Editing Catalonia (section)

=== Government and law ===
{{Main|Generalitat of Catalonia}}
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The Catalan Statute of Autonomy establishes that Catalonia, as an autonomous community, is organised politically through the [[Generalitat of Catalonia]] (Catalan: {{lang|ca|Generalitat de Catalunya}}), confirmed by the [[Parliament of Catalonia|Parliament]], the Presidency of the Generalitat, the [[Government of Catalonia|Government]] or Executive Council and the other institutions established by the Parliament, among them the Ombudsman ({{lang|ca|[[Síndic de Greuges (Catalonia)|Síndic de Greuges]]}}), the Office of Auditors ({{lang|ca|Sindicatura de Comptes}}) the Council for Statutory Guarantees ({{lang|ca|Consell de Garanties Estatutàries}}) or the Audiovisual Council of Catalonia ({{lang|ca|Consell de l'Audiovisual de Catalunya}}).
[[File:Salvador Illa 2024 (cropped).jpg|upright=0.65|thumb|left|[[Salvador Illa]], [[President of the Government of Catalonia|President of the Generalitat of Catalonia]] (2024–)]]

The [[Parliament of Catalonia]] (Catalan: {{lang|ca|Parlament de Catalunya}}) is the unicameral legislative body of the Generalitat and represents the people of Catalonia. Its 135{{nbsp}}members (''diputats'') are elected by [[universal suffrage]] to serve for a four-year period. According to the Statute of Autonomy, it has powers to legislate over devolved matters such as education, health, culture, internal institutional and territorial organization, nomination of the President of the Generalitat and control the Government, budget and other affairs. The last Catalan election [[2024 Catalan regional election|was held on 12 May 2024]], and its current speaker (president) is [[Josep Rull]], incumbent since 10{{nbsp}}June{{nbsp}}2024.

The [[President of the Generalitat of Catalonia]] (Catalan: {{lang|ca|president de la Generalitat de Catalunya}}) is the highest representative of Catalonia, and is also responsible of leading the government's action, presiding the Executive Council. Since the restoration of the Generalitat on the return of democracy in Spain, the [[List of Presidents of the Generalitat de Catalunya|Presidents of Catalonia]] have been [[Josep Tarradellas]] (1977–1980, president in exile since 1954), [[Jordi Pujol]] (1980–2003), [[Pasqual Maragall]] (2003–2006), [[José Montilla]] (2006–2010), [[Artur Mas]] (2010–2016), [[Carles Puigdemont]] (2016–2017) and, after the imposition of direct rule from Madrid, [[Quim Torra]] (2018–2020), [[Pere Aragonès]] (2021–2024) and Salvador Illa (2024–).

The [[Executive Council of Catalonia|Executive Council]] (Catalan: {{lang|ca|Consell Executiu}}) or Government ({{lang|ca|Govern}}), is the body responsible of the government of the Generalitat, it holds executive and regulatory power, being accountable to the Catalan Parliament. It comprises the President of the Generalitat, the [[List of First Ministers of Catalonia|First Minister]] ({{lang|ca|conseller primer}}) or the [[List of Vice Presidents of Catalonia|Vice President]], and the ministers ({{lang|ca|consellers}}) appointed by the president. Its seat is the [[Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya|Palau de la Generalitat]], Barcelona. In 2021 the government was a coalition of two parties, the [[Republican Left of Catalonia]] (ERC) and [[Together for Catalonia (2020)|Together for Catalonia]] (Junts) and is made up of 14 ministers, including the vice President, alongside to the president and a secretary of government, but in October{{nbsp}}2022 Together for Catalonia (Junts) left the coalition and the government.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Catalan government broken: Junts leaves coalition cabinet, Esquerra stays alone|url=https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/catalan-government-broken-junts-leaves-coalition-cabinet-esquerra-stays-alone/|access-date=2022-10-28|website=VilaWeb|language=ca|archive-date=28 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028034515/https://english.vilaweb.cat/noticies/catalan-government-broken-junts-leaves-coalition-cabinet-esquerra-stays-alone/|url-status=live}}</ref>