Vicent Tur

{{Short description|Spanish school teacher and PSIB politician (1959–2021)}}

Vicent Tur Torres (1959 ― 17 January 2021), was a Spanish school teacher and PSIB politician from Eivissa island. He was councilor of the opposition of the Insular Council of Ibiza and Formentera between 1984 and 1987,{{Cite news|date=17 January 2021|title=Fallece a los 62 años el exalcalde y exconseller socialista Vicent Tur|language=es|work=El Periódico de Ibiza|url=https://www.periodicodeibiza.es/pitiusas/ibiza/2021/01/18/1230703/psoe-ibiza-fallece-exalcalde-exconseller-socialista-vicent-tur.html}} and its vice president between 1999 and 2003, under the presidency of Pilar Costa.{{Cite news|date=17 January 2021|title=Fallece el histórico socialista Vicent Tur|language=es|work=Cadena Ser|url=https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/01/17/radio_ibiza/1610890286_548708.html}} He was also mayor of Sant Joan de Labritja between 1987 and 1989.{{Cite news|title=Tur Torres, Vicent|language=ca|work=Enciclopèdia d'Eivissa i Formentera|url=http://www.eeif.es/veus/Tur-Torres-Vicent-Fluixa/}} Between 1984 and 1987, and again between 1991 and 2007 he was member of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands. He was a politician very dedicated to the agrarian causes, becoming Insular Director of Agriculture.{{Cite news|date=19 January 2021|title=Vicent Tur, el último eslabón del consenso socialista|language=es|work=El Periódico de Ibiza|url=https://www.periodicodeibiza.es/pitiusas/ibiza/2021/01/19/1230981/vicent-tur-ultimo-eslabon-del-consenso-socialista.html}}

He died on 17 January 2021 from cancer, after being admitted to the ICU at the Son Espases hospital in Palma de Mallorca.