Bartomeu Planells

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Bartomeu Planells
Member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands
In office
3 July 1987 – 2 April 1991
Vice-President of the Ibiza and Formentera Insular Council [es]
In office
1987–1991
Personal details
Born
Bartomeu Planells Planells

1949
San Rafael, Francoist Spain
Died26 March 2021(2021-03-26) (aged 71–72)
Ibiza, Spain
Political partyAP

Bartomeu Planells Planells (1949 – 26 March 2021) was a Spanish businessman and politician.[1] He served as a Member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands and was Vice-President of the Ibiza and Formentera Insular Council [es] from 1987 to 1991.

Planells was born into a family of hoteliers. He worked in the wood and furniture industry, serving as President of the Federació de la Petita i Mitjana Empresa d'Eivissa i Formentera from 1981 to 1987.

Planells entered politics in 1976, when he joined the Liberal Party in 1976. He subsequently joined the Union of the Democratic Centre and the People's Alliance, as part of the People's Coalition. He was elected to the Parliament of the Balearic Islands in 1987, the same year when he became Vice-President of the Ibiza and Formentera Insular Council. He served both positions until 1991. While in the Parliament, he chaired the Economic and Finance Committee.[2]

Planells also served as a member of the advisory council of RTVE on behalf of the Balearic Islands. On behalf of the Insular Council, he served on the board of trustees of the National University of Distance Education.[3]

Bartomeu Planells died of cancer in Ibiza on 26 March 2021 at the age of 71.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fallece Bartomeu Planells, exvicepresidente del Consell d'Eivissa y empresario". Periódico de Ibiza (in Spanish). 27 March 2021.
  2. ^ "II Legislatura (1987-1991)". Parlament de les Illes Balears (in Catalan).
  3. ^ "Planells Planells, Bartomeu". Enciclopèdia d'Eivissa i Formentera (in Catalan).
  4. ^ "Fallece a los 71 años Bartomeu Planells, exvicepresidente del Consell de Ibiza y empresario". Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 26 March 2021.