Jaume Matas | |
Office: | President of the Government of the Balearic Islands |
Deputy: | Rosa Estaràs |
Term Start: | 26 June 2003 |
Term End: | 5 July 2007 |
Predecessor: | Francesc Antich |
Successor: | Francesc Antich |
Deputy1: | Rosa Estaràs |
Term Start1: | 17 June 1996 |
Term End1: | 26 July 1999 |
Predecessor1: | Cristòfol Soler |
Successor1: | Francesc Antich |
Office2: | Minister of the Environment |
Term Start2: | 14 April 2000 |
Term End2: | 18 April 2003 |
Predecessor2: | Isabel Tocino |
Successor2: | Elvira Rodríguez |
Birth Name: | Jaume Matas i Palou |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1956 |
Birth Place: | Palma de Mallorca, Spain |
Party: | People's Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Valencia |
Jaume Matas Palou (in Catalan; Valencian ˈʒawmə ˈmatəs i pəˈlɔw/; born 5 October 1956 in Palma, Majorca) is a Spanish politician. He was President of the Balearic Islands from 1996 to 1999 and from 2003 to 2007. In March 2012 Matas was sentenced to six years imprisonment for fraud.[1]