Clara Ponsatí i Obiols

The Honourable
Clara Ponsatí Obiols
Ponsatí in 2017
Counselor of Education of Catalonia
In office
14 July 2017 – 28 October 2017
President Carles Puigdemont
Preceded by Meritxell Ruiz
Succeeded by Josep Bargalló
(Direct rule until 2 June 2018)
Personal details
Born (1957-03-19) 19 March 1957
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Occupation Economist

Clara Ponsatí Obiols (born March 19, 1957) is a Catalan economist, appointed Councillor of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia by former President Carles Puigdemont on 14 July 2017.[1][2] Before she was seconded to her regional post, she was the Head of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews.[3]

Life and career

Ponsatí was born in 1957 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, the daughter of Josep Maria Ponsatí i Capdevila and Montserrat Obiols i Germà. She studied at the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Economics. In 1988 she received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Minnesota.[4]

Ponsatí specializes in game theory and political economy, with a focus on models of bargaining and voting.[5] Ponsatí was a lecturer at the Institute of Economic Analysis of the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) and took its management from 2006 to 2012. She was a visiting professor at the universities of Toronto, San Diego and Georgetown.[6] in 2013, her teaching position at Georgetown was not renewed. As a result of this, she complained that the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport decided not to renew her position as visiting professor of the Prince of Asturias Chair at Georgetown University because of her favorable position on Catalan independence, something that she considered a maneuver of "censorship" against her political opinions. Her views on the relations between Catalonia and Spain caused the Foreign Minister, José Manuel García-Margallo to state: "una cátedra en el extranjero no debe servir de base para alentar procesos secesionistas contrarios a la Constitución”, (This chair abroad should not be used to encourage support to secession movements contrary to the constitution), remarking: “mientras yo sea ministro no ocurrirá en ninguna embajada española” (As long as I'm the minister this will not take place on any Spanish embassy).[7]

From January 2016, she was the director of the School of Economics and Finance at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, last responsibility before assuming in July 2017 the Ministry of Education of the Generalitat of Catalonia.[8]

Since mid-2016, she has been a member of the national secretariat of the Catalan National Assembly. She is also a member of the Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica in the UAB.[9]

After the Catalan declaration of independence, she returned to her post at St Andrews University in Scotland. President Carles Puigdemont and three other former councilors moved to Belgium. A European Arrest Warrant for all of them was issued but was later retracted. The stated reason for the retraction was the worry that those who had fled to Belgium would have had to be treated differently than those who stayed. Indeed, the charge of sedition underlying the arrest warrant does not exist in Belgium law, and there was speculation that the Belgian courts would only consider extraditing the Catalan politicians after requalifying the charges. On 10 March Ponsatí announced she had moved back to Scotland in order to return to her position as University professor.

On 24 March Pablo Llarena of Spain's Supreme Court issued an International and European Arrest Warrants for Ponsati and other separatist leaders, including president Carles Puigdemont.[10] Aamer Anwar was defending her case.[11][12] In an initial hearing on 28 March 2018, Ponsatí was released on bail without special conditions.[13] The European Arrest Warrant was withdrawn by Spain on 19 July.[14]

Work

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  • Multiple-issue bargaining and axiomatic solutions; Clara Ponsati; Joel Watson; Pub.: University of California, San Diego. Department of Economics;(Calif.)
  • L'endemà; by Clara Ponsati & altri; Pub.: [Barcelona] Massa d'Or Produccions Coroporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals D.L. 2014
  • Von Neumann i la teoria de jocs; Ponsatí, Clara; Pub.: 2010-03-11T09:25:00Z 2010-03-11T09:25:00Z 2010-02-24
  • Mediation is necessary for efficient bargaining; Clara Ponsati Obiols; József Sákovics; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica; Pub.: Barcelona Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament d'Economia i d'Història Econòmica 1992.
  • El Finançament de les comunitats autònomes : comparació internacional; Clara Ponsati Obiols; Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica.; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona- 1990.
  • Search and Bargaining in Large Markets With Homogeneous Traders; Clara Ponsatí;Publication: Contributions in Theoretical Economics, v4 n1 (2004/2/9);Pub.: Walter de Gruyter eJournals
  • La financiación de la Comunidades autónomas : comparación internacional; Clara Ponsati i Obiols; Publication: Revista de economia publica, 1991, 12, pp. 65–10

See also

References

  1. ↑ Surroca, Bernat (2017-07-14). "Clara Ponsatí, una economista ben connectada amb Mas-Colell". Nació Digital.
  2. ↑ "Canvis de govern: marxen Munté, Jané i Ruiz i entren a l'executiu Turull, Forn i Ponsatí". CCMA. 2017-07-14.
  3. ↑ Mega, Marcello. "Academic in Catalan storm". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "CV Clara Ponsatí School of Economics and Finance University of St Andrews" (PDF). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Clara Ponsatí, de la ANC al Govern pasando por Georgetown". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  6. ↑ "Salvador Cardús, Clara Ponsatí i Elisenda Paluzie: els tres nous candidats de Junts pel Sí". Diari Ara. 2015-08-15. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  7. ↑ "Margallo reconeix que va cessar Ponsatí per sobiranista". Nació Digital. 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  8. ↑ «Clara Ponsati - University of St Andrews». risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk. 
  9. ↑ "Clara Ponsatí, bregada en Escocia para abrir los colegios el 1-O". El Periódico (in Spanish). 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  10. ↑ "Wanted ex-Catalan minister Clara Ponsati set to surrender, says Scottish police". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  11. ↑ "L'advocat de Clara Ponsatí a Escòcia: "Molta gent creu que Franco ha tornat als carrers"". RAC1. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  12. ↑ "Ex-Catalan minister to be arrested". 25 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Clara Ponsati: Arrested Catalan politician released on bail". BBC. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  14. ↑ "Spain withdraws Ponsati arrest warrant". BBC News. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
  15. ↑ "Results for 'Clara Ponsatí' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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