Antoni Martí

Antoni Martí Petit (1963 to 2023) was an Andorran architect and politician who served as prime minister of Andorra from 2011 to 2019 at the head of the centrist Democrats for Andorra coalition. Born in Escaldes-Engordany and trained at the architecture school in Toulouse, he co-founded the Liberal Union, sat in the General Council from 1993 to 2003 and then served two terms as mayor of Escaldes-Engordany, where he is remembered for rescuing the Caldea spa and protecting the Madriu Valley. As prime minister he won absolute majorities in 2011 and 2015, reformed taxation to open the economy and improve financial transparency, introduced a personal income tax in 2013 under European Union pressure, oversaw the agreement bringing the euro to Andorra, passed same-sex civil unions and handled the Banca Privada d Andorra scandal.