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Xavier Trias
Xavier Trias
	Trias in 2014
117th Mayor of Barcelona
	In office; 1 July 2011 – 13 June 2015
Deputy	Joaquim Forn
Preceded by	Jordi Hereu
Succeeded by	Ada Colau
Member of the Barcelona City Council
	In office; 17 June 2023 – 26 July 2024
Succeeded by	Carme Lleó Ribal
	In office; 16 June 2003 – 15 June 2019
Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia
	In office; 11 January 1996 – 3 February 2000
President	Jordi Pujol
Preceded by	Joaquim Triadú
Succeeded by	Artur Mas
Minister of Health of Catalonia
	In office; 4 July 1988 – 11 January 1996
President	Jordi Pujol
Preceded by	Josep Laporte
Succeeded by	Eduard Rius
Member of the Congress of Deputies
	In office; 12 March 2000 – 2 April 2004
Constituency	Barcelona
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
	In office; 3 April 1992 – 25 January 2000
Constituency	Barcelona
Personal details
Born	Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera; 5 August 1946 (age 78); Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Political party	Together for Catalonia (2022–present)
Other political; affiliations	CDC (until 2016); PDeCAT (2016–2022)
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Barcelona
Profession	Pediatrician

Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera (Catalan pronunciation: [ʃəβiˈe ˈtɾi.əz i βiˈðal də ʎuβəˈteɾə]; born 5 August 1946) is a Spanish politician, member of Together for Catalonia and was Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. Among other responsibilities to the Government of Catalonia, he was Minister of Health and of the Presidency for various Jordi Pujol Governments.

Biography

Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera was born in Barcelona on 5 August 1946. He is married, has four children and six grandchildren. He has been a member of Democratic Convergence of Catalonia since 1979. He received a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona in 1970, specializing in pediatrics. Between 1971 and 1973 he completed his post graduate training in Genoa, Italy and Bern, Switzerland, where he worked for a year and a half in the investigation of metabolic diseases, their diagnosis and treatment.

From 1974 to 1981 he served as a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital in Vall d'Hebron. Between 1979 and 1981 was member of national hospitals in the "General Council of Doctors in Spain", and also member of the Board of Hospitals Association of Physicians of Barcelona.

In 1981, he started working Head of Hospital Care, at the Department of Health and Social Security of the Generalitat of Catalonia, headed by the Minister Josep Laporte, who Trias consider as his political father. In September 1983 he assumed ownership of the Directorate General of Health Planning.

In July 1984 he was appointed Director General of the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS), a post he held until his appointment as Minister of Health in July 1988, precisely in place of Laporte. With the Minister Laporte, Trias is considered responsible for the promotion and development of the Catalan health care model, prestige and international recognition.

On 12 January 1996 was appointed Minister of the Presidency, and began to work closely with President Jordi Pujol. In this era, the government created the Catalonia Broadcasting Council (CAC), and improved the labor regime for the officials of the Generalitat, with progress in reconciling family life, among other initiatives.

In March 2000, he was a candidate of Convergence and Union (CiU) for election to Congress. He won and became President and Spokesperson for the Catalan Parliamentary Group of the Congress of Deputies, and Chairman of the Committee on Science and Technology.

On 5 June 2010 he was proclaimed a CiU candidate for the Barcelona City Council, a post he had already held since 14 June 2003 as well as being Chairman of the Municipal Group of CiU. On 22 May he won the elections receiving 29% of the votes and becoming the new mayor on 2 July. In July 2011 he inaugurated the 5th edition of The Brandery show.^[1]

On 29 March 2020, during COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, Trias was admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 and was discharged on 7 April.^[2]^[3]