List of ministers of education of Catalonia

Office name:

• Ministry of Instruction (Catalan: Conselleria d'Instrucció) (1931)
• Ministry of Public Instruction (Catalan: Conselleria d'Instrucció Pública) (1931–1932)
• Ministry of Education and Culture (Catalan: Conselleria d'Ensenyament i Cultura) (1977–1980)
• Ministry of Education (Catalan: Departament d'Ensenyament) (1980–2004, 2010–2018), (Catalan: Departament d'Educació) (2004–2006, 2006–2010, 2018–2024)
• Ministry of Education and Universities (Catalan: Departament d'Educació i Universitats) (2006)
• Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (Catalan: Departament d'Educació i Formació Professional) (2024–present)

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Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government	President of Catalonia (Tenure)		Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Rafael Campalans (1887–1933)	15 April 1931	28 April 1931	13 days		USC	Macià I (Catalan Republic)		Francesc Macià (1931–1933)	[1][2]
	Ventura Gassol (1893–1980)	28 April 1931	19 December 1932	1 year and 248 days		ERC	Macià II (Provisional)			[3][4]
Office disestablished during this interval.[a]
	Pere Pi-Sunyer (1918–2001)	5 December 1977	9 May 1980	2 years and 155 days		CDC	Tarradellas (Provisional)		Josep Tarradellas (1954[b]–1980)	[5][6]
	Joan Guitart (born 1937)	9 May 1980	19 June 1984	8 years and 57 days		CDC	Pujol I		Jordi Pujol (1980–2003)	[7][8]
		19 June 1984	5 July 1988				Pujol II
	Josep Laporte (1922–2005)	5 July 1988	16 April 1992	4 years and 171 days		CDC	Pujol III			[9][10][11]
		16 April 1992	23 December 1992				Pujol IV
	Joan Maria Pujals (born 1957)	23 December 1992	12 January 1996	3 years and 170 days		CDC				[12][13][14]
		12 January 1996	10 June 1996				Pujol V
	Xavier Hernández (born 1946)	10 June 1996	30 November 1999	3 years and 173 days		UDC				[15]
	Carme Laura Gil (born 1935)	30 November 1999	22 December 2003	4 years and 22 days		CDC	Pujol VI			[16]
	Josep Bargalló (born 1962)	22 December 2003	23 February 2004	63 days		ERC	Maragall		Pasqual Maragall (2003–2006)	[17][18]
	Marta Cid (born 1960)	23 February 2004	12 May 2006	2 years and 78 days		ERC				[19][20]
	Joan Manuel del Pozo (born 1948)	15 May 2006	29 November 2006	198 days		PSC				[21]
	Ernest Maragall (born 1943)	29 November 2006	29 December 2010	4 years and 30 days		PSC	Montilla		José Montilla (2006–2010)	[22]
	Irene Rigau (born 1951)	29 December 2010	27 December 2012	5 years and 16 days		CDC	Mas I		Artur Mas (2010–2016)	[23][24]
		27 December 2012	14 January 2016				Mas II
	Meritxell Ruiz (born 1978)	14 January 2016	14 July 2017	1 year and 181 days		CDC	Puigdemont		Carles Puigdemont (2016–2017)	[25][26]
	Clara Ponsatí (born 1957)	14 July 2017	28 October 2017	106 days		Independent				[27][28]
Office suspended during this interval.[c]
	Josep Bargalló (born 1958)	1 June 2018	26 May 2021	2 years and 359 days		ERC	Torra		Quim Torra (2018–2020)	[30]
	Josep Gonzàlez Cambray (born 1972)	26 May 2021	12 June 2023	2 years and 17 days		ERC	Aragonès		Pere Aragonès (2021–2024)	[31][32]
	Anna Simó (born 1968)	12 June 2023	12 August 2024	1 year and 61 days		ERC				[33]
	Esther Niubó (born 1980)	12 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year and 267 days		PSC	Illa		Salvador Illa (2024–present)	[34]

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