Maria Vergés Pérez (born ?) is a Spanish Aranese politician and musician, currently serving as the Síndic d'Aran, the head of government of Val d'Aran, since October 2020.[1][2]

Maria Vergés Pérez
Vergés in 2021
Síndic d'Aran
Assumed office
29 October 2020
Preceded byFrancés Boya Alòs [es]
Member of the Conselh Generau d'Aran
Assumed office
18 June 2019
Personal details
Political partyUnity of Aran
ProfessionPolitician, Musician

A member of the Unity of Aran party, she served as the Director of Culture and Language Policy during the first government of Síndic d'Aran Francés Boya Alòs [es] from 2007 to 2011.[3]

Vergés entered the plenary session of the Conselh Generau d'Aran, the governing body of the Val d'Aran, since winning a seat in the 2019 Aranese Council election representing the Castièro [es] constituency of the Terçó [ca] region.[4][5] She held the position of Vice Síndic d'Aran until she was elected Síndic d'Aran on 19 October 2020 following the resignation of her predecessor, Francis Boya, who left office to become general secretary of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) within the Spanish government.[6][7] She formed a new Aranese government on 23 November that year, becoming the third woman to hold the office of Síndic d'Aran after Maria Pilar Busquets and Amparo Serrano Iglesias.[8][9]

Outside of politics, Vergés is a member of the Aranese dialect band, Bramatopin.[10]

References edit

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  8. ^ "Format el govern de la nova síndica d'Aran, Maria Vergés". Catalunya Ràdio. 2020-11-23. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  9. ^ Molina, Maria (2020-11-23). "Maria Vergés, tercera síndica d'Aran, assumeix el repte d'assolir el ple autogovern". Diari Segre. Archived from the original on 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
  10. ^ "Caçadors de Paraules - L'aranès (part 3)". TV3 (Catalonia). 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2022-06-17.