Pere Aragonès

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Pere Aragonès

Pere Aragonès Garcia (born November 16, 1982 in Pineda de Mar , province of Barcelona ) is a Spanish politician of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) who is committed to the independence of Catalonia . He was interim president of the regional government of Catalonia since September 28, 2020 and was confirmed as head of government on May 21, 2021.

Family background and education

The Aragonès family has lived in Pineda da Mar for at least three generations. His grandfather Josep Aragonès i Montsant (1927-1992) was a hotelier and mayor there during the Franco dictatorship . His father, Pere Aragonès Poch, is also a hotelier and runs seven hotels. The son, Pere Aragonès Garcia, says he is not involved in the hotel business.

Aragonès studied law at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) in Barcelona and then obtained a master's degree in history and economics from the University of Barcelona . For further studies in political science and economic development, he attended Harvard Kennedy School ( Cambridge , Massachusetts ). He then worked as a researcher for the Catalan Instituto Villalonga de Economía y Empresa .

Political career

In 1998 he joined the left wing youth organization of the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (JERC), of which he became spokesman. In 2000 he joined the ERC party. In 2006 he became a Member of the Regional Parliament of Catalonia. During this time he led campaigns with which he and his party campaigned for the independence of Catalonia . Between 2012 and 2017, when Catalan separatism continued to grow, Aragonès remained in the second row and became the right-hand man of the party leadership around Oriol Junqueras and Marta Rovira . The ABC describes him as Junqueras' "political foster son", who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2019 as part of the criminal proceedings following the 2017 independence referendum . In 2018 Aragonès was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance ( Conseller d'Economia i Hisenda ) and Vice-President by Prime Minister Quim Torra .

Regional Presidency

Aragonès took over the office of President of the Regional Government of Catalonia on September 28, 2020 after the incumbent Quim Torra was banned from his profession for “disobedience” ( desobediencia ) and he was forced to rest his offices. As a result, parliament was dissolved and new elections were scheduled for February 14, 2021, with Aragonès leading the ERC. The party took second place with 21.3% of the vote. On May 21, 2021, he was elected head of government with the votes of the MPs of the three independent parties.

Political assessment

As a representative of the left-wing Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, Aragonès advocates a separatist course. In contrast to his predecessors in the party leadership and in the prime ministerial office, as well as in comparison to the likewise separatist Junts per Catalunya, he is considered moderate and, according to El País , acts pragmatically and without populist agitation.

literature

  • Magda Gregori: Pere Aragonès - l'independentisme pragmàtic , Editorial Pòrtic, 2020, ISBN 978-84-9809-463-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mònica Ruiz: Reflexivo y pragmático: así es Pere Aragonès, el nuevo vicepresidente del Govern. In: esquerra.cat. May 18, 2018, accessed February 15, 2021 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Fars, Francesc (2009). "Industrial Aragonès, SA (IASA)". El Maresme, una comarca que treballa, p. 30
  3. ↑ a b c Padre primerizo, nieto de un alcalde franquista y negocios hoteleros: la vida de Pere Aragonès. In: ABC. September 29, 2020, accessed February 15, 2021 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ a b c Curriculum Vitae de Pere Aragonès | Biografía de Pere Aragonès. In: Modelo Curriculum. Retrieved February 15, 2021 .
  5. ↑ a b c Cristian Segura: Pere Aragonès, un pragmático en el polvorín de la Generalitat. In: El País. September 29, 2020, accessed February 15, 2021 (Spanish).
  6. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung: Oriol Junqueras: Catalan ex-vice president sentenced to 13 years imprisonment. October 14, 2019, accessed February 15, 2021 .
  7. ↑ Fernando J. Pérez: La Junta Electoral acuerda destituir a Quim Torra tras su condena por desobediencia . In: El País . Madrid January 4, 2020 ( elpais.com [accessed February 15, 2021]).
  8. ^ Eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya 2021. Accessed February 15, 2021 .
  9. ^ Konrad Kramar: Course of independence: separatist takes over government in Barcelona. May 21, 2021, accessed May 21, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Aragonès, Pere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aragonès Garcia, Pere (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish politician (Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya), Catalan regional president
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Pineda de Mar , Province of Barcelona