| Artur Mas i Gavarró | |
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| In office January 19, 2001 – December 20, 2003 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol i Soley |
| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira |
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Minister of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat de Catalunya
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| In office July 30, 1997 – January 17, 2001 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol i Soley |
| Preceded by | Macià Alavedra i Moner |
| Succeeded by | Francesc Homs i Ferret |
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Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works of the Generalitat de Catalunya
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| In office June 15, 1995 – July 30, 1997 |
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| President | Jordi Pujol i Soley |
| Preceded by | Jaume Roma i Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Pere Macias |
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| Born | January 31 1956 Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Political party | Convergència i Unió (Democratic Convergence of Catalonia) |
| Spouse | Helena Rakosnik |
| Children | three sons |
| Occupation | Politician and Economist |
Artur Mas i Gavarró (born 1956) is a Catalan politician. He is currently the leader of the Catalan nationalist party Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC), the main opposition party in the Catalan autonomous parliament. Artur Mas ran for the 2003 elections to the Catalan government and won a plurality of seats in the parliament, with four more than PSC. However, the latter obtained a slightly higher amount of votes (this discrepancy between votes and seats obtained is explained by the electoral law and the way seats are assigned). Finally Pasqual Maragall i Mira was elected President, with the support of PSC and two more left-wing parties (ERC and ICV). Mas ran again for president of the Generalitat in the November 1st 2006 elections. Though -unlike in the previous elections- his party CIU won these both in number of votes and seats, it did not reach the absolute majority of seats in the parliament, allowing the PSC-PSOE to reach an absolute majority by repeating the coalition government with the same left wing partners (ERC and ICV).
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First Minister of Catalonia 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira |
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Government Spokesperson 2000–2003 |
Succeeded by Joaquim Nadal i Farreras |
| Preceded by Macià Alavedra i Moner |
Minister of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1997–2001 |
Succeeded by Francesc Homs i Ferret |
| Preceded by Jaume Roma i Rodríguez |
Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works of the Generalitat de Catalunya 1995–1997 |
Succeeded by Pere Macias |
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