Marta Cid i Pañella (born 29 July 1960) is a former Minister of Education of Catalonia from 20 February 2004 until 12 May 2006.

Education and professional background

Marta Cid i Pañella received a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, a Graduation in Teaching and a Postdegree in

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from the UB. She taught basic education between 1982 and 1987, and worked as a speech therapist in the Special Educational School and Occupational Factory (APASA) between 1987 and 2000.

Civic background

She founded the Amposta Handball Club, a sport she played until 1984. She also cofounded the Against Transfer Coordinator, and has collaborated with several organizations and cultural associations of Amposta. She cowrote ''PHN: la raó d’Estat contra l’Ebre i la Terra'' (PHN: State reason against the Ebre and the Land) in 2003.

Political background

Marta Cid enrolled in ERC in 1978, where she held several charges. She chaired the Amposta-located section, the Montsià Local Federation and the Terres de l'Ebre division. She has been head of the Tarragona electoral list for the

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twice, and member of the list for the Catalan Parliament in 1995. She also chaired the ERC's National Council.

Institutional background

She has been Councillor in

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(1993 to March 2004), Regional Councillor in Montsià (1997–2001) and First Vicepresident of the Montsià Local Federation (1999–2001). In 2000, she was elected in Tarragona for a seat in the

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by the ERC party, integrated in the ''

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'' (Catalan Agreement of Progress). She resigned in November 2003 because she was elected as a deputy in the Catalan Parliament elections. After she was elected Minister of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya (substituting Josep Bargalló i Valls), February 2004, she resigned as deputy in April 2004.

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