Pere Aragonès

1982 -

country of citizenship: Spain

languages spoken, written or signed: Catalan, Spanish, English

educated at: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Open University of Catalonia, University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University

occupation: politician, university teacher, jurist

position held: Member of the Parliament of Catalonia, Catalan gov secretary of Economy, Speaker of Jovent Republicà, Minister of Economy and Treasury of Catalonia, Vice President of Catalonia, Pineda de Mar city councillor, President of the Generalitat of Catalonia

official website: perearagones.esquerrarepublicana.cat

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Pere Aragonès i Garcia (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpeɾə əɾəɣuˈnɛs i ɣərˈsiə]; born 16 November 1982) is a Catalan lawyer and former politician who served as President of the Government of Catalonia from 2021 to 2024. He previously served between 2018 and 2021 as Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia, as well as Acting President between September 2020 and May 2021. He is a member of the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC) political party. Born in 1982 in Pineda de Mar, Aragonès studied law at the Open University of Catalonia and economics at the University of Barcelona before becoming a lawyer and an academic. He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from December 2006 to January 2016 when he was appointed Secretary of Economy in the Catalan government. He was a member of the municipal council in Pineda de Mar from May 2011 to April 2018 and was appointed Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia in June 2018. Source: Wikipedia (en)