Background
LLUCH, Ernest was born on January 31, 1937 in Vilassar (le March
economist politician professor
LLUCH, Ernest was born on January 31, 1937 in Vilassar (le March
He gained his doctorate in Economic Sciences at the University of Barcelona, and studied further at the Sorbonne in Paris.
He was assassinated in 2000 by the Basque separatist organisation, ETA. While assistant professor at the University of Barcelona, he was detained on several occasions and expelled from the University for his anti-francoist political activity. He served as professor of Economics at the University of Valencia (1974) and History of Economic Doctrines of the University of Barcelona. His last official position was as Director of the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, from 1989 to 1995.
Felipe González named him Minister of Health and Consumption in the first Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) government, a position he held until 1986.
In May 1986 he retired from politics to resume the chair of History of Economic Doctrines of the University of Barcelona. On 2 January 1989 he took up his position as Director of the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander.
He was assassinated by ETA, who shot him twice in the head at his home in Barcelona, in 2000. At a Union of European Football Associations soccer match with Club Brugge later that week, Football Club Barcelona came onto the pitch wearing black armbands in honor of Lluch, who had also been a fervent supporter of the team
He was Minister of Health and Consumption from 1982-1986 in the first post-Francisco Franco Spanish Socialist Workers" Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)) government of Felipe González. In this position, he published seminal works on Spanish political economy. In April 1980 he was chosen as spokesman of the Socialists" Party of Catalonia, Christian Social Party (the local wing of the Spanish Socialist Workers" Party, Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)) to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, and, two years later, in the elections of October 1982, he was chosen as a deputy by the Christian Social Party representing Barcelona.
Circulo de Economia and Economia Critica. Jury Premi d’Honor de les Letres Catalanes (Catalan arts prize). Leisure interest: reading.