Parliament of Catalonia

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L'Estatut de Catalunya: Catalan Statute of Autonomy

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Statute of Autonomy of 1979
Statute of Catalonia of 1932
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Statute of Catalonia of 1919

Executive branch: Catalan Government

President
First Minister
Head of Opposition
Ministers

Legislative branch: Catalan Parliament

President
Board
Plenary Assembly
Parliamentary Groups

Judicial branch

Superior Justice Court of Catalonia

Territorial divisions

Vegueries
Províncies
Comarques
Municipalities

Elections

2003, 1999, 1995, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980

Parties:

PSC, CiU (CDC and UDC), ERC, PP, ICV-EUiA

The Parliament of Catalonia is one of the institutions that form the Generalitat de Catalunya, together with the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Executive Board or Government. It represents the people of Catalonia, and is at present formed by 135 deputies, who are elect by universal suffrage.

Parliament of Catalonia, in Barcelona
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Parliament of Catalonia, in Barcelona

History

The first background of the Catalan parliamentary institution goes back to the XI century, with the assemblies of "Pau i Treva" and the Cort Comptal. During the reign of Jaume I, the Cort Comptal transformed into the General Courts of Catalonia, institution that consolidated in subsequent reign. The General Courts had three branches: the military branch, which brought the representatives of the nobility together; the ecclesiastical branch, with the representatives of the religious hierarchy, and the royal branch, with the representatives of the municipalities. A lot wide sectors of the population were not represented, but is possibly the oldest sort of parliamentary institution in the modern negotiating way.

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