Ernest Lluch Martín (21 January 1937 – 21 November 2000)[1] was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC).

[2] He was Minister of Health and Consumption from 1982 to 1986 in the first Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of Felipe González.

He earned a PhD in Economic Sciences at the University of Barcelona (UB), and studied further at the Sorbonne in Paris.

[6] The crime was claimed by the ETA's so-called Comando Barcelona, formed by Fernando García Jodrá, alias 'Txomin', Liarni Artmendaritz and José Antonio Krutxaga.

[7] In 2002, the three members of the Commando were arrested and sentenced by the Spanish National High Court to 33 years in prison for the murder.