Marta Ferrusola i Lladós (28 June 1935 – 8 July 2024) was a Spanish Catalan businesswoman, political figure, wife of former President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Jordi Pujol, and First Lady of Catalonia [ca] from 1980 to 2003.
Ferrusola, an ardent advocate for Catalan nationalism and Catholicism, played a highly influential role in both her husband's government and the Democratic Convergence of Catalonia (CDC) political party.
[5] Ferrusola co-founded Hidroplant SA, a gardening, landscaping and irrigation company, in 1990 with Núria Claverol, the wife of Carles Sumarroca [ca], a close associate of Generalitat de Catalunya President Jordi Pujol.
[5][4][7] A lawsuit was later filed against Hidroplant in 1995 for failing to maintain the stadium's field after the grass turf had to be replaced due to root damage, which Ferrusola blamed on bad weather.
[1] Her Alzheimer's diagnosis was not made public until 2021, when a forensic doctor revealed she suffered from "moderately severe cognitive impairment" during the ongoing court proceedings against the Pujol family.
[10] Dignitaries in attendance included her husband and their children, as well as Artur Mas, Josep Rull, Joaquim Forn, Jaume Giró, Violant Cervera, and FC Barcelona president, Joan Laporta.