Provincial Department of Tarragona

The Provincial Deputation of Tarragona is the governing and administrative body of the province of Tarragona, belonging to the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.

Provincial Deputation of Tarragona Diputació de Tarragona (Catalan) Diputación de Tarragona (Spanish)
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Type
Type	Provincial Deputation of the Province of Tarragona
History
Founded	1822 (1822)
Disbanded	1931–1939
Leadership
President	Noemí Llauradó i Sans [ca], ERC
Structure
Seats	27
Political groups	Government (17)   ERC (9)   PSC (8) Opposition (10)   Junts (8)   PP (1)   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
Casa de Beneficència, Tarragona
Agency overview
Employees	1,318[1]
Annual budget	€208 million[2]
Website	https://www.dipta.cat/

The plenum is made up of members elected by an indirect election, which are based on the results in the municipal elections of the province. Since 2019 Noemí Llauradó i Sans has been the president of the Provincial Council of Tarragona.

It was established for the first time, in 1822, as a Provincial Council, of which Jacobo Gil de Avalle was president. Later, and in compliance with the Royal Decree of September 25, 1835, the civil governor of the province called elections, and the new provincial constitution was published in the "Official Gazette" of January 26, 1836. It met for first time on March 2 following. Over time, the new Tarragona corporation expanded its powers and developed an ever greater operational capacity.

Currently, according to article 91 of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, the town councils will replace the provincial councils. According to the project of the Law on the Vegetation Organization of Catalonia, the Provincial Council of Tarragona should be replaced by the Council of Vegueria del Camp de Tarragona and the Council of the Vegueria of the Terres de l'Ebre.

Composition

Key to parties   CUP   PSUC   ICV   ICV–EUiA–EPM   ERC   PSC   JxCat   Junts   CC–UCD   CiU   Cs   PP   CP   AP   Vox
Election	Distribution
1979	2 5 12 8
1983	12 11 4
1987	12 13 2
1991	11 15 1
1995	9 15 3
1999	1 9 14 3
2003	2 11 12 2
2007	2 11 12 2
2011	2 9 14 2
2015	1 7 6 11 1 1
2019	11 7 8 1
2023	9 8 8 1 1

History

The current organizational model, with modifications, dates back to 1836, when the first provincial corporation was formed. After the decree of September 1835, it was decided to postpone the date of elections in the province, due to the situation of anticlerical revolt and the action of Carlist guerrillas in the area.^[3]

Presidents

Until 1979

• Josep Gassol Porta (1868)
• Feliciano Herreros de Tejada (1868–1869)
• Juan Manuel Martínez (1869–1871)
• Manuel Bes Hediguer (1871)
• Juan Palau y Generés (1871–1872)
• Antonio Kies Muñoz (1872–1873)
• Antonio Estivill Domènech (1873–1874)
• Ramón Miró and Sol (1874–1875)
• Antonio Sotorras Vilanova (1875 / 1877–1881)
• Plácido María de Montoliu y de Sarriera (1875–1877)
• Francisco Javier Rabassa Satorras (1896–1898) - Liberal

From 1979

Legislature	Political party		President of the Deputation	Start	End
I		CDC	Francesc Cailà Mestre	1979	1980
		PSC	Ramón Aleu Jornet	1980	1980
		CDC	Josep Gomis Martí	1980	1982
			Ramón Aleu Jornet	1982	1982
			Joan Ventura Solé	1982	1983
II			Josep Gomis Martí	1983	1987
III				1987	1988
			Vicenç Lluesma Davos	1988	1988
			Joan Maria Pujals Vallvé	1988	1991
IV				1991	1993
			Josep Mariné Grau	1993	1995
V				1995	1999
VI				1999	2003
VII			Joan Aregio Navarro	2003	2007
VIII			Josep Poblet i Tous	2007	2011
IX				2011	2015
X		PDeCAT		2015	2019
XI		ERC	Noemí Llauradó i Sans	2019	2023
XII				2023	Incumbent