Facts: - website: http://blocs.esquerra.cat/simo/ - caption: simo i castello in 2008 - term: 2003-2006 - successor: carme figueres i sinol - party: erc - predecessor: irene rigau i oliver - office: minister generalitat de catalunya of social welfare and family affairs of the - birth date: july 26 , 1968 - name: anna simo i castello - image: anna simo i castello.jpg - birth place: els alamus -lrb- segria -rrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anna simo i castello .
anna simo i castello -lrb- born july 26 , 1968 -rrb- is a catalan politician .a member of the republican left of catalonia -lrb- erc -rrb- , she became the minister of social welfare and family affairs of the generalitat de catalunya in 2003 as part of the first '' '' tripartite '' coalition government formed by the socialists ' party of catalonia , erc and initiative for catalonia greens , a position she held until erc 's ministers were removed from the government in may 2006 .she is currently a member of the catalan parliament .