Àngels Ponsa i Roca

Àngels Ponsa i Roca (born 10 March 1960) is a Spanish professor and politician from Catalonia, member of the Parliament of Catalonia in the ninth and tenth legislatures and Minister of Culture of the Government of Catalonia between September 2020 and May 2021.

Career

Ponsa holds a degree in art history from the University of Barcelona and master's degree in public management from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. From 1988 to 1991, she was a teacher of art history at the Escola Massana. She has been secretary of the Òmnium Cultural delegation in Sant Cugat del Vallès and a member of the Social Language Council and the School Council of Catalonia.

As a member of the Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, she has been a member of the Sant Cugat city council, Vallès Oriental comarca council and president of the Culture sector since 2008. After the 1995 municipal elections, she was elected deputy mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès, and held the position until 2003.