Antoni Martí

Antoni Martí Petit was born in Escaldes-Engordany on 30 July 1963. He studied at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Toulouse (Toulouse National School of Architecture), part of the Université fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées.[https://democrates.ad/institucional/antoni-marti-petit/ Antoni Martí Petit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108125442/https://democrates.ad/institucional/antoni-marti-petit/ |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} He was an architect by profession.

Martí was first elected to the General Council in 1993, the first parliamentary election to involve political parties, as a member of the Liberal Union, party of which he was a co-founder. He was re-elected in the 1997 election and in the 2001 election, when the Liberal Union was renamed as the Liberal Party of Andorra (PLA).{{cite web|url=https://www.consellgeneral.ad/ca/arxiu/arxiu-de-lleis-i-textos-aprovats-en-legislatures-anteriors/i-legislatura-1994-1997/consellers-generals-del-1994-1997/antoni-marti-petit|title=Antoni Martí Petit|website=General Council of Andorra|language=ca|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=20 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020133545/https://www.consellgeneral.ad/ca/arxiu/arxiu-de-lleis-i-textos-aprovats-en-legislatures-anteriors/i-legislatura-1994-1997/consellers-generals-del-1994-1997/antoni-marti-petit|url-status=live}}

In 2003, Martí resigned from the General Council to stand in that year's local elections for the mayoralty of Escaldes-Engordany.{{Cite news|title=Muere el exjefe de Gobierno de Andorra Toni Martí a los 60 años|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/11/06/muere-el-exjefe-de-gobierno-de-andorra-toni-marti-a-los-60-anos/|work=Infobae|date=6 November 2023|language=es|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107094858/https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2023/11/06/muere-el-exjefe-de-gobierno-de-andorra-toni-marti-a-los-60-anos/|url-status=live}} He resulted elected as mayor and served two consecutive terms as mayor, from 2003 to 2011.{{cite news|title=Andorra profile – Leaders|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17028056|access-date=14 July 2016|work=BBC News|date=9 March 2015|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624050828/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17028056|url-status=live}} Before the end of his first mandate, he left the PLA and founded his own platform called Unió pel Poble (Union for the People). Of his legacy as mayor, the salvation of the spa resort Caldea, the protection of the Madriu Valley and the consolidation of the Clot d'Emprivat area stand out.{{Cite news|title=L'arquitecte de l'actual panorama polític|url=https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/arquitecte-actual-panorama-politic|work=Radio and Television of Andorra|date=7 November 2023|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108031020/https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/arquitecte-actual-panorama-politic|url-status=live}}

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After days of negotiation and uncertainty, on 17 February 2011 Martí announced that he was standing as the candidate for the centrist coalition (Democrats for Andorra) on the national list for the 2011 early elections.{{Cite news|url=https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2011/02/18/marti_plegara_consol_per_encapcalar_candidatura_centrista_53895_1125.html|title=Martí plegarà de cònsol per encapçalar la candidatura centrista|work=Diari d'Andorra|date=18 February 2011|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107021343/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2011/02/18/marti_plegara_consol_per_encapcalar_candidatura_centrista_53895_1125.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/9684/toni-marti-fa-un-pas-endavant-i-accepta-liderar-el-gran-centre|title=Toni Martí fa un pas endavant i accepta liderar el 'gran centre'|work=El Periòdic d'Andorra|date=18 February 2011|first=Iago|last=Andreu}} He resigned as mayor of Escaldes-Engordany on 22 February and was succeeded by Montserrat Capdevila on 5 March.{{Cite news|url=https://www.e-e.ad/publicacio/1340/23-de-febrer-del-2011/|title=23 de febrer del 2011|website=City Council of Escaldes-Engordany|date=23 February 2011|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=6 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106222922/https://www.e-e.ad/publicacio/1340/23-de-febrer-del-2011/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/parroquies/2011/03/04/tres_dones_lideren_per_primer_cop_comu_39_escaldes_54243_1126.html|title=Tres dones lideren per primer cop el comú d'Escaldes|work=Diari d'Andorra|date=5 March 2011|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107021403/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/parroquies/2011/03/04/tres_dones_lideren_per_primer_cop_comu_39_escaldes_54243_1126.html|url-status=live}}

On 3 April 2011, Democrats for Andorra (DA) won an overwhelming absolute majority, achieving the 55.15% of the vote and winning 21 seats in the General Council.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/13517/majoria-absoluta-de-democrates-per-andorra-i-enfonsament-del-partit-socialdemocrata|title=Majoria absoluta de Demòcrates per Andorra i enfonsament del Partit Socialdemòcrata|date=3 April 2011|work=El Periòdic d'Andorra|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=11 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911225201/https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/13517/majoria-absoluta-de-democrates-per-andorra-i-enfonsament-del-partit-socialdemocrata|url-status=live}}

The General Council session to inaugurate Martí as prime minister took place on 11 May 2011, and he announced that his main objectives for his mandate were economic recovery, the promotion of tourism and the country's rapprochement with the European Union while offering state agreements with the opposition on issues such as the Andorra-EU relationship, social security and local administration. Martí won 21 votes in favour and 6 abstentions for his appointment, and was sworn in the following day.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ccma.cat/324/toni-marti-investit-nou-cap-de-govern-dandorra/noticia/1193746/|title=Toni Martí, investit nou cap de govern d'Andorra|work=Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals|date=11 May 2011|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031073806/http://www.ccma.cat/324/toni-marti-investit-nou-cap-de-govern-dandorra/noticia/1193746/|url-status=live}}[https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=6D4BE Decret de l'11-5-2011 pel qual es nomena el M.I. Sr. Antoni Martí Petit com a cap de Govern.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020221/https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=6D4BE |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

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The first five measures that the Martí government approved were: the flexibilisation of business hours, the revision of the land law, the revision of the law on income tax for non-resident taxpayers, the reduction of contributions for the self-employed and the urgent processing of several commitments that Andorra must take for the evaluation of the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/14546/lengranatge-del-nou-govern|title=Les primeres mesures anticrisis de Martí comporten canvis legislatius|work=El Periòdic d'Andorra|first=P.|last=G.|date=19 May 2011|access-date=8 November 2023|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020233/https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/14546/lengranatge-del-nou-govern|url-status=live}}

During the negotiations with the European Union, Andorra changed its foreign investment law, opening the country up to foreign investors, and also signed an agreement with France, Portugal and Spain to avoid double taxation.{{cite news|title=The Prime Minister of Andorra Antoni Marti participated in the conference "Global economy prospects", which took place in a Spanish city of La Seu D' Urgell|url=http://all-andorra.com/prime-minister-andorra-antoni-marti-participated-conference-global-economy-prospects-took-place-spanish-city-la-seu-d-urgell/|access-date=14 July 2016|work=All About Andorra|date=17 June 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820164928/http://all-andorra.com/prime-minister-andorra-antoni-marti-participated-conference-global-economy-prospects-took-place-spanish-city-la-seu-d-urgell/|url-status=live}}[https://news.un.org/es/story/2016/09/1365011 "Andorra ha dejado de ser un paraíso fiscal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108112742/https://news.un.org/es/story/2016/09/1365011 |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|es}}

Martí also oversaw the introduction of the euro as the official currency of Andorra, following an agreement which was completed in June 2011. Andorra was permitted to issue their own euros from July 2013, but due to various delays, Andorran euros did not enter circulation until January 2015.{{cite web|title=Andorran Euro Coins|url=https://www.fleur-de-coin.com/eurocoins/andorra-euro-coins|website=Fleur-de-Coin|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=25 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525154420/http://www.fleur-de-coin.com/eurocoins/andorra-euro-coins|url-status=live}} In late May 2013, Martí met with François Hollande, the president of France and a co-prince of Andorra, to inform him of his intentions to bring in a law to introduce personal income tax in Andorra. Hollande encouraged Martí to continue with economic reforms that may lead to growth.{{cite web|title=Entretien avec M. Antoni MARTI et M. Gilbert SABOYA SUNYE|url=http://www.elysee.fr/communiques-de-presse/article/entretien-avec-m-antoni-marti-et-m-gilbert-saboya-sunye/|website=Elysee|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727140153/http://www.elysee.fr/communiques-de-presse/article/entretien-avec-m-antoni-marti-et-m-gilbert-saboya-sunye/|archive-date=27 July 2016|url-status=dead}} In June 2013, Martí bowed to pressure from the European Union and did introduce a personal income tax for Andorrans despite opposing it during the 2011 election campaign.

In 2014, the General Council passed the government's first law regulating gambling, and the government awarded the first license to open a casino.[https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2013/06/13/el_govern_concedira_una_llicencia_per_explotar_casino_15529_1125.html El Govern concedirà una llicència per explotar un casino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020237/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2013/06/13/el_govern_concedira_una_llicencia_per_explotar_casino_15529_1125.html |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.elperiodic.ad/opinio/article/41280/rss Casino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020332/https://www.elperiodic.ad/opinio/article/41280/rss |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

File:2018 Encontro Bilateral com o Senhor Antoni Martí Petit, Presidente de Governo de Andorra - 45185836194.jpg, 15 November 2018]]

Democrats for Andorra, again led by Martí, again won an absolute majority in the 2015 election, although it lost five seats.[https://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/828204-marti-guanya-les-eleccions-generals-a-andorra-i-revalida-la-majoria-absoluta.html Martí guanya les eleccions generals a Andorra i revalida la majoria absoluta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108113518/https://www.elpuntavui.cat/article/828204-marti-guanya-les-eleccions-generals-a-andorra-i-revalida-la-majoria-absoluta.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} He was re-elected prime minister on 30 March 2015 and was sworn in the following day.[https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/04/01/radio_ser_principat_d_andorra/1427870417_757277.html Martí és reelegit com a cap de Govern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108113514/https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/04/01/radio_ser_principat_d_andorra/1427870417_757277.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/04/01/radio_ser_principat_d_andorra/1427891970_185974.html Martí jura el càrrec i forma Govern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108114803/https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2015/04/01/radio_ser_principat_d_andorra/1427891970_185974.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=pn27027001 Decret del 31 de març del 2015 pel qual es nomena el M. I. Sr. Antoni Martí Petit com a cap de Govern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020336/https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=pn27027001 |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} He succeeded Gilbert Saboya Sunyé, who took over as interim prime minister on 23 March after Martí delegated the functions to him by decree on 18 March.[https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/constitua-t-el-consell-general-dandorra-amb-la El reelegit síndic general, Vicenç Mateu, demana que es treballi "en benefici de l'interès general" per superar el cas BPA Gilbert Saboya assumeix les funcions provisionals de cap de Govern mentre no s'esculli, els propers dies, el nou executiu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108115141/https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/constitua-t-el-consell-general-dandorra-amb-la |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=ga27022001 Decret del 18-3-2015 de delegació de facultats del càrrec de cap de Govern i de cessament dels ministres elegits a les eleccions generals.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020337/https://www.bopa.ad/Documents/Detall?doc=ga27022001 |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

A few days after the election, on 10 March 2015 the US Treasury Department issued a report stating that the bank Banca Privada d'Andorra (BPA) was a "primary money laundering concern", involving four US correspondent banks, criminal groups in Russia and China, and Venezuelan money launderers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-names-banca-privada-dandorra-foreign-financial-institution-primary-money |title=FinCEN Names Banca Privada d'Andorra a Foreign Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern |access-date=8 November 2023 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108145517/https://www.fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-names-banca-privada-dandorra-foreign-financial-institution-primary-money |url-status=live }} The board of directors and three of the bank's managers were suspended as of 11 March 2015 by the Institut Nacional Andorrà de Finances under orders of the Andorran government.[https://www.bpa.ad/ Press release of INAF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010163712/https://www.bpa.ad/ |date=10 October 2012 }} on former website of the Bank, accessed 1 April 2015. Martí, while being acting prime minister, reported that the US authorities had informed him days before and that it was a case of "bad practices and not a situation of solvency risk or balance sheet problems", calling on the citizens to remain calm, as the government had appointed two auditors to "guarantee the continuity of the institution's normal operations, protect its customers and ensure the good name and integration of the Andorran financial centre".[https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-govern-andorra-interve-la-banca-privada-dandorra-arran-duna-denuncia-dels-estats-units/noticia/2648787/ El govern andorrà intervé la Banca Privada d'Andorra arran d'una denúncia dels Estats Units] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108145855/https://www.ccma.cat/324/el-govern-andorra-interve-la-banca-privada-dandorra-arran-duna-denuncia-dels-estats-units/noticia/2648787/ |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} On 16 March, the government, by means of a temporary decree, limited the withdrawal movements of funds, causing a corralito for bPA customers.[https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-03-16/de-la-mafia-rusa-al-corralito-asi-se-ha-cocido-la-crisis-de-banca-privada-de-andorra_728820/ De la mafia rusa al 'corralito': así se ha cocido la crisis de Banca Privada de Andorra] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925131933/https://www.elconfidencial.com/empresas/2015-03-16/de-la-mafia-rusa-al-corralito-asi-se-ha-cocido-la-crisis-de-banca-privada-de-andorra_728820/ |date=25 September 2021 }} {{in lang|es}} In June 2016, Martí praised Michel Camdessus's 2005 report about Andorra, that "turned out to be prophetic." In turn, Camdessus expressed his respect for "the government of Andorra for the fact that the Principality embarked on the path of reforms, turning from protectionism and stagnation in the direction of openness and competitiveness."

On 2 February 2016, Martí and the mixed parliamentary group and the parliamentary group of Democrats for Andorra signed the State Pact for the negotiations of an Association Agreement between Andorra and the European Union.[https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/signat-un-pacte-destat-sobre-lacord-dassociacio-dandorra-amb-la-unio-europea Signat un Pacte d'Estat sobre l'Acord d'Associació d'Andorra amb la Unió Europea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108150615/https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/signat-un-pacte-destat-sobre-lacord-dassociacio-dandorra-amb-la-unio-europea |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} In March 2017, Martí's government approved the proposal to reform the penal code to regulate tax crimes, the extension of the crime of smuggling to any type of goods; and the incorporation of the crimes of fraud against the Caixa Andorrana de Seguretat Social, punishable insolvency, illegal financing of political parties and the squandering of public funds as crimes of money laundering.[https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20170301/andorra-regula-por-primera-vez-el-delito-fiscal-5869565 Andorra regula por primera vez el delito fiscal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418094434/https://www.elperiodico.com/es/economia/20170301/andorra-regula-por-primera-vez-el-delito-fiscal-5869565 |date=18 April 2019 }} {{in lang|es}} The proposal was adopted by the General Council in July.[Andorra aprova el delicte fiscal a partir de 75.000 euros https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/andorra-aprova-tipificar-el-delicte-fiscal-a-partir-de-75-000-euros/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705043022/https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/andorra-aprova-tipificar-el-delicte-fiscal-a-partir-de-75-000-euros/ |date=5 July 2022 }}] {{in lang|ca}}

File:Reunió assemblea OSCE Andorra 2017.jpg session in Andorra la Vella, 3 October 2017]]

In October 2016, while an official visit to San Marino, Martí defended a common strategy between Andorra, Monaco and San Marino for the association agreement with the European Union.

Following the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils on 17 August 2017, Martí offered a grand bargain to the opposition to provide the Police Corps with more troops and create a specific counter-terrorism unit.[https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/59600/marti-proposa-la-creacio-duna-unitat-policial-per-lluitar-contra-el-terrorisme Martí proposa la creació d'una unitat policial per lluitar contra el terrorisme] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020408/https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/59600/marti-proposa-la-creacio-duna-unitat-policial-per-lluitar-contra-el-terrorisme |date=12 November 2020 }} {{in lang|ca}} The opposition rejected the proposal for such a specific unit[https://www.bondia.ad/politica/loposicio-considera-oportunista-i-innecessari-el-nou-pacte-destat L'oposició considera "oportunista" i "innecessari" el nou pacte d'Estat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108110937/https://www.bondia.ad/politica/loposicio-considera-oportunista-i-innecessari-el-nou-pacte-destat |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} and in September of that year it was made public that a police unit with anti-terrorist activity already existed for at least a year and a half to monitor a young man in the country who was in the process of radicalisation and had travelled to Syria.[https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/el-grup-antiterrorista-que-toni-marti-diu-ara-que-preten-crear-fa-ben-be-un-any-i-mig-que_3566_102.html El grup antiterrorista que Toni Martí diu ara que pretén crear fa ben bé un any i mig que opera] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108110933/https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/el-grup-antiterrorista-que-toni-marti-diu-ara-que-preten-crear-fa-ben-be-un-any-i-mig-que_3566_102.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

When the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya Carles Puigdemont declared Catalonia's independence from Spain, only to suspend it shortly afterwards, on 10 October 2017, Martí acknowledged that, although he stated that he had never proposed himself as mediator to the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, he did have telephone contacts with both parties to discuss the constitutional crisis.[https://www.ara.ad/politica/govern-ministres-dimecres-situacio-catalunya_1_1293507.html El Govern avança el consell de ministres d'aquest dimecres per tractar la situació de Catalunya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020340/https://www.ara.ad/politica/govern-ministres-dimecres-situacio-catalunya_1_1293507.html |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} In May 2018 he called for a "political solution" to end the conflict, although he preferred not to comment on the judicial decisions that led to the imprisonment of some Catalan pro-independence leaders.[https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/andorra-solucion-politica-catalunya-marti_264468_102.html Andorra reclama una solución política para Catalunya] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108154908/https://www.elnacional.cat/es/politica/andorra-solucion-politica-catalunya-marti_264468_102.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/marti-assegura-que-es-demanara-una-excepcio-a-la-ue-per-no-haver-de-respectar-la-lliure-ci_4626_102.html Martí assegura que es demanarà una excepció a la UE per no haver de 'respectar' la lliure circulació de persones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808230157/https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/marti-assegura-que-es-demanara-una-excepcio-a-la-ue-per-no-haver-de-respectar-la-lliure-ci_4626_102.html |date=8 August 2022 }} {{in lang|ca}}

In his last address to the General Council as prime minister, Martí stated that decriminalising abortion was incompatible with maintaining the country's political system.[https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/antoni-marti-defensa-el-coprincipat-malgrat-que-comporti-renuncies Antoni Martí defensa el coprincipat malgrat que comporti "renúncies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126123235/https://www.radioseu.cat/noticies/antoni-marti-defensa-el-coprincipat-malgrat-que-comporti-renuncies |date=26 November 2022 }} {{in lang|ca}}

In the 2019 negotiations of the Association Agreement, Martí argued for Andorra to have an exception in the free movement of persons, and thus maintain the quota system.[https://www.bondia.ad/politica/marti-aborda-amb-juncker-la-lliure-circulacio-de-persones Martí aborda amb Juncker la lliure circulació de persones] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207102346/https://www.bondia.ad/politica/marti-aborda-amb-juncker-la-lliure-circulacio-de-persones |date=7 December 2021 }} {{in lang|ca}} In February 2019, the Spanish newspaper Okdiario and the Andorran newspaper La Valira linked him to a corruption scheme in which Martí had allegedly received illegal commissions for a businessman to obtain the award of the first casino in the country. Martí denied it and subsequently denounced the two newspapers.[https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/societat/president-andorra-esquitxat-presumpte-cas-comissions-illegals_351000_102.html El president d'Andorra, esquitxat per un presumpte cas de comissions il·legals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425222412/https://www.elnacional.cat/ca/societat/president-andorra-esquitxat-presumpte-cas-comissions-illegals_351000_102.html |date=25 April 2019 }} {{in lang|ca}}[https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/69711/marti-titlla-les-acusacions-de-suborn-per-a-ladjudicacio-del-casino-com-una-vergonya Martí «anirà fins al final» per les «greus difamacions» sobre el casino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206142648/https://www.elperiodic.ad/noticia/69711/marti-titlla-les-acusacions-de-suborn-per-a-ladjudicacio-del-casino-com-una-vergonya |date=6 February 2019 }} {{in lang|ca}}

In view of the elections in 2019, Martí named Xavier Espot as his successor to the leadership of Democrats for Andorra and candidate for prime minister.[https://www.ara.ad/societat/marxa-toni-marti-politic-invicte_1_4849667.html Marxa Toni Martí, el polític invicte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108120516/https://www.ara.ad/societat/marxa-toni-marti-politic-invicte_1_4849667.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}} Following DA's victory in those elections, on 16 May 2019 Martí was succeeded as prime minister by Espot.[https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2019/05/16/xavier_espot_jura_com_cap_govern_145869_1125.html Xavier Espot jura com a cap de Govern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108120511/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2019/05/16/xavier_espot_jura_com_cap_govern_145869_1125.html |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

After his mandate, he left the political front line and returned to his work as an architect. In December 2019 Martí left his membership in the Democrats for Andorra, although he remained a sympathiser.[https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/marti-dona-baixa-militant-democrates-pero Martí es dona de baixa com a militant de Demòcrates però hi roman com a simpatitzant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622042629/https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/marti-dona-baixa-militant-democrates-pero |date=22 June 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

On 4 October 2023, the extraordinary meeting of the Pact of State for the negotiations of an Association Agreement between Andorra and the European Union agreed to appoint Martí, together with Jaume Bartumeu, as an observer member of the negotiations as one of the first leaders to promote the country's rapprochement with the European Union.{{Cite web|title=El Pacte d'Estat per a l'Acord d'associació nomena Jaume Bartumeu i Antoni Martí observadors de la negociació|url=https://www.govern.ad/cap-de-govern/item/16034-el-pacte-d-estat-per-a-l-acord-d-associacio-nomena-jaume-bartumeu-i-antoni-marti-observadors-de-la-negociacio|website=Government of Andorra|date=4 October 2023|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108025923/https://www.govern.ad/cap-de-govern/item/16034-el-pacte-d-estat-per-a-l-acord-d-associacio-nomena-jaume-bartumeu-i-antoni-marti-observadors-de-la-negociacio|url-status=live}}

Martí was married to Lídia Báez, a Dominican Republic national with whom he had three children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/politica/mor-toni-marti-atac-cor-fulminant_52688_102.html|title=Mor Toni Martí d'un atac de cor fulminant|website=Altaveu.com|date=6 November 2023|language=ca|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=6 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106212115/https://www.altaveu.com/actualitat/politica/mor-toni-marti-atac-cor-fulminant_52688_102.html|url-status=live}}[https://www.facebook.com/govern.ad/photos/antoni-martí-i-la-seva-esposa-lídia-báez-rebuts-per-les-primeres-autoritats-del-/1087286694642605/?paipv=0&eav=AfZJnM0N6ppd_nASra0TWsRugsfHT0pjlr1X-ce47nsOxTeBKdBreyXY8kIsTSYK9_c&_rdr Govern d'Andorra's Facebook publication] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020254/https://www.facebook.com/govern.ad/photos/antoni-mart%C3%AD-i-la-seva-esposa-l%C3%ADdia-b%C3%A1ez-rebuts-per-les-primeres-autoritats-del-/1087286694642605/?paipv=0&eav=AfZJnM0N6ppd_nASra0TWsRugsfHT0pjlr1X-ce47nsOxTeBKdBreyXY8kIsTSYK9_c&_rdr |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

Following a cardiac arrest in his home, Martí died at Nostra Senyora de Meritxell Hospital on 6 November 2023, at the age of 60.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=Mor Toni Martí |url=https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2023/11/06/toni_marti_ingressat_estat_greu_230937_1125.html |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=Diari d'Andorra |language=ca |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107223313/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2023/11/06/toni_marti_ingressat_estat_greu_230937_1125.html |url-status=live }} The Andorran government decreed two days of national mourning.{{Cite web|url=https://www.govern.ad/cap-de-govern/item/16141-el-govern-decreta-dos-dies-de-dol-nacional-per-la-mort-d-antoni-marti-excap-de-govern-d-andorra|title=El Govern decreta dos dies de dol nacional per la mort d'Antoni Martí, excap de Govern d'Andorra|date=6 November 2023|language=ca|website=Government of Andorra|access-date=6 November 2023|archive-date=6 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106205459/https://www.govern.ad/cap-de-govern/item/16141-el-govern-decreta-dos-dies-de-dol-nacional-per-la-mort-d-antoni-marti-excap-de-govern-d-andorra|url-status=live}} The state funeral took place on 8 November in the parish church of Saint Peter Martyr in Escaldes-Engordany and was presided by the episcopal co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ara.ad/societat/funeral-d-l-excap-govern-antoni-marti-celebrara-dimecres_1_4850260.html|title=El funeral d'Estat per l'excap de Govern Antoni Martí se celebrarà dimecres|date=7 November 2023|work=Diari Ara|access-date=7 November 2023|archive-date=8 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108025929/https://www.ara.ad/societat/funeral-d-l-excap-govern-antoni-marti-celebrara-dimecres_1_4850260.html|url-status=live}}[https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2023/11/08/adeu_toni_marti_231076_1125.html Adeu a Toni Martí] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109020723/https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2023/11/08/adeu_toni_marti_231076_1125.html |date=9 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

• Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Agatha (San Marino, 2016)[https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/antoni-marti-defensa-lestrategia-comuna-per-a-lacord-dassociacio-des-de-san-marino Antoni Martí defensa l'estratègia comuna per a l'acord d'associació des de San Marino] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108131845/https://www.andorradifusio.ad/noticies/antoni-marti-defensa-lestrategia-comuna-per-a-lacord-dassociacio-des-de-san-marino |date=8 November 2023 }} {{in lang|ca}}

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