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Montserrat Tura

Montserrat Tura
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Minister of Justice of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office
November 29, 2006 – December 29, 2010
Preceded by Josep Maria Vallès
Succeeded by Pilar Fernández i Bozal
Minister of Home Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office
December 17, 2003 – November 29, 2006
Preceded by Núria de Gispert
Succeeded by Joan Saura
Mayoress of Mollet del Vallès
In office
June 30, 1987 – December 21, 2003
Preceded by Carme Coll i Truyol
Succeeded by Josep Monràs i Galindo
Personal details
Born (1954-11-06) November 6, 1954 (age 62)
Mollet del Vallès (Province of Barcelona)
Political party PSC
Residence Mollet del Vallès

Montserrat Tura (born 6 November 1954) is a Spanish politician and Member of the Parliament of Catalonia. From 29 November 2006 to 29 December 2010, she had served as Minister of Justice of Catalonia. She is considered as one of the most prominent members of the Catalanist wing of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia. She is married with two daughters.

She was born in Mollet del Vallès (Province of Barcelona) into a country family strongly defined by its political activity in support of liberty, democracy and Catalanism. Her uncle was member of the Republican Left of Catalonia and mayor of the town during the Second Republic; her great grandfather was also mayor in the 1910s, and prominent member of the Catalan Regionalist League. The cousin of her father, Jordi Solé Tura, was a prominent Catalan Communist politician.

She was linked to anti-Francoist organisations from a very early age. Clandestinely active since she was sixteen and in the first years of the transition after Franco’s death, she took part in university movements and in a number of environmentalist and leftist groups.

After graduating with degrees in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona, she combined medical practice with her specialisation in health care management and economics. In 1981, she started practicing at Palamós Hospital, and was appointed General Director the following year. During her time as Medical Director and General Director, she also oversaw the planning and construction of a new hospital.


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