Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas

Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas (Barcelona, 1893 - London, 1966) was a Catalan economist and politician.[1]

Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas
Minister of Economy of Catalunya
In office
26 September  17 December 1936
PresidentLluis Companys
Preceded byJosep Tarradellas
Succeeded byDiego Abad de Santillán
Personal details
Born
Joan P. Fàbregas Llauró[1]

1893
Sant Martí de Provençals, Barcelona,  Catalunya
Died1966(1966-00-00) (aged 72–73)
London,  United Kingdom
Citizenship Spain
NationalityCatalan
Political partyERC
Other political
affiliations
CNT

Biography

In 1893, Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas was born in the Sant Martí de Provençals neighborhood of Barcelona.[2] The son of a bartender, he studied bookkeeping.[1] In 1909, he took part in the events of Tragic Week, was wounded and fled to Argentina.[1][3] After a few years he returned to Barcelona and worked in various occupations. He took part in the 1931 local elections as a candidate for Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC), at the same time as he was a member of the CNT's Liberal Professions Union.[1][2][3] As a member of the Ateneu Enciclopèdic Popular, he founded the Institut de Ciències Econòmics de Catalunya, where he taught three economics courses.[3]

In August 1936 he was elected as a member of the CNT to the Economic Council of Catalunya,[1] from where he signed the Collectivisation Decree and drafted the civil mobilization project.[3] He acted as the Minister of Economy of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 26 September to 17 December 1936.[1][2][3] In 1937 he went into exile in France, and at the outbreak of World War II he went to London, where he collaborated with the BBC.[1][3]

Works

  • Irlanda i Catalunya. Paral·lelisme polític-econòmic (1932)
  • Les possibilitats econòmiques d'una Catalunya independent (1932)
  • Assaig d'Economia Política (1932–34)
  • Els factors econòmics de la revolució (1937)
  • Vuitanta dies al govern de la Generalitat (1937)
  • Les finances de la revolució (1937)

References

  1. "Biografía de Joan Pau Fàbregas Llauró" (in Spanish). Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  2. "Notes biogràfiques: Porqueras i Fàbregas, Joan" (in Catalan). Diccionari de Sindicats i Sindicalistes, biogràgies del Moviment obrer de Catalunya. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  3. Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas (in Catalan). Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. July 28, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
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