Meritxell Serret

Meritxell Serret i Aleu (Vallfogona of Balaguer, 1975) is a Catalan politician, and is the current Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Catalonia.

Serret has a degree in Political Sciences and Administration from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and has additional degrees in General Management from the Open University of Catalonia. She speaks four languages: Catalan, English, Spanish and French.

In her career, Serret has held a managerial position for Provedella, a centre that promotes beaf, has been in charge of organizational tasks in the Unió de Pagesos (Farmers Union), and as a technical coordinator for the Fundació del Mon Rural (Rural World Foundation).

She has been president of the Cultural Association The Xop of Vallfogona of Balaguer since 2009.

Serret was councillor of the City council of Vallfogona of Balaguer as a independent for Republican Left of Catalonia.

As an activist she has been a member of the national secretariat and coordinator of the political incidence committee of the Catalan National Assembly.

On January 13, 2016, Serret was appointed Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food by the President of the Catalan Government, Carles Puigdemont. She was sworn in on January 14.