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Provincial Deputation of Barcelona

*Diputació de Barcelona* (Catalan)
*Diputación de Barcelona* (Spanish)
Provincial Deputation of Barcelona ; Diputació de Barcelona (Catalan); Diputación de Barcelona (Spanish)
	Coat of arms
	Logo
Type
Type	Provincial Deputation of the Province of Barcelona
History
Founded	1822
Disbanded	1931–1939
Leadership
President	Lluïsa Moret [ca; es], PSC
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (35) PSC (17); ERC (11); ECP–C (5); Junts (2); Confidence and supply (1) TxT (1); Opposition (15) Junts (10); PP (4); Vox (1);
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Indirect election (from the local election results, elected by proportional representation in electoral judicial districts (single or multi-member, according to population)
Last election	28 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Paranimf de l'Escola Industrial, Eixample, Barcelona (since 2021); Casa Serra, Eixample, Barcelona (formerly)
Agency overview
Employees	4,483
Annual budget	€1.24 billion
Website	https://www.diba.cat/

The Provincial Deputation of Barcelona (Catalan: Diputació de Barcelona; Spanish: Diputación de Barcelona) is the local government body charged with the government and administration of the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Being the biggest provincial deputation in Spain,^[8] it is the third biggest public institution in Catalonia after the Generalitat and the Barcelona City Council,^[9] managing a yearly budget around €1 billion.^[10]^[11] As is the case for all provincial councils, the Council is indirectly elected, based on the results of the municipal elections in the province.^[8] The president is elected among the Council's members meet for the inaugural session after the municipal elections.

The Council's headquarters is the Casa Serra,^[12] on the Rambla de Catalunya.

Composition

Key to parties

CUP

PSUC

ICV

ICV–EUiA–EPM

BComú–E (Entesa)

ECG

ECP–C

ERC

TxT

PSC

JxCat

Junts

CC–UCD

CiU

Cs

PP

AP

Vox

Election

Distribution

1979

12

17

3

19

1983

7

26

15

3

1987

6

24

20

1

1991

6

24

19

2

1995

6

1

22

18

4

1999

3

1

30

13

4

2003

7

2

25

12

5

2007

4

2

25

16

4

2011

4

2

19

20

6

2015

3

7

11

10

14

3

2019

5

16

1

16

7

4

2

2023

5

11

1

17

12

4

1

Presidents

List of presidents of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona.^[13]

Portrait	Office holder	Start	End
	Enric Prat de la Riba i Sarrà	1907	1917
	Joan Vallès i Pujals	1917	1924
	José Enrique de Olano y Loyzaga	1924	1925
	Alfons Sala i Argemí	1925	1925
	Gaietà Marfà i Clivilles	1925	1925
	Josep Maria Milà i Camps	1925	1930
	Joan Maluquer i Viladot	1930	1931
	Josep Maria Milà i Camps	1939	1939
	Antoni Maria Simarro i Puig	1939	1943
	Lluís Argemí i de Martí	1943	1946
	Antoni Maria Llopis Galofré	1946	1949
	Joaquim Buxó Dulce d'Abaigar	1949	1967
	Josep Maria de Muller i d'Abadal	1967	1973
	Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló	1973	1977
	Josep Tarradellas i Joan	1977	1980
	Francesc Martí i Jusmet	April 1980	1982
	Antoni Dalmau i Ribalta	1982	1987
	Manel Royes i Vila	1987	2003
	José Montilla i Aguilera	2003	2004
	Celestino Corbacho Chaves	2004	2008
	Antoni Fogué i Moya	2008	2011
	Salvador Esteve i Figueras	2011	2015
	Mercè Conesa i Pagès	2015	2018
sense marc	Marc Castells i Berzosa	2018	2019
sense marc	Núria Marín Martínez	2019	2023
sense marc	Lluïsa Moret i Sabidó	2023	In office