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Minister of the Environment (2000–2003); chairperson (1999–2007); President of the Balearic Islands (1996–1999); counselor of Economy and Finance (1993–1996)."},{"q":"Where did Jaume Matas study?","a":"Jaume Matas was educated at University of Valencia."}],"related":[{"name":"Francesc Antich","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francesc-antich"},{"name":"Cristòfol Soler","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/cristofol-soler"},{"name":"José Ramón Bauzá","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jose-ramon-bauza"},{"name":"Gabriel Cañellas","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gabriel-canellas"},{"name":"Francina Armengol","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francina-armengol"},{"name":"Mae de la Concha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mae-de-la-concha"},{"name":"George Washington","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-washington"},{"name":"Rajendra Prasad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rajendra-prasad"},{"name":"Mohammad Mokhber","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-mokhber"},{"name":"Rupert Murdoch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rupert-murdoch"},{"name":"Michael Bloomberg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-bloomberg"},{"name":"Larry Ellison","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/larry-ellison"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jaume-matas-138638596c.jpg","width":500,"height":336,"license":"CC BY 3.0","credit":"Museu d'Història de Catalunya (fotògraf: Pep Parer)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaume_Matas.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jaume Matas","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaume_Matas","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1367019","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1367019","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jaume Matas.jpg by Museu d'Història de Catalunya (fotògraf: Pep Parer) (CC BY 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jaume_Matas.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jaume Matas, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jaume Matas.jpg — Museu d'Història de Catalunya (fotògraf: Pep Parer), CC BY 3.0.","cite":"\"Jaume Matas\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jaume-matas. Retrieved 14 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T07:59:07Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-14","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaume-matas","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaume-matas","ne":null}}