Teresa Jordà
The Honourable Teresa Jordà MP | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of Catalonia | |
In office 26 May 2021 – 12 June 2023 | |
President | Pere Aragonès |
Preceded by | Herself (as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food) |
Succeeded by | David Mascort |
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia | |
In office 2 June 2018 – 26 May 2021 | |
President | Quim Torra |
Preceded by | Meritxell Serret (Direct rule from 27 October 2017) |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 5 December 2011 – 1 June 2018 | |
Succeeded by | Joan Margall |
Constituency | Girona |
Mayor of Ripoll | |
In office 14 June 2003 – 21 May 2011 | |
Preceded by | Eudald Casadesús i Barceló |
Succeeded by | Jordi Munell i Garcia |
Member of the Municipality Council of Ripoll | |
In office 1999–2017 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 17 August 2023 | |
Constituency | Barcelona |
Personal details | |
Born | Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura (1972-06-19) 19 June 1972 (age 51) Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain |
Citizenship | Spanish |
Political party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
Other political affiliations | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura (born 19 June 1972) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and the current Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda of Catalonia.
She was previously the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia, member of the Congress of Deputies and mayor of Ripoll, a municipality in north-east Spain.
Early life
Jordà was born on 19 June 1972 in Ripoll, Catalonia.[1][2] She has a degree in modern and contemporary history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.[3][4]
Career
Jordà contested the 1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Ripoll and was elected.[5][6] She was re-elected at the 2003 local elections.[7][8] At the 2003 election ERC-AM formed a pact with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress and Junts per Ripoll-Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Agreement for Municipal Progress alliances to gain control of the municipality from Convergence and Union (Ciu) and Jordà became mayor of Ripoll.[3][9] She was re-elected at the 2007 and 2011 local elections.[10][11][12][13] ERC-AM lost control of the municipality to CiU in 2011 and Jordà ceased being mayor.[3] She was re-elected at the 2015 local elections.[14][15]
Jordà was vice-president of the Fundació Eduard Soler de Ripoll, president of the Fundació Guifré and a member of the executive of the Federació de Municipis de Catalunya.[2][4]
Jordà contested the 2011 general election as a Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes (ERC–CatSí) candidate in the Province of Girona and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[16][17] She was re-elected at the 2015 and 2016 general elections.[18][19][20][21] She resigned from the municipality council in July 2017 to concentrate on her Congress of Deputies work.[3]
On 19 May 2018 newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Jordà was to be Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.[22][23][24] She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.[25][26][27]
Political positions
In 2013 she defended the effectiveness of homeopathy and other alternative treatments in the Congress of Deputies.[28] In July 2018, as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Catalan government, she promoted the consumption of raw milk in the region.[29][30]
Electoral history
Election | Constituency | Party | Alliance | No. | Result |
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1999 local[5][6] | Ripoll | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 1 | Elected |
2003 local[7][8] | Ripoll | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 1 | Elected |
2007 local[10][11] | Ripoll | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 1 | Elected |
2011 local[12][13] | Ripoll | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 1 | Elected |
2011 general[16][17] | Province of Girona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 1 | Elected |
2015 local[14][15] | Ripoll | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal | 1 | Elected |
2015 general[18][19] | Province of Girona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 1 | Elected |
2016 general[20][21] | Province of Girona | Republican Left of Catalonia | Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes | 1 | Elected |
References
- ^ "Members: X Legislatura ( 2011-2016 ) - Jordà i Roura, Teresa" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Teresa Jordà" (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Republican Left of Catalonia. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Teresa Jordà, l'exalcaldessa de Ripoll i diputada al Congrés". Diari de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Teresa Jordà, del Congreso a ser la segunda mujer consellera de Agricultura". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Administració Perifèrica de l'Estat: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain: Diputació de Girona. 18 May 1999. p. 201. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Junio 1999 - Mun. Ripoll" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain: Diputació de Girona. 29 April 2003. p. 88. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2003 - Mun. Ripoll" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Ripoll, pendents de la majoria absoluta". Ara (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain: Diputació de Girona. 1 May 2007. p. 206. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Ripoll" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain: Diputació de Girona. 26 April 2011. p. 216. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Ripoll" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Puigcerdà". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Girona (in Catalan). Girona, Spain: Diputació de Girona. 28 April 2015. p. 214. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2015 - Mun. Ripoll" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 October 2011. p. 111326. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Noviembre 2011" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 18 November 2015. p. 108838. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Diciembre 2015" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Otras Disposiciones: Juntas Electorales Provinciales - Junta Electoral de Girona" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Government of Spain. 25 May 2016. p. 34594. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Congresso / Junio 2016" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ "Torra nominates new government including jailed and exiled officials". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Torra nombra en su Govern a Aragonès, Artadi, Turull, Rull, Comín, Puig y Maragall". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Puente, Arturo (19 May 2018). "Torra nombra a los encarcelados Turull y Rull consellers de su nuevo Govern". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Catalan government takes office in emotional event, lifting direct rule". Catalan News Agency. Barcelona, Spain. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Villalonga, Carles (2 June 2018). "El nuevo Govern de Torra toma posesión en un acto reivindicativo y escenifica el fin del 155". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Los consellers toman posesión y prometen "lealtad" a Quim Torra". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Salas, Javier (27 September 2013). "La pseudociencia se cuela en el Congreso". Eldiario.es.
- ^ Hernández, Óscar (20 July 2018). "Aprobada la venta de leche cruda en Catalunya pese a sus riesgos". El Periódico.
- ^ "La consellera Jordà muestra su apoyo a la venta de leche cruda". La Vanguardia. 20 July 2018.
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