Maria Dolors Sabater Puig (born 28 November 1960)[1] is a Catalan teacher, social activist and politician from Spain.
[3] In June 2015, Sabater became mayor of her hometown of Badalona, replacing People's Party incumbent Xavier García Albiol.
[4] Despite her republican and separatist views, Sabater took the standard oath of office swearing loyalty to the Spanish Constitution, adding "until the working Catalan people, exercising their democratic will, decide to construct the freer, more sovereign and more socially just Catalan Republic".
[5] In May 2018, she lost a vote of no confidence, and in June she was replaced by Àlex Pastor of the Socialists' Party.
[7] In December 2020, Sabater was announced as the candidate for regional president for the Popular Unity Candidacy party and Guanyem Catalunya electoral grouping, for the Catalan elections on 14 February 2021.