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Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

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Honorable

Clara Ponsatí i Obiols
Born1957
NationalityCatalan
OccupationTeacher of Economic Theory.
Known forEconomics.
TitleCounselor of Education in the Generalitat of Catalonia
PredecessorMeritxell Ruiz

Clara Ponsatí i Obiols (born in 1957 in Barcelona) is a Catalan economist. She was appointed Counsellor of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia by President Carles Puigdemont the 14 July 2017.[1][2]

Biography

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Ponsatí was born in Barcelona in 1957. She was the daughter of Josep Maria Ponsatí i Capdevila and Montserrat Obiols i Germà. After studying in the Faculty of Economics of the UB. In 1988 she got the terminal degree from the Department of Economics, of the University of Minnesota, (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), where she remained several years as a teacher.

Of liberal trend, Ponsatí directed the Institute of Economic Analysis of the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) between 2006 and 2012, where she was a teacher as well. She has been a visiting teacher in the universities of Toronto, San Diego and Georgetown.[3] The year 2013 the Spanish government exercised a veto against her, after she exposed her opinion about the independence of Catalonia in different mediae.[4]

References

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  1. Surroca, Bernat (2017-07-14). "Clara Ponsatí, una economista ben connectada amb Mas-Colell". Nació Digital.
  2. "Canvis de govern: marxen Munté, Jané i Ruiz i entren a l'executiu Turull, Forn i Ponsatí". CCMA. 2017-07-14.
  3. "Salvador Cardús, Clara Ponsatí i Elisenda Paluzie: els tres nous candidats de Junts pel Sí". Diari Ara. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  4. "Margallo reconeix que va cessar Ponsatí per sobiranista". Nació Digital. 2013-05-08. Archived from the original on 2017-07-21. Retrieved 2017-07-14.