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Narcís Serra
Narcís Serra
Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
	In office; 13 March 1991 – 3 July 1995
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Alfonso Guerra
Succeeded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Minister of Defence
	In office; 3 December 1982 – 13 March 1991
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Alberto Oliart Saussol
Succeeded by	Julián García Vargas
113th Mayor of Barcelona
	In office; 19 April 1979 – 2 December 1982
Preceded by	Manuel Font i Altaba
Succeeded by	Pasqual Maragall
Regional Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works
	In office; 5 December 1977 – 22 March 1979
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Lluís Armet i Coma
Member of the Congress of Deputies
	In office; 22 June 1986 – 15 January 2004
President	Josep Tarradellas
Constituency	Barcelona
Personal details
Born	30 May 1943 (age 81); Barcelona, Catalonia
Political party	PSC (PSOE)

Narcís Serra i Serra (born 30 May 1943) is a Spanish economist and politician, serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 1991 to 1995. Born in Barcelona in 1943, he was one of the leading figures of Catalan socialism during the Spanish transition to democracy, and he was one of the founders of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia, the Catalan branch of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Early life and career

Narcís Serra hailed from a Catholic family of Catalan origin.^[5] Prior to his political involvement, and before obtaining his PhD in economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, he worked as a research fellow at the London School of Economics from 1970 to 1972. He later became professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (where he taught Economic Theory).^[6] He is a Honorary Fellow at the London School of Economics.^[7]

Political career

Serra served as the first democratically elected Mayor of Barcelona after Franco's dictatorship (from 1979 to 1982).

In the wake of the socialist victory in the 1982 Spanish general election, Serra was appointed Minister of Defense by Prime Minister Felipe González, and he succeeded Alfonso Guerra as Deputy Prime Minister in 1991. During his tenure as Minister of Defense, he promoted the legislative changes that resulted in the democratization of the Spanish armed forces, their effective integration in NATO structure, and the participation in international missions for the first time. He resigned as Deputy Prime Minister in 1995, but remained a Member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing the Constituency of Barcelona until 2004. He first gained his seat in Parliament in the 1986 Spanish general election.^[8]

Life after politics

In 2005, Serra was appointed president of Caixa Catalunya, a public savings bank. Following his resignation in 2011, he was tried for criminal mismanagement and abusive payments while he was chairman of the ailed savings bank. He was absolved of all charges in February 2019.

Serra has been the chairman of the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) since its foundation in 2004. He currently teaches courses on Strategy, Military Reform and Peace Building as part of the Master studies offered by the institute.^[9]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Telefónica Chile, Member of the Board of Directors^[10]

Non-profit organizations

European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member^[11]
European Leadership Network (ELN), Senior Member^[12]

References

^ Real Decreto 299/1991, de 12 de marzo. BOE 13 March 1991
^ Real Decreto 1100/1995, de 2 de julio. BOE 3 July 1995
^ Real Decreto 3295/1982, de 2 de diciembre. BOE 3 December 1982
^ Real Decreto 300/1991, de 12 de marzo. BOE 13 January 1991
^ Richard Wigg (February 1983). "Socialism in Spain: A Pragmatic Start". The World Today. 39 (2): 63. JSTOR 40395475.
^ "Narcís Serra". ibei.org. Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ "Narcís Serra CV" (PDF). Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals.
^ "Narcís Serra i Serra. Biografía de Narcís Serra i Serra". publispain.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2010.
^ "Narcís Serra". ibei.org. nstitut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
^ Carlos Segovia (30 April 2017), Telefónica renueva a Narcís Serra en su filial de Chile hasta 2020 El Mundo.
^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations.
^ "Senior Network". www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

External links

Media related to Narcís Serra i Serra at Wikimedia Commons

Political offices
Preceded by New title	Regional Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works 1977–1979	Succeeded by Lluís Armet i Coma
Preceded by Manuel Font i Altaba	Mayor of Barcelona 1979 – 1982	Succeeded by Pasqual Maragall
Preceded by Alberto Oliart Saussol	Minister of Defence 1982–1991	Succeeded by Julián García Vargas
Preceded by Alfonso Guerra	Deputy Prime Minister of Spain 1991–1995	Succeeded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Party political offices
Preceded by Raimon Obiols	First Secretary of PSC 1996 – 2000	Succeeded by José Montilla