannews.com . en.
  2. Web site: 2023-06-09 . Anna Erra, nueva presidenta del Parlament con los votos favorables de Junts y ERC . 2023-06-09 . La Vanguardia . es.
  3. Web site: Ríos . Pere . 2020-02-13 . Separatist lawmaker sparks row with remarks about people who "don’t seem to be Catalan" . 2023-06-09 . EL PAÍS English . en.