Marc Forné Molné

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Forné and the second or maternal family name is Molné; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

Marc Forné Molné
Molné in 1997
Prime Minister of Andorra
In office 7 December 1994 – 27 May 2005
Monarchs	Episcopal Co-prince: Joan Martí i Alanis Joan Enric Vives Sicília French Co-prince: François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac
Representative	Episcopal: Nemesi Marqués Oste French: Frédéric de Saint-Sernin Philippe Massoni
Preceded by	Òscar Ribas Reig
Succeeded by	Albert Pintat
Personal details
Born	(1946-12-30) 30 December 1946 Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Maria Lluísa Gispert Boronat

Marc Forné i Molné (Catalan: [ˈmaɾk fuɾˈnɛ i mulˈnɛ]; born 30 December 1946) was the prime minister of Andorra from 7 December 1994 to 27 May 2005. After 2 full terms, he was succeeded by Albert Pintat after Pintat won the April 2005 election. He is a lawyer by profession, and was president of the Liberal Party of Andorra (Partit Liberal d'Andorra).

Biography

Marc Forné was born on 30 December 1946 in La Massana, the son of Antoni Forné i Jou, an Arfa-born lawyer and activist of the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification, and Joana Molné i Armengou, also born in La Massana.

He studied at the University of Barcelona where he graduated in law in 1974. Between 1969 and 1972, he worked as a civil servant in the Department of Public Services of the General Council of the Valls d'Andorra and from 1974, he worked as a criminal lawyer, sharing an office with his father and brother. In 1985, he joined the Liberal Party of Andorra.

For eleven years, he held the position of director of Andorra-7, a weekly newspaper in the Pyrenees valley that he founded in 1978. He was also the president of the Moto Club of the Principality of Andorra.

Honours

• Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic (02/06/2006).