Mercè Bonell

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Bonell and the second or maternal family name is Bertran; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Mercè Bonell i Bertran
NationalityAndorran
OccupationPolitician
Political partyLiberal Party of Andorra

Mercè Bonell i Bertran is an Andorran politician. She became the first female member of the General Council after replacing a councilor on 20 November 1984, an office she held until 1986. She was member of the Liberal Party of Andorra.[1][2][3][4]

She was a pioneer for Andorran women in politics. Mercè Bonell was appointed to replace a councilor in the General Council in 1984, just eleven years after women had become elibile in Andorra in 1973, and fourteen years after the introduction of women's suffrage in 1970.[5] Since she was appointed, she was not the first woman elected: that was Maria Teresa Armengol Bonet in 1986. Women were rare in the Andorran General Council until the election of 2005.[6]

References

  1. ^ Les dones al Consell General (in Catalan)
  2. ^ MERCÈ BONELL: «Andorra va tenir una consellera abans que Suïssa» (in Catalan)
  3. ^ Mercè Bonell: "Vaig entrar al Consell General espantada" (in Catalan)
  4. ^ "EL COMÚ HOMENATJA MERCÈ BONELL, PRIMERA CONSELLERA GENERAL DEL PAÍS, DEDICANT-LI UN CARRER".
  5. ^ Mercè Bonell: "Vaig entrar al Consell General espantada" (in Catalan)
  6. ^ Mercè Bonell: "Vaig entrar al Consell General espantada" (in Catalan)


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