Person
Trias Fargas, Ramón (1922-1989)Other forms
Barcelona (España) 1922-12-27 - El Masnou (Barcelona, España) 1989-10-22
Spanish politician. Trias founded Esquerra Democràtica de Catalunya (Catalonian Democratic Left-Wing), which later on joined Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya. Trias went into exile to Switzerland and Colombia. He graduated in Law in Bogotá in 1947, and then in Economics in Chicago.
When Trias came back to Spain, he was Head of department in Political Economics and Public Treasury at the University of Valencia (1962-1966), and professor in the Faculty of Economics of Barcelona (1969-). With the advent of democracy in Spain, Trias was a deputy of CIU for Barcelona in the Constituent Legislature (1977-1979), the I and the II, as well as a senator in the III Legislature (1986-1988).
In the government of Catalonia, Trias was Minister of Economy and Finances (1980-1982 and 1988-1989), in Jordi Pujol's governments.
Date of the event: 1977-07-13 - 1979-01-02
Padre: Antoni Trias i Pujol (economista).
Esposa: Montserrat Trueta i Llacuna.
Hortalà i Arau, Joan. (2010) . Ramón Trías i Fargas, in memoriam. En: Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance. Madrid: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: Departamento de Análisis Económico. 157-162. ISSN-e 0210-0266.
Menéndez, Manuel Ángel. Fontes, Ignacio. Quién es quién: sus señorías los diputados : atlas de la democracia parlamentaria española. Manuel Ángel Menéndez Gijón, Ignacio Fontes. Tres Cantos (Madrid): Foca. 931 p.. 84-95440-25-3.
Diccionario biográfico de la Real Academia de la Historia (RAH)