Teresa Jordà i Roura

Maria Teresa Jordà i Roura (; born 19 June 1972) is a Spanish politician from Catalonia who served as Minister of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda and Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia.

She was previously the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of Catalonia, member of the Congress of Deputies and mayor of Ripoll, a municipality in north-east Spain.

Early life Jordà was born on 19 June 1972 in Ripoll, Catalonia. She has a degree in modern and contemporary history from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Career Jordà contested the 1999 local elections as a Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal (ERC-AM) electoral alliance candidate in Ripoll and was elected. She was re-elected at the 2003 local elections. At the 2003 election ERC-AM formed a pact with the Socialists' Party of Catalonia-Municipal Progress and Junts per Ripoll-Initiative for Catalonia Greens-Agreement for Municipal Progress alliances to gain control of the municipality from Convergence and Union (Ciu) and Jordà became mayor of Ripoll. She was re-elected at the 2007 and 2011 local elections. ERC-AM lost control of the municipality to CiU in 2011 and Jordà ceased being mayor.

Jordà was vice-president of the Fundació Eduard Soler de Ripoll, president of the Fundació Guifré and a member of the executive of the Federació de Municipis de Catalunya. She was re-elected at the 2015 and 2016 general elections. She resigned from the municipality council in July 2017 to concentrate on her Congress of Deputies work. She was sworn in on 2 June 2018 at the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

Political positions In 2013 she defended the effectiveness of homeopathy and other alternative treatments in the Congress of Deputies. In July 2018, as Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Catalan government, she promoted the consumption of raw milk in the region.

Electoral history + Electoral history of Teresa JordàElectionConstituencyPartyAllianceNo.Result 1999 local Ripoll Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2003 local Ripoll Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2007 local Ripoll Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2011 local Ripoll Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2011 general Province of Girona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 1 Elected 2015 local Ripoll Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia-Acord Municipal 1 Elected 2015 general Province of Girona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 1 Elected 2016 general Province of Girona Republican Left of Catalonia Republican Left of Catalonia–Catalonia Yes 1 Elected