Marta Rovira

Marta Rovira i Vergés (born 25 January 1977, in Vic) is a Spanish lawyer and politician. She was the General Secretary of Republican Left of Catalonia between 2011 and 2024.

Biography

Some of her ancestors were involved in local politics. Her maternal grandfather, Francesc Vergés Ordeig, was the mayor of Sant Pere de Torelló between 1956 and 1965. One of her great-grandfathers on her father's side, Jaume Rivera Camps, was the mayor of Prats de Lluçanès between 1939 and 1941.

Rovira holds a degree in Law from Pompeu Fabra University and in Political sciences and Public administration from the Open University of Catalonia.

She has worked as a lawyer, has been a professor of Administrative Law at the Escola de Policia de Catalunya (2003–2007), and the head of the Support Services of the Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation (2007–2011).

Previously, she was a member secretary of the Young Lawers of Catalonia (2006–2007), head of the Young Lawyers Group of Vic (2004–2006) and on their behalf she was a member of the Governing Body of the Vic Bar Association, also a member of the Solidarity Platform of the UPF (1999) and she was responsible for Jurists Without Borders, a student association (1997–1999). She participated in the group of Castellers Sagals d'Osona and a member of the Red Cross.

Political career

Marta Rovira is a member of Esquerra Republicana since 2005. During the 25th National Congress of the party, held in 2008, she was elected National Secretary for International, European and Cooperation politics. That same year, and until 2012, she was also the General Secretary of the European Free Alliance.