Núria de Gispert i Català

Núria de Gispert i Català
13th Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia
In office December 16, 2010 – October 26, 2015
President	Artur Mas
Preceded by	Ernest Benach
Succeeded by	Carme Forcadell i Lluís
Minister of Justice of Catalonia
In office February 1, 1995 – February 5, 2001
President	Jordi Pujol
Preceded by	Antoni Isac i Aguilar
Succeeded by	Josep Delfí Guàrdia i Canela
Minister of Governance and Public Administration of Catalonia
In office February 5, 2001 – November 4, 2002
President	Jordi Pujol
Preceded by	Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida
Succeeded by	Josep Maria Pelegrí
Minister of Justice and Interior of Catalonia
In office November 4, 2002 – December 17, 2003
President	Jordi Pujol
Preceded by	Josep Delfí Guàrdia i Canela (Justice) Xavier Pomés (Interior)
Succeeded by	Josep Maria Vallès (Justice) Montserrat Tura (Interior)
Personal details
Born	April 6, 1949 Barcelona (Catalonia - Spain)
Political party	UDC (1986-2015) Demòcretes de Catalunya (2015- )
Alma mater	University of Barcelona
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Catholic

Núria de Gispert i Català (Barcelona, April 6, 1949) is a Catalan politician and lawyer. Currently, she serves as speaker of Parliament of Catalonia.^[1]

Biography

Núria de Gispert is married and has four children. She is also the daughter of politician and lawyer Ignasi de Gispert i Jordà, and greatgrandaughter of Dorotea de Chopitea, protector and benefactor of several Catholic orders.^[2] De Gispert graduated in law at the University of Barcelona and she has also the title of legal translator from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. She worked as lawyer from 1971 to 1973. She started to work as civil servant at the Diputació de Barcelona in 1974; later, in 1980, she was moved to the Generalitat.

In recognition of her task as lawyer, he was awarded the Cross of St. Raymond of Peñafort (1998), the Cross of Merit to the Service of the Spanish Advocacy (2002) and the Medal of the Bar Association of Barcelona (2004). She is also a member of the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Catalonia since 2006.^[1]

Speaker of the Parliament

On December 16, 2010, she was elected President (speaker) of the Parliament of Catalonia in the constitutive session of the Parliament for the ninth legislature, being the first woman to hold this position in Catalonia. At the beginning of the 10th legislature, on December 17, 2012, she was re-elected for this position.

Footnotes

1. Profile at the website of Parliament of Catalonia: "H. Sra. Núria de Gispert i Català". www.parlament.cat. Parliament of Catalonia. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
2. La Vanguardia, 4 April 1984 Homenaje a Dorotea de Chopitea, fundadora de treinta obras sociales (Spanish)