Jaime Carner Romeu was a Spanish lawyer, businessman and politician from Catalonia.
25 Facts About Jaime Carner
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Jaime Carner was a deputy in the Cortes before World War I, then pursued a career as a corporate lawyer until the Second Spanish Republic when he was again elected deputy.
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Jaime Carner was Minister of Finance from 1931 to 1933.
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Jaime Carner Romeu was born in El Vendrell, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, on 22 February 1867.
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Jaime Carner's parents were Joan Carner, a veterinarian, and Josefa Romeu.
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Jaime Carner attended the Escuelas Pias de Barcelona for his secondary education between 1876 and 1882.
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Jaime Carner studied law at the University of Barcelona from 1882 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1886.
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Jaime Carner was one of the main organizers of the "four presidents" election in 1901.
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Jaime Carner was rapporteur of a draft reform to the municipal law, approved on 4 March 1902, although it seems to have been written by Enric Prat de la Riba.
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When King Alfonso XIII visited Barcelona in 1904 Jaime Carner was one of the councilors who were absent from the ceremony to welcome the king.
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In 1904 Jaime Carner was a founder of the weekly El Poble Catala, which became a daily paper in May 1906.
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Jaime Carner was a founder of the Republican Nationalist Centre party in 1904, and was elected president of the party in late 1906.
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Jaime Carner was elected deputy for the district of El Vendrell.
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Jaime Carner was involved in the debate over corruption in the supply of building materials in Barcelona, and initiated a condemnation of the conduct of Alejandro Lerroux and others.
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In 1910 Jaime Carner was one of the founders of the Republican Nationalist Federal Union, which replaced the Nationalist Republican Center.
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Jaime Carner temporarily left politics and devoted himself to his successful legal practice.
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Jaime Carner joined the boards of directors of several large industrial companies, was one of the founders of the Compania de Industrias Agricolas, and acted as lawyer for various powerful companies and credit institutions in Barcelona.
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Jaime Carner was a member of the board of Nestle Spain.
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Jaime Carner became wealthy, and was very respected as a jurist, often consulted by political leaders on legal issues.
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Jaime Carner was given charge of the commission to prepare the draft Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, later called the Statute of Nuria, issued on 20 June 1931, approved by referendum on 2 August 1931 and finally approved by the Cortes on 9 September 1932.
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Jaime Carner followed his predecessor Indalecio Prieto in making stabilisation of the peseta his first goal in order to restore Spain's access to international credit.
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Jaime Carner's policies were conservative and deflationary, including restrictions on imports, pruning the civil service and working towards balancing the budget.
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Jaime Carner presented a budget in 1932 that proposed reduced defense spending, increased spending on education at all levels, and changes to income tax legislation that resulted in the Law of General Contribution on Income of 20 December 1932.
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Jaime Carner aimed to improve competition in the Spanish economy, with measures such as reforming tariffs and taxation, changing the tax on royalties and increasing inheritance taxes.
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Jaime Carner left office on 12 June 1933 when he was diagnosed with advanced cancer of the throat.