Teresa Jordà Explained

Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office1:Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of Catalonia
Term Start1:26 May 2021
Term End1:12 June 2023
President1:Pere Aragonès
Predecessor1:Herself (as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food)
Successor1:David Mascort
Office2:Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia
Term Start2:2 June 2018
Term End2:26 May 2021
President2:Quim Torra
Predecessor2:Meritxell Serret
Office3:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Constituency3:Girona
Term Start3:5 December 2011
Term End3:1 June 2018
Successor3:Joan Margall
Office4:Mayor of Ripoll
Term Start4:14 June 2003
Term End4:21 May 2011
Predecessor4:Eudald Casadesús i Barceló
Successor4:Jordi Munell i Garcia
Office5:Member of the Municipality Council of Ripoll
Term Start5:1999
Term End5:2017
Birth Name:Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura
Birth Date:19 June 1972
Birth Place:Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain
Citizenship:Spanish
Party:Republican Left of Catalonia
Otherparty:Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes
Alma Mater:Autonomous University of Barcelona
Office6:Member of the Congress of Deputies
Term Start6:17 August 2023
Constituency6:Barcelona

Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura (pronounced as /ca/; born 19 June 1972) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia.

She was previously the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia, member of the Congress of Deputies and mayor of Ripoll, a municipality in north-east Spain.

Early life

Jordà was born on 19 June 1972 in Ripoll, Catalonia.[1] [2] She has a degree in modern and contemporary history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[3] [4]

Career

Jordà contested the 1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Ripoll and was elected.[5] [6] She was re-elected at the 2003 local elections.[7] [8] At the 2003 election ERC-AM formed a pact with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress and Junts per Ripoll-Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Agreement for Municipal Progress alliances togain control of the municipality from Convergence and Union (Ciu) and Jordà became mayor of Ripoll.[3] [9] She was re-elected at the 2007 and 2011 local elections.[10] [11] [12] [13] ERC-AM lost control of the municipality to CiU in 2011 and Jordà ceased being mayor.[3] She was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.[14] [15]

Jordà was vice-president of the Fundació Eduard Soler de Ripoll, president of the Fundació Guifré and a member of the executive of the Federació de Municipis de Catalunya.[2] [4]

Jordà contested the 2011 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[16] [17] She was re-elected at the 2015 and 2016 general elections.[18] [19] [20] [21] She resigned from the municipality council in July 2017 to concentrate on her Congress of Deputies work.[3]

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Jordà was to be Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.[22] [23] [24] She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[25] [26] [27]

Political positions

In 2013 she defended the effectiveness of homeopathy and other alternative treatments in the Congress of Deputies.[28] In July 2018, as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Catalan government, she promoted the consumption of raw milk in the region.[29] [30]

Electoral history

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Members: X Legislatura (2011-2016) - Jordà i Roura, Teresa . . 11 June 2018 . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  2. Web site: Teresa Jordà . . 11 June 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  3. News: Teresa Jordà, l'exalcaldessa de Ripoll i diputada al Congrés . 11 June 2018 . . . 19 May 2018 . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  4. News: Teresa Jordà, del Congreso a ser la segunda mujer consellera de Agricultura . 11 June 2018 . . . 19 May 2018 . Barcelona, Spain . Spanish.
  5. Web site: Administració Perifèrica de l'Estat: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona . 18 May 1999 . 63 . 201 . 11 June 2018 . . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  6. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Junio 1999 - Mun. Ripoll. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona . 29 April 2003 . 81 . 88 . 11 June 2018 . . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  8. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Ripoll. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  9. News: Ripoll, pendents de la majoria absoluta . 11 June 2018 . . 28 April 2015 . Barcelona, Spain . Catalan.
  10. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona . 1 May 2007 . 86 . 206 . 11 June 2018 . . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  11. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Ripoll. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  12. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona . 26 April 2011 . 79 . 216 . 11 June 2018 . . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  13. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Ripoll. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  14. Web site: Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà . Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona . 28 April 2015 . 81 . 214 . 11 June 2018 . . Girona, Spain . Catalan.
  15. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Ripoll. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  16. Web site: Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona . . 25 October 2011 . 257 . 111326 . 11 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  17. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  18. Web site: Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona . . 18 November 2015 . 276 . 108838 . 11 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  19. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  20. Web site: Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona . . 25 May 2016 . 126 . 34594 . 11 June 2018 . . Madrid, Spain . Spanish.
  21. Web site: Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016. Ministry of the Interior. 11 June 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish. 26 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326143159/http://www.infoelectoral.mir.es/infoelectoral/min/busquedaAvanzadaAction.html. dead.
  22. News: Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials. 19 May 2018. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  23. News: Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall. 19 May 2018. La Vanguardia. 19 May 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
  24. News: Puente. Arturo. Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern. 19 May 2018. eldiario.es. 19 May 2018. Madrid, Spain. Spanish.
  25. News: Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule. 3 June 2018. Catalan News Agency. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  26. News: Villalonga. Carles. El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155. 3 June 2018. La Vanguardia. 2 June 2018. Barcelona, Spain. Spanish.
  27. News: Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra . 3 June 2018 . . . 2 June 2018 . Spanish.
  28. La pseudociencia se cuela en el Congreso. Javier. Salas. 27 September 2013. Eldiario.es.
  29. El Periódico. Aprobada la venta de leche cruda en Catalunya pese a sus riesgos. 20 July 2018. Óscar. Hernández.
  30. La Vanguardia. La consellera Jordà muestra su apoyo a la venta de leche cruda. 20 July 2018.

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