Conxita Marsol
Mayor of Andorra la Vella
In office
28 December 2015 – 13 February 2023
Preceded byJordi Ramon Minguillon Capdevila
Succeeded byDavid Astrié
Minister of Presidency
In office
2008–2009
Prime MinisterAlbert Pintat
Member of the General Council of Andorra
In office
2005–2009
In office
2015–2019
Personal details
Born (1960-08-27) August 27, 1960 (age 63)
Artesa de Segre, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyLiberal Party of Andorra
Democrats for Andorra
Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
OccupationLawyer and Politician

Conxita Marsol i Riart (born 27 August 1960), is an Andorran lawyer and politician. She was the Cònsol Major ("Mayor") of Andorra la Vella between 2015 and 2023.

Life

Born in Artesa de Segre, Spain, on 27 August 1960, her family soon moved to Andorra. She graduated in Laws from the University of Barcelona in the Faculty of Lleida and she was awarded a degree in Andorran Law.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

She joined the Government of Albert Pintat on 7 May 2008 as Minister of the Presidency and Economy.[4] 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). On 7 January 2009 she became also the spokeswomen of the Government.[5]

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 Democrats for Andorra, headed by Antoni Martí, the head of Government of Andorra between 2011 and 2018.

She resigned as lawmaker in 2015 and lead the Democrats for Andorra in the 2015 Andorran local elections, as a candidate for Mayor of the capital of the country. With 35.74%[6] of the votes, among four lists, Conxita Marsol became the mayor of Andorra la Vella on 28 December 2015.[7]

In the 2019 Andorran local elections she headed again the list of Democrats for and Andorra and was re-elected Mayor on 28 December 2019.[8][9]

She resigned from the office on 13 February 2023 in order to participate in the 2023 Andorran parliamentary election.[10] Marsol was succeeded by David Astrié In the 2019 Andorran local elections she headed again the list of Democrats for and Andorra and was re-elected Mayor on 28 December 2019.[11][12] on 1 March 2023.[13]

References

  1. ^ “La vocación de Andorra la Vella es ser la verdadera capital de los Pirineos” (in Spanish)
  2. ^ CONXITA MARSOL RIART Archived 2018-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Catalan)
  3. ^ Conxita Marsol Riart (in Catalan)
  4. ^ Albert Pintat anuncia una remodelació ministerial a Andorra i unifica Presidència i Economia (in Catalan)
  5. ^ Conxita Marsol releva a Juli Minoves como portavoz del Gobierno de Andorra (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Demòcrates per Andorra es consolida en les eleccions locals d'Andorra (in Catalan)
  7. ^ Quatre nous cònsols i dos canvis de color polític (in Catalan)
  8. ^ Marsol domina la capital en les eleccions menys participatives (in Catalan)
  9. ^ Marsol repeteix mandat amb un seguit de projectes per materialitzar (in Catalan)
  10. ^ Marsol dimiteix dient que “ho he donat tot per Andorra la Vella” (in Catalan)
  11. ^ Marsol domina la capital en les eleccions menys participatives (in Catalan)
  12. ^ Marsol repeteix mandat amb un seguit de projectes per materialitzar (in Catalan)
  13. ^ David Astrié ja és oficialment nou cònsol major d'Andorra la Vella (in Catalan)
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