Conxita Marsol i Riart (born 27 August 1960), is an

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n lawyer and politician. Since the end of 2015 she has been the Cònsol Major ("Mayor") of

Andorra la Vella Andorra la Vella french: Andorre-la-Vieille is the capital (political), capital of the Andorra, Principality of Andorra. It is located high in the east Pyrenees, between France and Spain. It is also the name of the parishes of Andorra, parish ...

Life

Born in

Artesa de Segre Artesa de Segre is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Noguera in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Segre river, between Ponts and Balaguer. The municipal territory extends as far as the confluence of the Segre with t ...

, Spain, on 27 August 1960, her family soon moved to Andorra. She graduated in Laws from the

University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona ( ca, Universitat de Barcelona, UB; ; es, link=no, Universidad de Barcelona) is a public university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, in Spain. With 63,000 students, it is one of the biggest universities i ...

in the Faculty of

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

and she was awarded a degree in Andorran Law. She became the general secretary of the Council of Andorra la Vella when she was 24 and she carried out role until 2004. She was supported by Manel Pons, Lluís Viu and Conxita Mora. In 2004 she founded her own Law firm.

Political career

In the 2005 Andorran parliamentary election she was elected general counselor and became the first and only woman to be president of a parliamentary group, the Liberal, between April 2005 and May 2009. She joined the Government of

Albert Pintat Albert Pintat Santolària (; born 23 June 1943) is an Andorran citizen, who served as the prime minister of Andorra from 27 February 2005 to 5 June 2009. Pintat graduated from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1967, majoring in economi ...

on 7 May 2008 as Minister of the Presidency and Economy. Among its competencies, she supervised the departments of Trade, Societies, Procedures and relations with the GRECO (Group of States against Corruption of the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

). On 7 January 2009 she became also the spokeswomen of the Government. In the 2009 Andorran parliamentary election, she was presented to the general election as the head of the list by Andorra la Vella of the Reformist Coalition and failed to obtain parliamentary representation. It was not until 2015 when she returned to national politics, appearing in March as number three on the national list of

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, headed by

Antoni Martí Antoni Martí Petit (; born 30 July 1963) is an Andorran architect and politician who served as the prime minister of Andorra from May 2011 to 16 May 2019, when he was elected on the ticket of the Democrats for Andorra. He was re-elected in the ...

, the head of Government of Andorra between 2011 and 2018. She resigned as lawmaker in 2015 and lead the

in the 2015 Andorran local elections, as a candidate for Mayor of the capital of the country. With 35.74% of the votes, among four lists, Conxita Marsol became the mayor of Andorra la Vella on 28 December 2015. In the

2019 Andorran local elections The 2019 Andorran local elections were held on 15 December, to elect all councillors in the seven parishes of Andorra. Electoral system Voters elected the members of the municipal councils (''consells de comú'' in Catalan). The Electoral Law al ...

she headed again the list of Democrats for and Andorra and was re-elected Mayor on 28 December 2019.Marsol repeteix mandat amb un seguit de projectes per materialitzar

References

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