2006, Nadal became Councillor of the Presidency, a position he held until the end of the legislature later that year. In November 2006, the newly elected President of the Generalitat, José Montilla, reappointed him Councillor of Territorial Policy and Public Works. Opposition leader Nadal became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia in December 2012, upon constitution of the 9th Legislature, with Convergence and Union forming a minority government and the Socialists' Party of Catalonia as the opposition party with the most seats. On September 3, 2012, the executive committee of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia decided to replace the party's leadership in Parliament, including Nadal. He was also opposition leader from 1995 to 1999. Political thought Among his political stances, he has shown his willingness to consider the granting immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections, which must be conceived, according to his own words, as a “limited ruled project”, “with the utmost rigor” but with a series of “cautions” as, for instance, that the only immigrants with right to vote should be those from countries with which a “reciprocity” agreement exists. Academic career and publications Nadal has intermittently taught at the University of Liverpool (1970–1972), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1972–1992) and the University of Girona (since 1992). His research work has been devoted to the 18th century in Catalonia, 19th-century Spanish economic history and local history, concentrating on various contributions to the history of Girona. Nadal did not run in the 2012 Catalan parliamentary election, announcing he planned to return to his teaching duties at the University of Girona. Nadal has also published a number of books, such as: (1988) (1991) (1999) (2003) (2003) Responsible for the edition of the work by Emili Grahit i Papell, Memorias de un ex-alcalde gerundense (2003). (2005), a collection of most of his biographical articles published in the press, Dietari 2003. (2006) (2006) (2006) (2008). . (with Pia Bosch) (2010). (2011) (2011) (2013) (2014) Joaquim Nadal i Farreras Collection PhD. Joaquim Nadal, first elected mayor of Girona since the end of the Spanish Civil War and holder of a chair in contemporary history at the University of Girona (UdG), made a gift to the UdG Library consisting of his personal library, located at the Girona Town Archive. The collection of around 1,600 books, mainly related to history and was collected throughout his career as a historian and