Jaume Bartumeu

Head of Government of Andorra
Incumbent

Assumed office 5 June 2009

Monarch French: Nicolas Sarkozy Spanish: Joan Enric Vives Sicília

Governor General French: Christian Frémont Spanish: Nemesi Marqués Oste

Preceded by Albert Pintat

Born 10 November 1954 (age 54) Andorra la Vella, Andorra[citation needed

Political party Social Democratic Party

Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (born 10 November 1954 in Andorra la Vella[citation needed]) is an Andorran lawyer and politician currently serving as head of government. He was a founding member of the Social Democratic Party (PS) in June 2000, in which he held the position of first secretary between 2000 and 2004. He was the leader of the opposition at the General Council between 2005 and 2009.
In May 2008, he was designated candidate for head of government at the 2009 General election by his party.
In the Andorran parliamentary election held on April 26, 2009, Bartumeu’s party was the clear winner with a 45,03% of the national list vote and the majority in 4 of the 7 parishes, giving to the Social Democratic Party a relative majority of 14 seats out of 28. He was therefore the only candidate that could achieve the necessary majority to be invested head of the government of Andorra during the parliamentary vote held on May 29 2009[1]. Following the ApC’s decision to abstain, however, he failed to be elected in that session (he received 14 votes and Joan Gabriel of the Reformist Coalition 11; 15 were required); another vote was set for 3 June 2009.[2] He was confirmed on 3 June 2009 with a simple majority of 14 votes, and took office on 5 June 2009.[3][4