Pedro Solbes

Pedro Solbes Mira (31 August 1942 – 18 March 2023) was a Spanish economist. He was the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank.[1]

Pedro Solbes Mira
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
18 April 2004  7 April 2009
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byJavier Arenas
Succeeded byElena Salgado
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
18 April 2004  7 April 2009
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byRodrigo Rato
Succeeded byElena Salgado
In office
13 July 1993  5 May 1996
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byCarlos Solchaga
Succeeded byRodrigo Rato
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs
In office
16 September 1999  10 April 2004
Preceded byLeon Brittan
Succeeded byJoaquín Almunia
Personal details
Born
Pedro Solbes Mira

(1942-08-31)31 August 1942
Pinoso (Alicante), Spain
Died18 March 2023(2023-03-18) (aged 80)
Madrid, Spain
Political partySpanish Socialist Workers' Party
SpousePilar Castro
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
ProfessionEconomist

Life and career

Solbes was born in Pinoso on 31 August 1942.[2]

While independent in the sense of not being affiliated to any party, his various ministerial roles in Spain have always been within Socialist Workers' Party cabinets. From 1985 to 1991, he was third 3rd secretary of state for the European Communities. He was agriculture and fisheries minister (1991–1993) and finance minister (1993–1996) in Felipe González's cabinets, also MP representing Alicante for the same party until 1999.

Appointed by Spanish premier José María Aznar (of the main competing party, the People's Party) Solbes was a European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs in the European Commission presided by Romano Prodi (the Prodi Commission).[3]

Then Solbes served as second vice president and minister of economy and finance in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, which he held from 2004 to 2009.[3][4]

Solbes died from cancer on 18 March 2023, at the age of 80.[5]

Other activities

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