Gemma Geis i Carreras

Gemma Geis i Carreras (born 9 November 1979) is a Spanish academic and politician from Catalonia, former member of the regional Parliament of Catalonia and Catalan minister of Research and Universities of Catalonia between 2021 and 2022.

Early life Geis was born on 9 November 1979 in Girona, Catalonia. Her great-grandfather was a Republican Left of Catalonia mayor of Sarrià de Ter in the 1930s and was later imprisoned by the fascist Franco dictatorship. In 2011 the UdG awarded her an extraordinary prize for her 2008 law doctorate thesis "La Ejecución de las Sentencias Urbanísticas" (The Execution of Urban Judgments).

Career Geis practiced law at the Bar Association of Girona (Il·lustre Col·legi d'Advocats de Girona) but is currently registered as a non-practicing lawyer. She was vice-rector of Regulatory Development, Governance and Communication at the UdG from 2013 to 2017. She was re-elected at the 2021 regional election.

Considered a Puigdemont ally, she was heavily involved in JuntsxCat and the National Call for the Republic. On 26 May 2021 she was sworn in as Minister of Research and Universities in the new government of President Pere Aragonès.

Other activities Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Member of the Board of Trustees Greenpeace, Member

Personal life Geis has two children.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Gemma GeisElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 2017 regional Province of Girona Independent Together for Catalonia 1 Elected 2021 regional Province of Girona Together for Catalonia 1 Elected