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Meritxell Serret Aleu (born 19 June 1975) is a Catalan politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Action and European Union of Catalonia and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.[1]

Meritxell Serret
Minister of Foreign Action and European Union of Catalonia
In office
10 October 2022 – 12 August 2024
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byVictòria Alsina [ca]
Succeeded byJaume Duch
Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia
In office
14 January 2016 – 27 October 2017
PresidentCarles Puigdemont
Preceded byJordi Ciuraneta Riu
Succeeded byTeresa Jordà
(Direct rule until 2 June 2018)
Member of the Vallfogona de Balaguer Municipal Council
In office
2007–2011
Personal details
Born
Meritxell Serret Aleu

(1975-06-19) 19 June 1975 (age 49)
Vallfogona de Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona

Life and career

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Serret was born in Vallfogona of Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain. She has a degree in Political Sciences and Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has additional degrees in General Management from the Open University of Catalonia. She speaks four languages: Spanish, English, French and Catalan.

In her career, Serret has held a managerial position for Provedella, a centre that promotes beef, has been in charge of organizational tasks in the Unió de Pagesos (Farmers Union), and as a technical coordinator for the Fundació del Mon Rural (Rural World Foundation).

She has been president of the Cultural Association The Xop of Vallfogona of Balaguer since 2009.

Serret was councillor of the City council of Vallfogona of Balaguer as an independent for Republican Left of Catalonia.

As an activist she has been a member of the national secretariat and coordinator of the political incidence committee of the Catalan National Assembly.

On January 13, 2016, Serret was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food by the President of the Catalan Government, Carles Puigdemont. She was sworn in on January 14.[2]

Serret moved to Belgium with Carles Puigdemont and three other Catalan ex-ministers after the declaration of independence of Catalonia. She returned to Spain in 2021.

References

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  1. ^ Colomer, Marc (2016-01-11). "Meritxell Serret serà la nova consellera d'Agricultura". Ara.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  2. ^ «Decret 3/2016, de 13 de gener, pel qual es nomenen el vicepresident del Govern, els consellers i conselleres dels departaments de la Generalitat de Catalunya i el secretari del Govern. Archived 2017-12-15 at the Wayback Machine