What is Meritxell Batet?
{{Infobox officeholder | name =Meritxell Batet | honorific_suffix= [[Congress of Deputies (Spain)|MP]] | honorific_prefix = [[The Most Excellent]] | image = (Meritxell Batet) Consejo de Ministros en Barcelona 06 (cropped).jpg | order = | office = [[President of the Congress of Deputies]] | monarch = [[Felipe VI]] | term_start = 21 May 2019 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Ana Pastor Julián]] | successor = | office2 = [[Ministry for Territorial Administrations|Minister for Territorial Policy and Civil Service]] | order2 = | monarch2 = [[Felipe VI]] | predecessor2 = [[Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría]] {{small|Territorial Administrations}}<br />[[Cristóbal Montoro]]<br />{{small|Civil Service}} | primeminister2 = [[Pedro Sánchez]] | termstart2 = 7 June 2018 | term_end2 = 20 May 2019 | successor2 = [[Luis Planas]] | office3 = Member of the [[Congress of Deputies]] | term_start3 =21 May 2019 | constituency3 =[[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Barcelona]] | term_start4 =13 July 2016 | term_end4 =15 June 2018 | constituency4 =[[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Barcelona]] | term_start5 =13 January 2016 | term_end5 = 19 July 2016 | constituency5 =[[Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Madrid]] | term_start6 = 2 April 2004 | term_end6 = 13 January 2016 | constituency6 =[[Barcelona (Congress of Deputies constituency)|Barcelona]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|3|19}} | birth_place = [[Barcelona]], [[Catalonia]], [[Kingdom of Spain]] | alma_mater = [[Pompeu Fabra University]] | occupation = Jurist, academic and politician | awards = | spouse= [[José María Lassalle]] {{small|2005-2016}} | party=[[Socialists' Party of Catalonia]] }} '''Meritxell Batet Lamaña''' (born 19 March 1973) is a Spanish jurist and politician. She is a member of the [[Socialists' Party of Catalonia]]. In May 2019, she was elected as [[President of the Congress of Deputies]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/espana/20190517/meritxel-batet-presidenta-congreso-manuel-cruz-senado/399210303_0.html|title=