Eduard Punset

Eduard Punset studied at University of London, Complutense University of Madrid and North Hollywood High School. The recorded working language is Spanish, Catalan and English. The field of work recorded is law, legal work and economics. Places of work recorded in the authority are Strasbourg, Brussels and Madrid. Employment is recorded with Televisión Española. Positions recorded include Member of the Parliament of Catalonia and Minister of Economy and Finance. Distinctions recorded are Saint George's Cross, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Alcalá City Awards and honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands.

• Name — Eduard Punset • Office — Minister for Relations with the European Communities • Term Start — 9 September 1980 • Term End — 27 February 1981 • Prime Minister — Adolfo Suárez • Predecessor — Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo • Successor — Office abolished • Office2 — Catalan Minister of Economy and Finance • Term Start2 — 19 September 1978 • Term End2 — 8 May 1980 • President2 — Josep Tarradellas • Predecessor2 — Joan Josep Folchi • Successor2 — Ramón Trías • Office3 — Member of the European Parliament for Spain • Term Start3 — 6 July 1987 • Term End3 — 18 July 1994 • Office4 — Member of the Congress of Deputies for Barcelona • Term Start4 — 28 October 1982 • Term End4 — 5 December 1983 • Born — 9 November 1936 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Died — 22 May 2019 • Place of death — Barcelona, Spain • Alma Mater — University of London Complutense University of Madrid • Party — PCE (1950s–1960s) UCD (1978–1981) CiU (1982–1983) CDS (1985–1991) Foro (1991–1995)

He held a degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master's in Economic Sciences from the University of London. He was an economic writer for the BBC, economics director of the Latin American edition of the newsweekly The Economist, and an economist for the International Monetary Fund in the United States and Haiti. As a specialist on the impact of emerging technologies, Punset was a consultant to COTEC, Advising Professor of International Marketing at ESADE, president of the Instituto Tecnológico Bull, Professor of Innovation and Technology at the IE Business School (formerly Instituto de Empresa) in Madrid, President of ENHER, Deputy General Director of Economic and Financial Studies at the Banco Hispanoamericano, and Coordinator of the Strategic Plan for the Information Society of the Government of Catalonia.

Punset started his political career in the Regional Government of Catalonia as Minister of Finance from 1978 to 1980, taking part in the implementation of the State of the Autonomies in Spain. He was a member of Adolfo Suárez's Union of the Democratic Centre, with which party he won a seat in the regional parliament in 1980 and in 1980-81 was appointed Minister for Relations with the European Communities in the Government of Spain from 1980 to 1981. He was elected to the Spanish Congress in 1982 as an independent in the list of Convergence and Union (Catalan nationalist coalition) for Barcelona province, but he resigned the next year. When Spain joined the European Union, Punset was elected to the European Parliament as a member of Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) in 1987 and 1989. Punset quit CDS in 1991, following Suárez's resignment, but remained an EP member until 1994. As president of the European Parliament's delegation to Poland, he supervised part of the process of economic transformation undertaken in Eastern countries after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Punset was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2007, from which he recovered. Punset died on 22 May 2019 after succumbing to a lengthy illness aged 82. He was the father of politician Carolina Punset, writer and science popularizer Elsa Punset and Nadia.

• Illustration — Punset conference • El viaje a la felicidad: Las nuevas claves científicas (The Journey to Happiness: New Scientific Clues, 2005; English translation to be published in the United States in 2007 as The Happiness Trip: A Scientific Journey) • Cara a cara con la vida, la mente y el universo (Face to Face with Life, Mind, and the Universe, 2004; English translation to be published in the United States in 2007 as Mind, Life and Universe: Conversations with Great Scientists of Our Time) • Adaptarse a la marea. La selección natural en los negocios (Adapting to the Tide: Natural Selection in Business, 2004) • Manual para sobrevivir en el siglo XXI (A 20th Century Survival Manual, 2000) • Information Resources and Corporate Growth (coauthor, 1989) • La España impertinente (Impertinent Spain, 1986) • España: sociedad cerrada, sociedad abierta (Spain: Closed Society, Open Society, 1982) • La salida de la crisis (The Way Out of the Crisis, 1980)

Eduard Punset worked in law, legal work and economics. He was employed by Televisión Española. Recorded positions include Member of the Parliament of Catalonia, Minister of Economy and Finance, Minister for Relations with the European Communities, Member of the Congress of Deputies and Member of the European Parliament. He worked at Strasbourg, Brussels, Madrid and Barcelona.

Eduard Punset is recorded as having studied at University of London, Complutense University of Madrid and North Hollywood High School. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the heading Eduard Punset i Casals. His recorded languages were Spanish, Catalan and English. 2 children are recorded: Elsa Punset and Carolina Punset.