Montserrat Gibert
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Montserrat Gibert i Llopart (born 1948, Barcelona) was the mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat (a Catalan town near Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) until 2007.[1] Gibert studied at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and moved to Sant Boi in 1971 to teach. Together with other local teachers, she established a cooperative school, l´escola Barrufet. She was also active in establishing the Collective of Catalan Public Schools (CEPEPC). She joined the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) in 1982.[2]
Gibert is a centre-left politician of the PSC; her municipal government was socialist in coalition with the Initiative for Catalonia Greens. In her term, she accomplished restoration of the Llobregat river and restoration of old buildings.
