Mònica Bonell Tuset (born 7 August 1971) is a Democratic politician from

Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a Sovereignty, sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, Andorra–France border, bordered by France to the north and Spain to A ...

. She worked in the tourism industry. She was second deputy mayor of the city of Canillo for eight years, and Deputy General Syndic of the General Council of Andorra for a further eight years. From 2023 she is the Andorran Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.

Life

Bonell Tuset was born in 1971, and graduated with a degree in tourism. She then worked in a number of

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involved in

tourist Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity on ...

activities, with her focus being on administrative work. She also worked in public administration. Her move into a political career began when she served as second deputy

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of the city of

Canillo Canillo () is one of the seven parishes which make up Andorra. Canillo is also the name of the main town of the parish. The parish is considered the religious center of Andorra with the Sanctuary and Chapel of Our Lady of Meritxell, patron sain ...

from 2003 and 2011. She was immediately afterwards Deputy General Syndic of the General Council of Andorra between 2011 and 2019. She was a member of the political party Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. She has served as the Chairman of the Democratic Parliamentary Group, President of the Legislative Economy Committee, Member of the Legislative Committee on

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, Member of the Legislative Committee on Territorial Policy, Urban Planning, and as the Environment Member of the Andorran Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (APCE). From 2023 Bonell Tuset has taken on the role of Andorran Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. In that position, she met with Council of Europe experts in June 2024 to discuss the drafting of a Youth Action Plan. She announced in June 2024 plans to renovate the national stadium by replacing the grass playing surface with artificial turf.

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