Pasqual Maragall
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The Very Honourable Pasqual Maragall |
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 127th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia |
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In office 16 December 2003 – 28 November 2006 |
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| First Minister |
Josep-Lluís Carod-Rovira (2003–2004) Josep Bargalló (2004–2006) |
| Preceded by | Jordi Pujol |
| Succeeded by | José Montilla |
| 115th Mayor of Barcelona | |
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In office 1 December 1982 – 26 September 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Narcís Serra |
| Succeeded by | Joan Clos |
| Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Catalonia | |
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In office 16 November 1999 – 17 December 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Joaquim Nadal |
| Succeeded by |
Artur Mas (Office suspended between 17 December 2003 and 27 May 2004) |
| President of the Comite Organizador Olimpico Barcelona | |
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In office 1988–1992 |
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| Leader | Juan Antonio Samaranch |
| Preceded by | Park Seh-jik |
| Succeeded by | Billy Payne |
| Personal details | |
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13 January 1941 Barcelona, Catalonia |
| Political party | Socialists' Party of Catalonia |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Garrigosa |
| Children | Two daughters and a son |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Pasqual Maragall i Mira (Catalan pronunciation: [pəsˈkwaɫ məɾəˈɣaʎ]; born 13 January 1941 in Barcelona) is a Spanish Catalan politician and was the 127th President of Generalitat de Catalunya (the autonomous government of Catalonia). He had previously been Mayor of Barcelona, from 1982 to 1997, and helped run the city's successful Olympic bid.
He was born in Barcelona in 1941 as the third of eight siblings. His grandfather was the Catalonian poet Joan Maragall. In 1965, he married Diana Garrigosa, and he has two daughters and a son. He was an active member of the Front Obrer de Catalunya (Workers' Front of Catalonia) and joined the left-wing anti-Franco movement Frente de Liberación Popular (Popular Liberation Front). He studied Law and Economics at the UB between 1957 and 1964.
In 1965, after his studies, he joined the Specialist Office of Barcelona City Council as an economist, work he combined with giving classes in economic theory at the UAB, acting as assistant to the professor, Josep M. Bricall. He also cooperated with the Studies Service of the Banco Urquijo, run by Ramon Trias Fargas.
Between 1971 and 1973, he lived in New York City, where he gained a Master of Arts in Economics from the New School University.
In 1973, he came back to Barcelona and returned to the Barcelona City Council and to the UAB, where he gave classes on urban economics and international economics as temporary assistant lecturer. One year earlier, he supported Convergència Socialista de Catalunya, one of the founding groups of the PSC. In 1978, at the Economics Faculty of the UAB, he presented his doctoral thesis The prices of urban land. The case of Barcelona (1948–1978). In 1978, he was a researcher and guest professor at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. This university would later appoint him doctor honoris causa.
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