Marc Forné Molné
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Marc Forné Molné | |
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 Molné in 1997 | |
| 3rd Prime Minister of Andorra | |
| In office 7 December 1994 – 20 February 2005 | |
| Monarch | Episcopal Co-prince: Joan Martí i Alanis Joan Enric Vives Sicília French Co-prince: François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac |
| Representative | Episcopal: Nemesi Marqués Oste French: Frédéric de Saint-Sernin Philippe Massoni |
| Preceded by | Òscar Ribas Reig |
| Succeeded by | Albert Pintat |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 December 1946 Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
Marc Forné i Molné (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈmaɾk fuɾˈnɛ i mulˈnɛ], born 30 December 1946) was the third prime minister of Andorra[1] from 7 December 1994 to 20 February 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after Pintat won the January 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 -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[]
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (02/06/2006).[3]
References[]
- ^ "'Centrality' of UN keynote theme on third day of General Assembly debate". United Nations. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Marc Forné's resume on the Council of Europe website
- ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
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