Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (born in
Cambrils,
Catalonia in
1952) Catalan politician, since
1996 leader of the party
ERC or
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia), a political party founded by
Francesc Maciŕ. He is the
conseller en cap (prime minister) of Catalonia's Government.
ERC achieved 12 seats in the 1999 elections to Parlament de Catalunya (Catalan House of Representatives, which has 135 total seats), and went up to 23 representatives in the 2003 elections.
The name Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira is pronounced in Catalan [Zu'zEp Lu'is k@'roD Ru'bir@] (SAMPA)