Heribert Barrera
Heribert Barrera i Costa | |
|---|---|
| 7th Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 10 April 1980 – 17 May 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Francesc Farreras i Duran |
| Succeeded by | Miquel Coll i Alentorn |
| Member of the Parliament of Catalonia | |
| In office 10 April 1980 – 4 April 1988 | |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 1 July 1977 – 9 April 1980 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Heribert Barrera i Costa 6 July 1917 |
| Died | 27 August 2011 (aged 94) Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Party | Republican Left of Catalonia |
| Alma mater | University of Montpellier Sorbonne |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Chemist |
Heribert Barrera i Costa (6 July 1917 – 27 August 2011) was a Catalan politician and chemist. A member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya), he was the first President of the Parliament of Catalonia following the restoration of the Catalan institutions after Franco's dictatorship, serving from 1980 to 1984 (the seventh overall since its original foundation).
He was the son of Martí Barrera i Maresma, a deputy in the Parliament of Catalonia during the Second Republic and minister of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
Throughout his life, Barrera was committed to the cause of the Catalan Republic and the defense of Catalonia's national rights and civil liberties. He became a symbol of the 20th-century Catalan independence movement.