Teresa Cunillera Explained

Teresa Cunillera
Office:Delegate of the Government in Catalonia
Predecessor:Enric Millo
Primeminister:Pedro Sánchez
Termstart:22 June 2018
Office2:Third Secretary of the Congress of Deputies
President2:Jesús Posada
Term Start2:13 December 2011
Term End2:13 January 2016
Office3:First Vice President of the Congress of Deputies
President3:José Bono Martínez
Term Start3:1 April 2008
Term End3:13 December 2011
Constituency4:Lleida
Office4:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start4:3 March 1996
Term End4:13 January 2016
Term Start5:1982
Term End5:1986
Constituency5:Lleida
Birth Name:Teresa Cunillera i Mestres
Birth Date:17 February 1951
Birth Place:Bell-lloc d'Urgell, Spain
Party:Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC)
Occupation:Mercantile proficient and politician
Succeeded:Maria Eugènia Gay
Termend:18 January 2022

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/politica/Teresa-Cunillera-delegada-Gobierno-Catalunya_0_782172790.html Teresa Cunillera será la nueva delegada del Gobierno en Catalunya
  2. http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180615/45124885272/cunillera-historica-exdiputada-del-congreso-de-confianza-de-sanchez-e-iceta.html Cunillera, histórica exdiputada del Congreso de confianza de Sánchez e Iceta
  3. http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=185&idLegislatura=10 Cunillera i Mestres, Teresa
  4. https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-teresa-cunillera-incorpora-desde-este-jueves-gestora-psoe-201701251512_noticia.html Teresa Cunillera, del PSC, se incorpora desde este jueves a la gestora del PSOE
  5. https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2018-8194 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.
  6. http://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2018/06/14/5b22b07246163fff9c8b462a.html Teresa Cunillera será la delegada del Gobierno en Cataluña en sustitución de Millo
  7. http://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20180622/45322846585/teresa-cunillera-llama-lealtad-institucional-toma-posesion.html Cunillera llama a la “lealtad institucional” en su toma de posesión
  8. http://www.ccma.cat/324/teresa-cunillera-nova-delegada-del-govern-espanyol-torra-es-el-meu-president/noticia/2862372/ Teresa Cunillera, nova delegada del govern espanyol: "Torra és el meu president"
  9. Web site: 2022-01-14 . Teresa Cunillera deja el cargo de delegada del Gobierno en Cataluña . 2022-08-31 . Europa Press.