Jordi Puigneró

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In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Puigneró and the second or maternal family name is Ferrer; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
The Honourable
Jordi Puigneró
CdSJ MP
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Official portrait, 2021
Vice President of Catalonia
Assumed office
26 May 2021
PresidentPere Aragonès
Preceded byPere Aragonès
(vacant between September 2020 and May 2021)
Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration of Catalonia
Assumed office
2 June 2018
President

Pere Aragonès

Preceded byMeritxell Borràs
(Direct rule from 27 October 2017)
Member of Sant Cugat del Vallès Municipal Council
In office
2005–2015
Preceded byJaume Tubau i Grau
Secretary of Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and the Digital Society of Catalonia
In office
9 February 2016 – 29 May 2018
Preceded byOffice established
Personal details
Born
Jordi Puigneró i Ferrer

(1974-02-02) 2 February 1974 (age 48)
Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
NationalitySpain
Political partyTogether for Catalonia
Other political
affiliations		Nationalist Youth of Catalonia
Children2
Residence(s)Barcelona
Alma materUniversity of Surrey
OccupationComputer engineer, author and politician
WebsiteGeneralitat de Catalunya

Jordi Puigneró i Ferrer (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒoɾ.di put͡ʃ.nə.ˈɾo i fə.ˈre]; born 2 February 1974) is a computer engineer from Catalonia (Spain) and the current Vice President of Catalonia and Minister of Digital Policies and Territory Development of the Government.

Early life[]

Puigneró was born on 2 February 1974 in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia.[1] He joined the University of Surrey in 1992, graduating in 1997 with a master's degree in information systems.[2][3]

After several years working in the IT industry in Munich, Frankfurt and Barcelona, Puigneró made its first approach to politics in 1999 by joining the catalan political party Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya.[4][5] [6]

Career[]

Puigneró on official visit to India in January 2016

Puigneró was a computer programmer/analyst at Deutsche Bank's IT department in Frankfurt from 1997 to 2000 and an information and communications technology consultant for IBM in Barcelona from 2000 to 2003.[2][7] In 2003 he became chief-of-staff to Lluís Recoder, the mayor of Sant Cugat del Vallès and in 2005 became an elected member of the local government becoming deputy mayor of the city in 2011 elections.[2][4] In november 2013 left the city responsabilities to lead the IT policies of the Catalan Government, first as director-general of Telecommunications and Information Society, and later in 2016 as Secretary of Telecommunications, Cybersecurity and Digital Society. In June 2018 was appointed minister of Digital Policies and Public Adminstration. In May 2021 was named Vicepresident of Catalonia maintaining his position as minister of Digital Policies and adding Territory Development (i.e. infrastructures and urbanism).[2][4]

Personal life[]

Father of two girls, in 2009 lost a six year old son due to a cancer disease. In 2014 Puigneró climbed in 10 days the ten peaks over 3,000m in Catalonia.[8]

Electoral history[]

Electoral history of Jordi Puigneró
Election Constituency Party Alliance No. Result
2003 local[9][10] Sant Cugat del Vallès Democratic Convergence of Catalonia Convergence and Union 11 Not elected
2007 local[11] 13 Elected
2011 local[12][13] 7 Elected

References[]

  1. ^ "Perfil i trajectòria professional per a la seva publicació al portal de la transparència" (PDF) (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Generalitat de Catalunya. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Jordi Puigneró, nou director general de Telecomunicacions i Societat del Coneixement". Nació Digital (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Jordi Puigneró, el especialista en tecnología del nuevo Govern". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. Europa Press. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Pefil: Jordi Puigneró, un enginyer TIC com a conseller de Polítiques Digitals i Administració Pública". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Catalan News Agency. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ Morales, Sergio (14 May 2018). "Jordi Puigneró apunta a nou conseller de Governació". Cugat.cat (in Catalan). Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  6. ^ Hernandez, Vanesa (24 September 2003). "Jordi Puigneró és escollit cap de les JNC de l'agrupació comarcal". Cugat.cat (in Catalan). Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Jordi Puigneró". Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain: IT World Edu. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  8. ^ Amsola, Emma (12 October 2014). "Deu pics d'un Estat". El Punt (in Catalan). Girona, Spain. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Terrassa" (PDF). Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 26 April 2011. p. 119. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sant Cugat del Vallès" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2007 - Mun. Sant Cugat del Vallès" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Administració Electoral: Junta Electoral de Zona de Terrassa". Butlletí Oficial de la Província de Barcelona (in Catalan). Barcelona, Spain: Diputació de Barcelona. 26 April 2011. p. 24. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Consulta de Resultados Electorales: Municipales / Mayo 2011 - Mun. Sant Cugat del Vallès" (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain: Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

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