Damià Calvet i Valera

Damià Calvet i Valera (born 23 May 1968) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia and who served as Minister of Territory and Sustainability of Catalonia between 2018 and 2021.

Born in 1968 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Calvet studied construction engineering at La Salle before becoming an academic. He later worked in the private sector in the Balearic Islands before holding various senior positions at the Generalitat de Catalunya. He was a deputy mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès, a municipality in north-eastern Spain, before being appointed Minister of Territory and Sustainability in June 2018.

Early life Calvet was born on 23 May 1968 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia. He has a degree in construction engineering from La Salle (Ramon Llull University), a diploma in technical architecture from Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and a postgraduate degree in real estate management from Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Calvet was a member the Nationalist Youth of Catalonia (Joventut Nacionalista de Catalunya) from 1984 to 1998 and was secretary and assistant general-secretary organisation. He was a member of the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) of which he was national counselor. From 2011 to 2013 he was Secretary of Territory and Mobility in the government of Artur Mas. He was deputy mayor for Urban Planning, Mobility and Housing and Government Coordinator in Sant Cugat del Vallès.

On 19 May 2018 newly elected President of Catalonia Quim Torra nominated a new government in which Josep Rull, who was in jail, was to be Minister of Territory and Sustainability. However, the Spanish government condemned the inclusion of jailed/exiled politicians in the government as provocative and refused to approve Torra's appointments or to revoke direct rule. Faced with this opposition Torra announced a new government on 29 May 2018 without the jailed/exiled politicians. Calvet was to be Minister of Territory and Sustainability in the new government. He was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

In July 2020 Calvet joined the newly formed Together for Catalonia political party.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Damià CalvetElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 2015 local Sant Cugat del Vallès Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 4 Elected