Facts: - signature: signatura d'en pasqual maragall.svg - order: 30px mayor of barcelona 127th president of the generalitat de catalunya 115th - successor: jose office suspended between december 17 , 2003 and may 27 montilla , 2004 -rrb- joan clos artur mas i gavarro -lrb- - party: socialists ' party of catalonia - spouse: diana garrigosa - predecessor: jordi pujol narcis serra joaquim nadal i farreras - firstminister: josep-lluis josep bargallo & nbsp ;-lrb- 2004 -- 2006 -rrb- carod-rovira & nbsp ;-lrb- 2003 -- 2004 -rrb- - office: leader of the opposition in the parliament of catalonia - term end: november 17 , 2003 28 , 2006 september 26 , 1997 december - children: two daughters and a son - term start: december 16 , 1999 16 , 2003 december 1 , 1982 november - birth date: 13 january 1941 - name: pasqual maragall - image: maragall.jpg - birth place: barcelona , catalonia - occupation: politician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pasqual maragall i mira .
pasqual maragall i mira -lrb- ; born january 13 , 1941 in barcelona -rrb- is a spanish politician and was the 127th president of generalitat de catalunya -lrb- the regional government of catalonia -rrb- .he had previously been mayor of barcelona , from 1982 to 1997 , and helped run the city 's successful olympic bid .