Pere Esteve


Pere Esteve i Abad was a Catalan Spanish politician, belonging to the political organisation Catalunya 2003, who became Deputy of Trade, Tourism and Consumer Affairs at the Catalan regional Government proposed by the Republican Left of Catalonia party, with which he ran to the autonomic elections of the 2003. He resigned in October 2004 due to health reasons.

Life overview

Industrial Engineer by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He taught Electronics and State Machines. He also has worked as director in the private sector, and has been an associated in industrial corporations and consulting services companies. He has written several papers and a book, named Estratègia per Catalunya.

Civic background

Between 1965 and 1968 he made up youth people associations as well as Christian movements. In 1974 he roled in the pre-political group Amics de Tiana, where he left the following year.
He has been the President of the Associació d’Enginyers Industrial de Catalunya, and founded and chaired ICT and ICICT.

Political background

He enrolled in Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya in 1976. He was town councillor in Tiana, CDC's National Consultant as well as Spokesperson and General Secretary of CDC. He also chaired the Fundació Ramon Trias Fargas. On 25 September 2002 he resigned all his offices and left CDC.
On 27 November 2003 he joined others to found the Associació Catalunya 2003 and joined ERC.

Institutional background

His most relevant charges are: