Montserrat Gibert i Llopart (born 1948, Barcelona) was the mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat

Sant Boi de Llobregat

Sant Boi de Llobregat is a town of 80,000 inhabitants in the Barcelona province in Catalonia, located aside the Llobregat river.The town distributes its territory into six districts: Ciutat Cooperativa-Molí Nou, Marianao-Can Paulet, Barri Centre, Vinyets-Molí Vell, Camps Blancs-Canons-Orioles and...

 (a Catalan town near Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Catalonia

Catalonia

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, Spain

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) until 2007. Gibert studied at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Autonomous University of Barcelona

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 and moved to Sant Boi in 1971 to teach. Together with other local teachers she established a cooperative school, l´escola Barrufet. She was also active in establishing the Collective of Catalan Public Schools (CEPEPC). She joined the Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSC) in 1982.

Gibert is a centre-left

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 politician of the PSC her municipal government was socialist in coalition with the Initiative for Catalonia Greens

Initiative for Catalonia Greens

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. In her term she accomplished restoration of the Llobregat

Llobregat

The Llobregat is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain. It originates in Castellar de n'Hug at an altitude of 1,259 meters in the Serra del Cadí, and ends in the Mediterranean Sea, in the municipality of El Prat de Llobregat, near Barcelona...

river and restoration of old buildings.