Ernest Urtasun

Ernest Urtasun
Official portrait, 2023
Minister of Culture
Assumed office
21 November 2023
Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez
Preceded byMiquel Iceta
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 20 November 2023
ConstituencySpain
Succeeded byEsther Sanz Selva
Personal details
Born (1982-01-27) 27 January 1982 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain
Political partyCatalunya en Comú (since 2017)
Green Left (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Initiative for Catalonia Greens (1997–2019)
Workers' Commissions (since 2012)
Alma materAutonomous University of Barcelona
University of Barcelona
OccupationPolitician, diplomat.

Ernest Urtasun i Domènech (Catalan pronunciation: [əɾˈnest uɾˈtazun]; born 27 January 1982) is a Spanish ecosocialist politician and economist, serving as Minister of Culture of Spain since 2023. He served as Member of the European Parliament between 2014 and 2023, integrated within the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) political group.