Maria Àngels Chacón i Feixas (born 1968) is a Spanish politician from

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who served as Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge of the Catalan government.

Early life

Chacón was born in 1968 in Igualada,

. She has a degree in law from the

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and is a specialist in international trade.

Career

Chacón has worked as export director for several companies in the paper sector. She was commercial director for Juan Romaní Esteve and was in charge of export for Manipulados del Noya. She was general-secretary of the Anoia Business Union, an organisation that represents 850 partners and 2,400 companies, from 2008 to 2011. Chacón was co-ordination of the Urbact 3D Cities (economic growth and innovation in health) and Urbact Retailink (economic growth and commercial strategy innovation in medium-sized cities) projects and has been co-director of the 4D Health Patient Safety Simulation Innovation Center since 2009. In June 2017 she was appointed director-general of industry in the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Business and Knowledge. Chacón contested the 2011 local elections as an

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Convergence and Union (CiU)

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candidate in Igualada and was elected. After the election she was appointed second deputy mayor in charge of economy, trade and tourism. She was re-elected at the 2015 local elections. After the election she was appointed first deputy mayor in charge of economy, knowledge, internationalisation and interior. She joined the Catalan European Democratic Party (PDeCAT) after it was formed. Govern de Catalunya foto oficial 2018

On 19 May 2018 newly elected

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Quim Torra Joaquim Torra i Pla (; born 28 December 1962), known as Quim Torra, is a Catalan lawyer and journalist from Spain. He served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 17 May 2018 to 28 September 2020, when the Supreme Court of Spain conf ...

nominated a new government in which

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was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge. However, the

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condemned the inclusion of jailed/exiled politicians in the government as provocative and refused to approve Torra's appointments or to revoke

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. Faced with this opposition Torra announced a new government on 29 May 2018 without the jailed/exiled politicians. Chacón was to be Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge in the new government. She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the

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Electoral history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chacón, Àngels 1968 births Catalan European Democratic Party politicians Women politicians from Catalonia Municipal councillors in the province of Barcelona Convergence and Union politicians Independent politicians in Catalonia Living people Government ministers of Catalonia People from Igualada Torra Government University of Barcelona alumni