Torra Government

Torra Government
Executive Council of Catalonia
Incumbent
The government in June 2018
Date formed	15 May 2018 (2018-05-15)
People and organisations
Head of government	Quim Torra
Deputy head of government	Pere Aragonès
No. of ministers	13
Member party	Catalan European Democratic Party Republican Left of Catalonia
Status in legislature	Minority
Opposition party	Citizens
Opposition leader	Inés Arrimadas
History
Election(s)	2017 regional election
Legislature term(s)	XII Legislature (2018–)
Predecessor	Puigdemont

The Torra Government is the incumbent regional government of Catalonia led by President Quim Torra. It was formed in May 2018 after the regional election.

On 27 October 2017 the Catalan Parliament declared independence in a vote boycotted by opposition MPs. Almost immediately the Senate of Spain invoked article 155 of the constitution, dismissing President Carles Puigdemont and the Catalan government and imposing direct rule on Catalonia. The following day Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy dissolved the Catalan Parliament and called for fresh regional elections on 21 December 2017.

At the election Catalan secessionists retained a slim majority in the Catalan Parliament. On 22 January 2018 Catalan Parliament President Roger Torrent officially proposed Puigdemont to be president. However, on 27 January 2018 the Constitutional Court of Spain ruled that Puigdemont, who had been living in exile since 30 October 2017, could not participate in any investiture debate via video conference or by getting another MP to read his speech and that he had to appear in person in parliament after receiving "prior judicial authorisation". The ruling effectively blocked the investiture of Puigdemont who faced arrest on charges rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds if he returned to Spain. As a result Torrent announced on 30 January that Puigdemont's investiture vote would be postponed though he later insisted that Puigdemont "is and will be" the candidate for president.