Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas

Joan Porqueras i Fàbregas
Minister of Economy of Catalunya
In office 26 September – 17 December 1936
President	Lluis Companys
Preceded by	Josep Tarradellas
Succeeded by	Diego Abad de Santillán
Personal details
Born	Joan P. Fàbregas Llauró[1] 1893 Sant Martí de Provençals, Barcelona,  Catalunya
Died	1966(1966-00-00) (aged 72–73) London,  United Kingdom
Citizenship	Spain
Nationality	Catalan
Political party	ERC
Other political affiliations	CNT

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

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)

See also

• Anarchism in Spain

References

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