Narcís Serra | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 13 March 1991[1] – 3 July 1995[2] | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Guerra |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 3 December 1982[3] – 13 March 1991[4] | |
| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Alberto Oliart Saussol |
| Succeeded by | Julián García Vargas |
| 113thMayor 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 theCongress of Deputies | |
| In office 22 June 1986 – 15 January 2004 | |
| President | Josep Tarradellas |
| Constituency | Barcelona |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1943-05-30)30 May 1943 (age 81) Barcelona,Catalonia |
| Political party | PSC (PSOE) |
Narcís Serra i Serra (born 30 May 1943) is a Spanish economist andpolitician, 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 theSpanish transition to democracy, and he was one of the founders of theSocialists' Party of Catalonia, the Catalan branch of theSpanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Narcís Serra hailed from a Catholic family ofCatalan 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 a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (where he taught Economic Theory).[6] He is an Honorary Fellow at theLondon School of Economics.[7]
Serra served as the first democratically electedMayor ofBarcelona after Franco's dictatorship (from 1979 to 1982).
In the wake of the socialist victory in the1982 Spanish general election, Serra was appointedMinister of Defense by Prime MinisterFelipe González, and he succeededAlfonso 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 the 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 theSpanish Congress of Deputies representing the Constituency ofBarcelona until 2004. He first gained his seat in Parliament in the1986 Spanish general election.[8]
In 2005, Serra was appointed president ofCaixa 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 theInstitut 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]
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| Preceded by New title | Regional Minister of Town and Country Town and Public Works 1977–1979 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Barcelona 1979 – 1982 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Defence 1982–1991 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Spain 1991–1995 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | First Secretary of PSC 1996 – 2000 | Succeeded by |
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