Josep Huguet i Biosca

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name = Josep Huguet i Biosca

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birth_date = birth date and age|1951|03|08
birth_place = Manresa (Bages)
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office = Minister of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya
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term_start = October 16, 2004
term_end = May 11, 2006
president = Pasqual Maragall i Mira
predecessor = Pere Esteve i Abad
successor = Antoni Castells i Oliveres
As Minister of Economy and Finance
Jordi Valls i Riera
As Minister of Employment and Industry
office2 = Minister of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise of the Generalitat de Catalunya
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term_start2 = November 29, 2006
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president2 = José Montilla Aguilera
predecessor2 = Antoni Castells i Oliveres
As Minister of Economy and Finance
Jordi Valls i Riera
As Minister of Employment and Industry
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Josep Huguet i Biosca (born 8 March 1951) was Minister of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs of Catalonia from 20 October 2004 until 12 May 2006 and since 29 November 2006.

Education and professional background

He has an Industrial Engineering degree by the "Escola d'Enginyers Superiors de Terrassa" (School of Engineers of Terrassa) and a Contemporary History degree by the UAB. He started managing an engineering business (1976), but he has also worked as teacher (1976–1982) and director (1976–1980) of the "Escola de Formació Professional de Sallent" (School of Professional Formation of Sallent), as well as teacher (1982–1995) and member in the board of the "Institut Lacetània de Manresa" (Lacetania Institute of Manresa). He has been lecturer at the Universitat Catalana d'Estiu (Catalan Summer University) from 1989 to 1994.

He wrote several History books, Social Science teaching books and Political essays. The most known are "Els nacionalismes perillosos" (can be translated as "The dangerous nationalisms") and "Cornuts i pagar el beure" (an idiom, "Crushed and complaining" is an approximated translation).

He has been member of the board of redaction of "Europa de les Nacions" (The Europe of Nations) (1986–1992), and has received the Avui (1986) and Jaume Casanovas (1989) prizes of journalism.

Civic background

Josep Huguet was Boy Scout (1966–1975) and member of a youth club (1970–1973) as well as member of several associations. He enrolled the "Confederació Sindical de Catalunya" (Syndical Confederation of Catalonia) in 1980, and left it in 1994. Nowadays is member of USTEC, "Unió Sindical de Treballadors de l'Ensenyament de Catalunya" (Syndical Union of Teaching Workers of Catalonia).

Political background

Member of the Socialist Union of Bages (1970–1977), he was affiliated and member of the board of the PSAN ("Partit Socialista d'Alliberament Nacional", Socialist Party of National Liberation) between 1973 and 1980 and several other catalanist and left-winged parties. He has been cofounder of several of them.

He enrolled ERC in 1989.

Institutional background

He started as deputy in the Catalan Parliament in 1995, and became spokesperson of the ERC group in October 2004. He was the ERC representative in the Mixed Commission of Transferencies State-Generalitat (1993–1995). He became Minister of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat in October 2004, after Pere Esteve resigned from it due to health reasons.