Joan Clos

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Clos and the second or maternal family name is Matheu; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Joan Clos i Matheu
GCIH
Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
In office
18 October 2010 – 22 January 2018
Preceded byAnna Tibaijuka
Succeeded byMaimunah Mohd Sharif
115th Mayor of Barcelona
In office
26 September 1997 – 8 September 2006
Preceded byPasqual Maragall
Succeeded byJordi Hereu
Minister of Industry
In office
8 September 2006 – 12 April 2008
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byJosé Montilla
Succeeded byMiguel Sebastián Gascón
Personal details
Born (1949-06-29) 29 June 1949 (age 75)
Parets del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
Political partyPSC

Joan Clos i Matheu, GCIH (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈaŋ ˈklɔs]; born 29 June 1949) is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997.[1] In 1999 he was elected to a four-year term, and was then re-elected in the municipal elections of 25 May 2003. In September 2006, he left Barcelona Town Hall, after nine years of office, as he was appointed Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.[2] After a stint as the Spanish Ambassador in Turkey[3] and Azerbaijan, in 2010 he was appointed as executive director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, (UN-HABITAT), and Under Secretary General of the United Nations.[4] Joan Clos is also president of the Spanish Chapter of The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI).

  1. ^ "1999 - The City of Barcelona". architecture.com. RIBA. 2012. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. ^ Staff (1 January 2010). "Joan Clos, actual alcalde de Barcelona, será el nuevo Ministro de Industria en sustitución de Montilla". noticias.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Joan Clos Matheu:'AB üyelik sürecinde Türkiye kararlılığını kaybetmemeli'". abhaber.com (in Turkish). 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Executive Director". UN Habitat. 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2012.