Josep Huguet i Biosca (born 8 March 1951) was Minister of Trade,Tourism and Consumer Affairs of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 20 October 2004 until 12 May 2006 and Minister of Innovation,Universities and Enterprise of the Generalitat de Catalunya [1] from 29 November 2006 to 29 December 2010.
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 FormacióProfessional 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.
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 ConfederacióSindical de Catalunya (Syndical Confederation of Catalonia) in 1980,and left it in 1994. Nowadays is member of USTEC,UnióSindical de Treballadors de l'Ensenyament de Catalunya (Syndical Union of Teaching Workers of Catalonia).
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.
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 for health reasons.
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