Meritxell Batet

Meritxell Batet Lamaña (born 19 March 1973) is a Spanish jurist and politician. She is a member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia. In May 2019, she was elected as President of the Congress of Deputies. Before this, she was Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service of the Government of Spain between June 2018 and May 2019.