Joaquim Nadal
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| Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia | |
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In office December 23, 2010 – September 3, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Artur Mas |
| Succeeded by | Xavier Sabaté i Ibarz |
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In office December 14, 1995 – November 16, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Raimon Obiols |
| Succeeded by | Pasqual Maragall |
| Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office December 17, 2003 – December 29, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Felip Puig |
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Lluís Recoder (as Minister of Planning and Sustainability) |
| Government Spokesperson of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office December 17, 2003 – November 29, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Artur Mas |
| Succeeded by | Aurora Massip i Treig |
| Mayor of Girona | |
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In office June 2, 1979 – January 19, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Ignasi de Ribot i Batlle |
| Succeeded by | Anna Pagans i Guartmoner |
| Personal details | |
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31 January 1948 Girona (Gironès) |
| Political party | PSC |
| Website | www.joaquimnadal.cat |
Joaquim Nadal i Farreras (born 31 January 1948, Girona) is a Spanish politician and historian. He is a professor at the University of Girona and was the Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Works of the Catalan Government, the Generalitat de Catalunya, from December 2003 to December 2010.
In 1979, he was the first mayor of Girona democratically elected after the Spanish transition, from the PSC). He resigned in 2002, in favour of his substitute Anna Pagans i Gruartmoner, also from the PSC. During his term of office as mayor of Girona, he launched the reform of the Barri Vell (1982), together with the promotion of the Call Jueu, the ancient Jewish neighbourhood. He also put into practice the widening and improvement of the social services’ infrastructures, bringing balance to the inequalities among neighbourhoods. As mayor of Girona, he also held the post of president of the Federation of Catalan Municipalities (1981–1985).
He was the PSC candidate for the presidency of the Generalitat in the 1995 elections for the Catalan Parliament, of which he was member from 1984 to 2012. He is the first secretary of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) at Girona since 2008.
In the year 2003, he joined the government of Pasqual Maragall (PSC) as Councillor of Territorial Policy and Public Works, also serving as the Spokesman of the Catalan Government. He was considered the fourth-ranking member of the government. Nadal presided the Department of Territorial Policy and Public Works in 2005 during the crisis of El Carmel, when construction work to lengthen Barcelona Metro line 5 caused a building to collapse and forced the evacuation of 84 other buildings. Convergence and Union, then the opposition group in the Catalan Parliament, called on Nadal to resign, considering him the councillor responsible for the safety of public works projects, whereas the government blamed the opposition party for poor planning of the project during the last government of Jordi Pujol. As head of the department, Nadal promoted and approved the Catalan Plan for Transport Infrastructures to regulate all new road and railway infrastructures of Catalonia until 2026. The plan included a railway cross axis to link central Catalonia with the Lleida and Girona areas.
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