Eduard Punset | |
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| Minister for Relations with the European Communities | |
| In office 9 September 1980 – 27 February 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Adolfo Suárez |
| Preceded by | Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Catalan Minister of Economy and Finance | |
| In office 19 September 1978 – 8 May 1980 | |
| President | Josep Tarradellas |
| Preceded by | Joan Josep Folchi |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Trías |
| Member of the European Parliament for Spain | |
| In office 6 July 1987 – 18 July 1994 | |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies for Barcelona | |
| In office 28 October 1982 – 5 December 1983 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1936 Barcelona, Spain |
| Died | 22 May 2019 (aged 82) Barcelona, Spain |
| Political party | PCE UCD CiU CDS Foro |
| Alma mater | University of London Complutense University of Madrid |
Eduard Punset i Casals[1] (Catalan: [əðuˈaɾt punˈsɛt]; 9 November 1936 – 22 May 2019) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist, and science popularizer.
He held a degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master's in Economic Sciences from the University of London. He was an economic writer for the BBC, economics director of the Latin American edition of the newsweekly The Economist, and an economist for the International Monetary Fund in the United States and Haiti. As a specialist on the impact of emerging technologies, Punset was a consultant to COTEC, Advising Professor of International Marketing at ESADE, president of the Instituto Tecnológico Bull, Professor of Innovation and Technology at the IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa) in Madrid, President of ENHER, Deputy General Director of Economic and Financial Studies at the Banco Hispanoamericano, and Coordinator of the Strategic Plan for the Information Society of the Government of Catalonia.
- ^ "Punset Casals, Eduard". Official entry at Spain's Congress of Deputies (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 February 2017.