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Jordi Ausàs i Coll
Ausàs in 2010
Counsellor of Governance and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya
In office
12 March 2008 – 29 December 2010
President José Montilla
Vice President Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Preceded by Joan Puigcercós
Succeeded by Joana Ortega
(as Counsellor of Governance and Institutional Relations)
Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell
In office
July 2003 – 11 March 2008
Preceded by Joan Ganyet i Solé
Succeeded by Albert Batalla i Siscart
Personal details
Born (1960-03-03) 3 March 1960 (age 64)
La Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell, Catalonia, Spain
Nationality  Spain
Political party Republican Left of Catalonia
ChildrenPol, Martí and Bernat
Occupation Teacher and Politician

Jordi Ausàs i Coll (born 3 March 1960 in La Seu d'Urgell, Alt Urgell) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia, Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell from 2003 to 2008 and Minister of Governance and Public Administration of Catalonia in the José Montilla government (2008–2010). He is a member of Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). [1]

He is a Catalan language teacher in the University of Barcelona. He was a director of the Andorran School of Escaldes-Engordany in the Principality of Andorra.

Since 2003 he has been the Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell, in the Province of Lleida, he was reelected on 27 May 2007. Since 30 November 1995 he has been a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia for Lleida province. He was the president of the Commission of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (29 November 1999 – 17 December 2003).

In the 2008 Spanish general election he was a candidate for Lleida Province, but failed to hold the ERC seat, which was gained by José Ignacio Llorens, the candidate of the People's Party.

On 10 March 2008, Joan Puigcercós resigned, and Ausàs succeeded him.

Political offices
Preceded by Counsellor of Governance and Public Administration of the Generalitat de Catalunya
2008–2010
Succeeded by
Joana Ortega
(as Counsellor of Governance and Institutional Relations)
Preceded by Mayor of La Seu d'Urgell
2003–2008
Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ "Jordi Ausàs i Coll. Equip de Govern. Generalitat de Catalunya". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.