The Socialists' Party of Catalonia ( ca, Partit dels Socialistes de Catalunya, PSC–PSOE official acronym) is a

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Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the no ...

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, resulting from the merger of three parties: the

Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping Socialist Party of Catalonia–Regrouping ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Reagrupament, PSC–R) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The PSC–R was founded in 1976 as a continuation of the Socialist and Democratic Regrouping of C ...

, led by Josep Pallach i Carolà, the

Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress ( ca, Partit Socialista de Catalunya–Congrés, PSC–C) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PSC–C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unifi ...

, and the

Catalan Federation of the PSOE Catalan Federation of the PSOE or Catalan Socialist Federation ( ca, Federació Catalana del PSOE, FSC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. The FSC first groups emerged between 1880 and 1882. History In 1888, the FSC promoted the creation ...

. It is the Catalan instance of the

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(PSOE), and its Aranese section is

Unity of Aran Unity of Aran ( Aranese: ', also ') is a political party in Val d'Aran, Spain. Practically the Aranese section of Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), it is the ruling party of the comarca. Unity of Aran has its roots in Aranese nationalist ' ( ...

. The party had also been allied with

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and

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political platform

Citizens for Change Citizens for Change ( ca, Ciutadans pel Canvi, CpC) was a political platform in Catalonia created in 1999 to support Pasqual Maragall's bid to the presidency of the Government of Catalonia in order to put an end to the hegemony of Jordi Pujol's ...

(''Ciutadans pel Canvi'') until the 2010 election. PSC–PSOE has its power base in the

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and the '' comarques'' of

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, and

Val d'Aran Aran (; ; ) (previously officially called in Occitan Val d'Aran, Catalan: ''Vall d'Aran'', Spanish: ''Valle de Arán'') is an administrative entity (formerly considered a comarca) in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, consisting of the Aran Valley, in ...

Party leaders

First Secretaries

Joan Reventós Joan Reventós i Carner (born 26 July 1927 in Barcelona; died 13 January 2004 in Barcelona) was the 10th President of the Parliament of Catalonia (1995–1999). He had previously been Minister without Portfolio, from 1977 to 1980. Reventós joi ...

, 1978–1983 *

Raimon Obiols Josep Maria "Raimon" Obiols i Germà (born 5 August 1940, in Barcelona) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), part of the Party of European Socialists. He is a high-ranking-m ...

, 1983–1996 *

Narcís Serra Narcís Serra i Serra (born 30 May 1943) is a Spanish economist and politician, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 1991 to 1995. Born in Barcelona in 1943, he was one of the leading figures of Catalan socialism during the Spanish tr ...

, 1996–2000 *

José Montilla José Montilla Aguilera (born 15 January 1955 in Iznájar, Andalusia, Spain) is a Spanish politician who is currently a member of the Spanish Senate. He was the 128th President of Generalitat de Catalunya. He became the First Secretary of th ...

, 2000–2011 * Pere Navarro, 2011–2014 *

Miquel Iceta Miquel Iceta Llorens (born 17 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC), currently serving as minister of Culture and Sport of the Spanish government since 2021 and as first secretary of the PS ...

, 2014–present

Presidents

, 1983–1996 *

, 1996–2000 * Pasqual Maragall, 2000–2007 *

, 2007–2008 ''(acting)'' *

Isidre Molas Isidre Molas i Batllori (born 12 October 1940, in Barcelona) is a Catalan politician and historian, who has served as the fifth President of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia since 19 July 2008. He has been a Senator from Barcelona since 5 Apr ...

, 2008–2011 * Àngel Ros, 2014–2019 *Núria Marín, 2019–present

Electoral performance

Parliament of Catalonia

Cortes Generales

European Parliament

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Socialists' Party of Catalonia 1978 establishments in Spain

Political parties established in 1978 Social democratic parties in Spain Socialist parties in Catalonia