Ernest Lluch

Ernest Lluch
Ernest Lluch in 1986
Minister of Health and Consumer Affairs
In office
3 December 1982  25 July 1986
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byManuel Núñez Pérez
Succeeded byJulián García Vargas
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
15 June 1977  31 January 1989
Succeeded byJosep Corominas i Busqueta
ConstituencyBarcelona (1982–1989)
Girona (1977–1982)
Personal details
Born
Ernest Lluch Martín

(1937-01-21)21 January 1937
Vilassar de Mar, Spain
Died21 November 2000(2000-11-21) (aged 63)
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Cause of deathBallistic trauma
OccupationEconomist
Politician
Known forVictim of assassination

Ernest Lluch Martín (21 January 1937 – 21 November 2000) was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). He was Minister of Health and Consumption from 1982 to 1986 in the first Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of Felipe González. He was assassinated in 2000 by the Basque separatist organisation, ETA.