Eva Menor

Eva Menor Cantador
Minister of Equality and Feminism
Assumed office
12 August 2024
PresidentSalvador Illa
Preceded byTània Verge
Member of the Parliament of Catalonia
Assumed office
12 May 2024
ConstituencyBarcelona
Mayor of Badia del Valles
In office
21 March 2009 – 28 June 2024
Preceded byJosé Luis Jimeno Sáez
Succeeded byJosep Martínez Valencia
Personal details
Born (1972-09-21) 21 September 1972
PartySocialists' Party of Catalonia
EducationAutonomous University of Madrid
OccupationPolitician,Lawyer

Eva Menor Cantador (Madrid, 21 September 1972) is a Catalan lawyer and politician, Minister of the Department of Equality and Feminism of the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia since August 2024. Previously, she was mayor of Badia del Vallès between 2009 and 2024.[1] She is a member of the Socialist Party of Catalonia.[2]

Biography

Eva Menor Born in 1972 in Madrid, she graduated in law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). A lawyer by profession and established in Badia del Vallès, she joined the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) in 1998. A councillor of the Badia del Vallès City Council since 2003, on 21 March 2009 she was inaugurated as mayor of the municipality, replacing José Luis Jimeno. On 25 September 2014 she entered as a member of the plenary session of the Provincial Council of Barcelona, after the resignation of Manuel Bustos as provincial deputy.[3]

She was elected as a deputy of the Parliament of Catalonia in the last Catalan elections on May 12, 2024. On June 26, 2024, she resigned as mayor of Badia del Vallès in an extraordinary plenary session.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Document". Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  2. ↑ Barcelona, Diputació de. "Eva Menor Cantador diputada - La Diputació - diba.cat". La Diputació (in Catalan). Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Las 'ciudades invisibles' de Catalunya se reivindican en La Mina". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
  4. ↑ AGULLÓ, EMILI. "Eva Menor pren possessió com a alcaldessa de Badia apel·lant a la capacitat d'autogestió del municipi - 22 març 2009". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). Retrieved 2026-06-19.