In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Batet and the second or maternal family name is Lamaña.
The Most Excellent
Meritxell Batet
MP
President of the Congress of Deputies
In office 21 May 2019 – 16 August 2023
Monarch
Felipe VI
Preceded by
Ana Pastor Julián
Succeeded by
Francina Armengol
Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service
In office 7 June 2018 – 20 May 2019
Monarch
Felipe VI
Prime Minister
Pedro Sánchez
Preceded by
Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría (Territorial Policy) Cristóbal Montoro (Civil Service)
Succeeded by
Luis Planas
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 21 May 2019 – 6 September 2023
Constituency
Barcelona
In office 13 July 2016 – 15 June 2018
Constituency
Barcelona
In office 13 January 2016 – 19 July 2016
Constituency
Madrid
In office 2 April 2004 – 13 January 2016
Constituency
Barcelona
Personal details
Born
(1973-03-19) 19 March 1973 (age 51) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political party
PSC-PSOE (2008–present)
Spouse
José María Lassalle
(m. 2005; div. 2016)
Children
2
Alma mater
Pompeu Fabra University
Occupation
Jurist, academic and politician
Meritxell Batet Lamaña (Catalan pronunciation:[məɾiˈtʃeʎβəˈtɛt]; born 19 March 1973) is a Spanish jurist, former politician, and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), who served as President of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this, she served as Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.
A lecturer of Constitutional Law at Pompeu Fabra University, she has been a member of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the 8th through 14th terms of the lower house.
MeritxellBatet Lamaña (Catalan pronunciation: [məɾiˈtʃeʎ βəˈtɛt]; born 19 March 1973) is a Spanish jurist, former politician, and member of the Socialists'...
Batet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Domènec Batet (1872–1937), Spanish military personnel MeritxellBatet (born 1973), Spanish...
with the name include: Meritxell Lavanchy, actress. Meritxell Mateu i Pi, former foreign minister of Andorra. MeritxellBatet Lamaña, member of the Council...
met for the first time on 21 May 2019 and after two rounds of voting MeritxellBatet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the...
(2): 197–232. doi:10.2307/505217. JSTOR 505217. S2CID 191378720. "MeritxellBatet destaca el yacimiento tartésico de 'El Turuñuelo' en Guareña y la "colaboración...
legislature Ana Pastor Julián PP 19 July 2016 20 May 2019 XIII legislature MeritxellBatet Lamaña PSC 21 May 2019 16 August 2023 XIV legislature XV legislature...
professor at Harvard Elsa Artadi, economist, academic and politician MeritxellBatet, jurist and politician Javier Beltrán, film and theatre actor Genís...
Catalan). Naciódigital. 2013. "La presidenta del Congrés de Diputats, MeritxellBatet, prohibeix parlar en català a Albert Botran (CUP) i li talla el micròfon"...
Incumbent Assumed office 17 August 2023 Monarch Felipe VI Preceded by MeritxellBatet President of the Government of the Balearic Islands In office 2 July...
for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting MeritxellBatet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the...
learning of the ruling, both the President of the Congress of DeputiesMeritxellBatet and the President of the Senate Ander Gil, made institutional statements...
minister Pedro Sánchez. On 20 May 2019, Territorial Policy Minister MeritxellBatet resigned to the position in order to assume as President of the Congress...
prohibit"". Naciódigital. 2013. "La presidenta del Congrés de Diputats, MeritxellBatet, prohibeix parlar en català a Albert Botran (CUP) i li talla el micròfon"...
for the first time on 3 December 2019 and after two rounds of voting MeritxellBatet (PSOE) was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies with the...
prohibit"". Naciódigital. 2013. "La presidenta del Congrés de Diputats, MeritxellBatet, prohibeix parlar en català a Albert Botran (CUP) i li talla el micròfon"...
current Secretary for Organization of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia MeritxellBatet, currently serving as President of the Congress of Deputies Jaume Collboni...
extremism" (Tweet). Retrieved January 12, 2021 – via Twitter. Batet, Meritxell [@meritxell_batet] (January 8, 2021). "He enviado una carta a la presidenta...
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