Marc Forné Molné Explained

Marc Forné Molné
Office1:Prime Minister of Andorra
Term Start1:7 December 1994
Term End1:27 May 2005
Monarch1:Episcopal Co-prince:
Joan Martí i Alanis
Joan Enric Vives Sicília
French Co-prince:
François Mitterrand
Jacques Chirac
2Namedata1:Episcopal:
Nemesi Marqués Oste
French:
Frédéric de Saint-Sernin
Philippe Massoni
Predecessor1:Òscar Ribas Reig
Successor1:Albert Pintat
Birth Date:30 December 1946
Birth Place:Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Spouse:Maria Lluísa Gispert Boronat
Party:Liberal Party

Marc Forné i Molné (in Catalan; Valencian ˈmaɾk fuɾˈnɛ i mulˈnɛ/; born 30 December 1946) was the prime minister of Andorra[1] from 7 December 1994 to 27 May 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after Pintat won the April 2005 election. He is a lawyer by profession, and was president of the Liberal Party of Andorra (Partit Liberal d'Andorra).

Biography

Marc Forné was born on 30 December 1946 in La Massana, the son of Antoni Forné i Jou, an Arfa-born lawyer and activist of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, and Joana Molné i Armengou, also born in La Massana.

He studied at the University of Barcelona where he graduated in law in 1974. Between 1969 and 1972, he worked as a civil servant in the Department of Public Services of the General Council of the Valls d'Andorra and from 1974, he worked as a criminal lawyer, sharing an office with his father and brother.[2] In 1985, he joined the Liberal Party of Andorra.

For eleven years, he held the position of director of Andorra-7, a weekly newspaper in the Pyrenees valley that he founded in 1978. He was also the president of the Moto Club of the Principality of Andorra.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Centrality' of UN keynote theme on third day of General Assembly debate. 18 January 2011. United Nations. 25 September 2003.
  2. http://www.coe.int/t/e/com/files/official-visits/2004-andorra/CV_Forne.asp Marc Forné's resume on the Council of Europe website
  3. http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2006/06/03/pdfs/A21107-21107.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado