Elsa Artadi

Elsa Artadi i Vila (born 19 August 1976) is a Spanish economist, academic and politician. Artadi is a member of the Parliament of Catalonia and is the current Minister of the Presidency and Government Spokesman of the Government of Catalonia. Born in 1976 in Barcelona, Artadi studied economics at Pompeu Fabra University and Harvard University before becoming an academic. She taught economics at Bocconi University and was visiting professor at several other universities. Later she held various senior positions at the Generalitat de Catalunya. Artadi was elected to the Parliament of Catalonia at the 2017 election as an independent candidate for the pro-independence Junts per Catalunya electoral alliance. In June 2018 she became Minister of the Presidency and Government Spokesman.