President of the Government of Catalonia

The **president of the Government of Catalonia** (, ) is one of the main parts of government that make up the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia. The president also is head of government of Catalonia.

The current acting president is Salvador Illa since 8 August 2024.

## Presidents (since 1977)

|rowspan="2" width="65"|Portrait|rowspan="2" width="210"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of office|rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"|Party|colspan="2"|Government|rowspan="2" width="65"|Election|rowspan="2"|Monarch|rowspan="2"||||||||
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|width="65"||**Josep Tarradellas**|class="nowrap"|1977|class="nowrap"|1980|style="font-size:95%;"||width="1" style="background:;"||width="90"|ERC|style="background:#FFEFD5;"|Tarradellas|style="background:#E9E9E9;"||style="color:#ccc;"||scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="12" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|**Juan Carlos I**||
|rowspan="6"||rowspan="6"|**Jordi Pujol**|class="nowrap"|1980|class="nowrap"|1984|rowspan="6" style="font-size:95%;"||rowspan="6" style="background:;"||rowspan="6"|CDC|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol I|style="background:#DCE7F8;"||1980|rowspan="6"|||
|class="nowrap"|1984|class="nowrap"|1988|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol II|rowspan="3" style="background:#DCE7F8;"||1984||||||||||||||
|class="nowrap"|1988|class="nowrap"|1992|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol III|1988||||||||||||||||
|class="nowrap"|1992|class="nowrap"|1995|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol IV|1992||||||||||||||||
|class="nowrap"|1995|class="nowrap"|1999|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol V|rowspan="2" style="background:#DCE7F8;"||1995||||||||||||||
|class="nowrap"|1999|class="nowrap"|2003|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Pujol VI|1999||||||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Pasqual Maragall**|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|2003|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|2006|rowspan="2" style="font-size:95%;"||rowspan="2" style="background:;"||rowspan="2"|PSC|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDBD5;"|Maragall|style="background:#FEEAD6;"||rowspan="2"|2003|rowspan="2"||
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||**José Montilla**|class="nowrap"|2006|class="nowrap"|2010|style="font-size:95%;"||style="background:;"||PSC|style="background:#FFDBD5;"|Montilla|style="background:#FEEAD6;"||2006|||||||
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4"|**Artur Mas**|class="nowrap"|2010|class="nowrap"|2012|rowspan="4" style="font-size:95%;"||rowspan="4" style="background:;"||rowspan="4"|CDC|style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Mas I|rowspan="3" style="background:#DCE7F8;"||2010|rowspan="4"|||
|rowspan="3" class="nowrap"|2012|rowspan="3" class="nowrap"|2016|rowspan="3" style="background:#DEE1F5;"|Mas II|rowspan="3"|2012|||||||||||||||
|scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"|**Felipe VI**|||||||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Carles Puigdemont**|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|2016|rowspan="2" class="nowrap"|2017|rowspan="2" style="font-size:95%;"||style="background:;"||CDC|rowspan="2" style="background:#D5F0FF;"|Puigdemont|rowspan="2" style="background:#D2ECE7;"||rowspan="2"|2015|rowspan="2"|||
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|colspan="7" style="background:#EEEEEE;"||colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|Direct rule over Catalonia|style="color:#ccc;"||||||||||||||||||
||**Quim Torra**|class="nowrap"|2018|class="nowrap"|2020|style="font-size:95%;"||style="background:;"||Independent|rowspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"|Torra|rowspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"||rowspan="2"|2017|rowspan="2"|||||
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## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the Government of Catalonia
- **insignia**: Seal of the Generalitat of Catalonia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 120px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of the Generalitat
- **image**: Salvador_Illa_i_Roca,_President_de_la_Generalitat_de_Catalunya_(cropped).png
- **image size**: 180px
- **incumbent**: Salvador Illa
- **incumbentsince**: 8 August 2024
- **acting**: no
- **style**: _El Molt Honorable Senyor_
(The Right Honourable)
- **residence**: Casa dels Canonges
- **nominator**: Parliament of Catalonia
- **appointer**: Monarchy of Spain, Monarch of Spain
- **termlength**: Four years
- **inaugural**: Berenguer de Cruïlles
- **formation**: 1359
- **website**: [http://www.president.cat/ www.president.cat]