Joan Rigol | |
Birth Date: | 4 April 1943 |
Birth Place: | Torrelles de Llobregat, Spain |
Office: | 11th President of Catalan Parliament |
Term Start: | 29 November 1999 |
Term End: | 17 December 2003 |
Predecessor: | Joan Reventós |
Successor: | Ernest Benach |
Office2: | Minister of Employment of the Generalitat de Catalunya |
Term Start2: | 8 May 1980 |
Term End2: | 18 June 1984 |
Predecessor2: | Joan Codina i Torres |
Successor2: | Oriol Badia i Tobella |
Office3: | Minister of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya |
Term Start3: | 18 June 1984 |
Term End3: | 19 December 1985 |
Predecessor3: | Max Canher i Garcia |
Successor3: | Joaquim Ferrer Roca |
Party: | UDC |
Joan Rigol i Roig (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ʒuˈan riˈɣɔl/; 4 April 1943 – 7 May 2024) was a Spanish politician. He was a president of the Parliament of Catalonia.[1] Rigol also sat in the Spanish Congress from 1979 to 1980, representing Barcelona Province.
Rigol studied philosophy and held a Master's degree in Business Administration from ESADE. In 1976 he joined the Democratic Union of Catalonia (UDC), the political party which he presided from 1987 to 2000.
Rigol died on 7 May 2024, aged 81.[2]