Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
| Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira | |
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| 1st Vice President of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office 29 November 2006 – 29 December 2010 |
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| President | José Montilla |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by |
Joana Ortega (as Vice President and Minister of Governance and Institutional Relations) |
| 2nd First Minister of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
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In office 17 December 2003 – 20 February 2004 |
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| President | Pasqual Maragall |
| Preceded by | Artur Mas |
| Succeeded by | Josep Bargalló |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 May 1952 Cambrils, Tarragona, Catalonia (Spain) |
| Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Comas |
| Occupation | Politician and Philologist |
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ʎuˈis kəˈɾɔd ruˈβiɾə]), was born 17 May 1952 in Cambrils, Catalonia) was the Vice-president of the Catalan Government from 2006 to 2010. From 1996 to 2008 he was the leader of ERC Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia). ERC campaigns for Catalonia's independence from Spain and, secondarily, extend it to the Catalan Countries, the whole Catalan linguistic domain.
He was one of the two Vice Presidents of the Catalan autonomous government formed after the 2006 Catalan regional election. He now serves as vice president of the Ramon Llull Foundation. In the previous 2003 cabinet, he was First Minister (Catalan: conseller en cap) of the Generalitat de Catalunya. After his, at times, controversial style, eventually the other partners in the cabinet forced him to resign after his action culminated in a secret meeting with representatives of the Basque separatist group ETA, which was leaked to the press; this was followed by general political pressure asking for his resignation.
Carod-Rovira received a bachelor's degree in Catalan Philology from the UB. He then enrolled as a teacher of the Catalan language at the University School of Tarragona (from 1978 to 1982). In the University world, he was also professor and vicepresident of the Catalan Summer University (Universitat Catalana d'Estiu) between 1986 and 1995. Before this, he also worked as Head Technician of Generalitat's linguistic planning policy (1981–1988) and headed the Cultural Territorial Services of the Generalitat at Tarragona (1982 to 1984).
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