Francesc Homs | |
Office: | Minister of the Presidency of Catalonia |
Term Start: | 27 December 2012 |
Term End: | 16 November 2015 |
President: | Artur Mas |
Predecessor: | Joaquim Nadal |
Successor: | Neus Munté |
Office1: | Government Spokesperson of Catalonia |
Term Start1: | 29 December 2010 |
Term End1: | 22 June 2015 |
President1: | Artur Mas |
Successor1: | Neus Munté |
Party: | Democratic Convergence of Catalonia |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1969 |
Birth Place: | Vic, Spain |
Francesc Homs Molist (born 5 September 1969, in Vic, Barcelona) is a Spanish politician and former Minister of the Presidency and Spokesperson of the Government of Catalonia.[1]
Francesc Homs was born in Vic in 1969 and holds a degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).[1] He is married and father to two daughters.[1] In his private life, he is a keen cyclist and a practising Roman Catholic.[2]
He is Minister of the Presidency and Spokesperson of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya). Previously, he was Secretary General of the Presidency of the Government of Catalonia (2010-2012) and Director General of Interdepartmental Affairs (2001-2003).
He was a member of the Parliament of Catalonia from 2003 to 2010.[1] He was writer of the draft of the new Statute of Catalonia on behalf of Convergència i Unió (CiU), and speaker of the new Statute (2006).
He has worked in several private companies in the service and banking sectors.[2]
He is Vice-Secretary General of Strategy of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) and member of the Executive National Board of Convergència i Unió (CiU). He was the Head of the Project Great House of Catalanism (Projecte de la Casa Gran del Catalanisme), which aimed to remodel and build on the political catalanism.
He is the author of the books: Catalunya a Judici, Edicions Ara llibres, 2008; Dret a decidir. Estació concert, Edició Base, 2010.[1]