• Born 31 August 1941 in Vilafranca (Mallorca, Spain).
• Studies in philosophy and theology at the Seminario de Palma de Mallorca
• Degree in Philosophy at the University of St Thomas Aquinas, Rome (Italy).
• Degree in Philosophy and Humanities at the University of Valencia.
• Degree in Educational Science at the University of Barcelona.
• Bachelor’s degree in Theology at the universities of Sant Pacià and Sant Cugat (Barcelona).
• Founder and President/Director of the Hombre Libre Foundation (Projecte Home Balears) since 1987 to present day.
• President of the Executive Commission of the Hombre Libre Foundation since 30 June 1990, the date the trust was founded.
• Founder and first President of the magazine Proyecto.
• National President of the Proyecto Hombre Association, June 1996 to February 2003.
• Founder and vice-president of the Proyecto Joven Foundation.
• Member of the board of the WFTC (World Federation of Therapeutic Communities), which has its headquarters in New York, and Co-President of the Membership Committee.
• Member of the “Drugs NO” Committee and organiser of anti-drugs football matches.
• First Secretary General and then President of the RIOD (Latin American Network of NGOs for drug-abuse prevention). Re-elected President for three further years in September 2002.
• President of the Organising Committee of the 22nd Congress of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities, held in April 2004 in Palma de Mallorca.
• Has received the following awards on behalf of the Proyecto Hombre Association:
• Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de la Solidaridad, 1996.
• Gran Cruz Blanca awarded by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior’s National Drugs Plan, 1997.
• Silver Medal for Merit in the Area of Social and Prison Work, 1998.
• PSM (Socialist Party of Mallorca) Award for Social Action for the Projecte Home Balears.
• Balearic Islands UGT (General Union of Workers) First of May Distinction for the Projecte Home Balears. May 2008.
• White Cross for Merit in the Area of Police Work for the Projecte Home Balears. Awarded by the Director General of the Police and the Civil Guard. 2 October 2008.
Individual awards:
• Ramón Llull Award, Autonomous Region of the Balearic Islands.
• Citation of the Order of Isabel la Católica, 2002.
• The City of Palma de Mallorca Gold Medal, 31 December 2002.
• 1st Concord Award, Rotary International, 1992.
• Carlo Corsini Award for Services to the Community, 2000-01.
• Expression of gratitude and recognition from the Latin American Federation of Therapeutic Communities, 2004.
• Expression of thanks from the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities for his dynamism and leadership, April 2004.
• Metge Joan Lliteras Award, February 2005.
• Medal of Honour and Gratitude of the Island of Mallorca – Gold Category – Island of Mallorca Council, 12 September 2005.
• Ramón Llull Rotary Club Award for Tomeu Català – Projecte Home, 16 May 2006.
• La Casa Catalana de Mallorca, Ars Magna Award for Tomeu Català. 11 September 2006.
• Gold Medal of the Balearic Islands, 28 February 2007.
• 1st Isabel Coll Socialist Youth Award for Tomeu Català, President of the Projecte Home Balears, 15 February 2008.
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