Ernest Lluch

Ernest Lluch studied at University of Barcelona and University of Paris. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid and Barcelona. Employment is recorded with University of Valencia, University of Barcelona and Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Positions recorded include Member of the Congress of Deputies and Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs of Spain. Works named in the authority record are La via valenciana. Distinctions recorded are Catalan of the year Award, Premi Godó de Periodisme, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Health and Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.

• Name — Ernest Lluch • Office — Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs • Monarch — Juan Carlos I • Prime Minister — Felipe González • Term Start — 3 December 1982 • Term End — 25 July 1986 • Predecessor — Manuel Núñez Pérez • Successor — Julián García Vargas • Office2 — Member of the Congress of Deputies • Term Start2 — 15 June 1977 • Term End2 — 31 January 1989 • Succeeded2 — Josep Corominas i Busqueta • Constituency2 — Barcelona (1982–1989) Girona (1977–1982) • Born — 21 January 1937 • Birth Name — Ernest Lluch Martín • Birthplace — Vilassar de Mar, Spain • Died — 21 November 2000 • Place of death — Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain • Death Cause — Ballistic trauma • Occupation — Economist Politician • Known for — Victim of assassination

Lluch was born in Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona province. He earned a PhD in Economic Sciences at the University of Barcelona (UB), and studied further at the Sorbonne in Paris. While he was a lecturer at the UB, he was arrested on several occasions and expelled from the university because of his anti-francoist political activity. From this position, he published seminal works on Spanish political economy. He held the Chair of Economics at the University of Valencia (1974) and the Chair of History of Economic Doctrines at the UB. His last official position was as Director of the Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander, from 1989 to 1995.

In April 1980 he was chosen as spokesman of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC) to the Congress of Deputies, and, two years later, in the 1982 general election, he was elected member of the Lower House in representation of Barcelona. Felipe González appointed him as Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs in his first government. He held the post 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.

On November 21, 2000, Lluch was assassinated by ETA, who shot him twice in the head at his home in Barcelona. Responsibility for the killing was claimed by ETA's so-called Barcelona Commando, formed by Fernando García Jodrá, alias 'Txomin', Liarni Artmendaritz and José Antonio Krutxaga. In 2002, the three members of the Commando were arrested and convicted and sentenced by the Audiencia Nacional to 33 years in prison for the murder. After his death, the Government granted him the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Health.