Josep Piqué i Camps
Josep Piqué i Camps (born 21 February 1955 in Vilanova i la Geltrú) is a Spanish politician of the right-wing Spanish People's Party (PP) who represented Barcelona. Pique was initially a member of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) but left the grouping and subsequently joined the Union of the Democratic Centre. Between 1986 and 1988 he served as Director General of Industry under the Convergence and Union government of Catalonia.
After the People's Party election in 1996, Piqué was appointed as Spanish Minister for Industry as an independent member. He served as Spain's foreign minister from 2000 to 2002 and he was the president of the Partit Popular de Catalunya from October 2002. He resigned from this position in July 2007 after disagreement over the political direction that the central PP (Partido Popular, People's Party) wanted to impose over the Catalan branch of the party.[1] After serving in the Spanish Congress from 2000 he resigned in 2003 after being elected to the Parliament of Catalonia.
Since November 2007 he is the chairman of the low-fare airline Vueling Airlines.
In November 2008 Josep Piqué was co-chair of the Global China Business Meeting 2008 in Madrid.[2]
References
- ↑ vilaweb.cat
- ↑ Emerging nations seen as economic lifesavers New York Times, November 18, 2008
- "Missing the Barcelona bourgeoisie", Josep Piqué, Barcelona Metropolis, 2008.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Abel Matutes |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 27 April 2000 – 9 July 2002 |
Succeeded by Ana de Palacio |
| Preceded by Alberto Fernández Díaz |
Chairman of the Partido Popular de Cataluña 2003 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Daniel Sirera |
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