Artur Mas
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The Very Honourable Artur Mas |
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 129th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia |
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In office 27 December 2010 – 10 January 2016 |
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| Vice President |
Joana Ortega (2010–2015) Neus Munté (2015–2016) |
| Preceded by | José Montilla |
| Succeeded by | Carles Puigdemont |
| First Minister of Catalonia | |
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In office 19 January 2001 – 20 December 2003 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol |
| Preceded by | Josep Tarradellas (1937) |
| Succeeded by | Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira |
| Leader of the Opposition of Catalonia | |
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In office 27 May 2004 – 23 December 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Pasqual Maragall (2003) |
| Succeeded by | Joaquim Nadal |
| Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia | |
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In office 30 July 1997 – 17 January 2001 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol |
| Preceded by | Macià Alavedra |
| Succeeded by | Francesc Homs Ferret |
| Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works of Catalonia | |
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In office 15 June 1995 – 30 July 1997 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol |
| Preceded by | Jaume Roma |
| Succeeded by | Pere Macias |
| Personal details | |
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Artur Mas i Gavarró 31 January 1956 Barcelona, Spain |
| Political party | Catalan European Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Helena Rakosnik |
| Children | Patricia Albert Artur |
| Alma mater | University of Barcelona |
| Religion | Catholicism |
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Artur Mas i Gavarró (Catalan pronunciation: [ərˈtur ˈmas]; born 31 January 1956) is a politician from Catalonia, Spain.
He was President of the Generalitat of Catalonia from 2010 to 2015 (plus a brief stint as acting president from September 2015 to January 10, 2016).
Mas is a long time member of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC by its Catalan acronym) which used to be the bigger of the two component members –along with Unió Democràtica de Catalunya– of what at the time was a long-standing electoral coalition, Convergència i Unió (CiU), a liberal nationalist coalition which had dominated Catalan regional politics since the 1980s. In 2001 Mas was named general secretary of CDC, then, in 2012 he was named president of the party a position which he still holds.
From 2003 to 2015 Mas has run five times for the Catalan presidency, four heading the –nowadays defunct– CiU ticket and one running for the novel Junts pel Sí coalition. He attained the presidency in two elections, 2010 and 2012 (both running for CiU) but neither with an absolute majority. In the absence of single party majorities, both tenures were marked by political instability and ended with Mas calling a snap election.
Mas is an economist who obtained his degree from the University of Barcelona, and is fluent in English and French, in addition to Catalan and Spanish.
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