| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Àngels Chacón | |
| Office1: | Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of Catalonia |
| Term Start1: | 2 June 2018 |
| Term End1: | 3 September 2020 |
| President1: | Quim Torra |
| Predecessor1: | Josep Rull |
| Successor1: | Ramon Tremosa |
| Office2: | Secretary General of the Catalan European Democratic Party |
| President2: | David Bonvehí |
| Term Start2: | 13 June 2021 |
| Term End2: | 22 December 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Office established |
| Deputy2: | Marc Solsona |
| Successor2: | Vacant |
| Office3: | Member of the Municipality Council of Igualada |
| Term Start3: | 2011 |
| Term End3: | 2018 |
| Birth Name: | Maria Àngels Chacón i Feixas |
| Birth Place: | Igualada, Catalonia, Spain |
| Party: | Centrem (since 2022) |
| Otherparty: | Independent (2011–2016) Catalan European Democratic Party (2016–2022) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Barcelona |
Maria Àngels Chacón i Feixas (born 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Catalan government.
Chacón was born in 1968 in Igualada, Catalonia.[1] [2] She has a degree in law from the University of Barcelona and is a specialist in international trade.[1] [3]
Chacón has worked as export director for several companies in the paper sector.[1] [3] She was commercial director for Juan Romaní Esteve and was in charge of export for Manipulados del Noya.[1] She was general-secretary of the Anoia Business Union, an organisation that represents 850 partners and 2,400 companies, from 2008 to 2011.[1] [3]
Chacón was co-ordination of the Urbact 3D Cities (economic growth and innovation in health) and Urbact Retailink (economic growth and commercial strategy innovation in medium-sized cities) projects and has been co-director of the 4D Health Patient Safety Simulation Innovation Center since 2009.[4] [5] [6] In June 2017 she was appointed director-general of industry in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Business and Knowledge.[1] [3]
Chacón contested the 2011 local elections as an independent Convergence and Union (CiU) electoral alliance candidate in Igualada and was elected.[7] [8] After the election she was appointed second deputy mayor in charge of economy, trade and tourism.[3] [4] She was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.[9] [10] After the election she was appointed first deputy mayor in charge of economy, knowledge, internationalisation and interior.[3] [11] She joined the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) after it was formed.[5]
On 19 May 2018 newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Elsa Artadi was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge.[12] [13] [14] However, the Spanish government condemned the inclusion of jailed/exiled politicians in the government as provocative and refused to approve Torra's appointments or to revoke direct rule.[15] [16] [17] Faced with this opposition Torra announced a new government on 29 May 2018 without the jailed/exiled politicians.[18] [19] Chacón was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge in the new government.[20] [21] [22] She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[23] [24] [25]
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