Pedro Solbes Mira (born 31 August 1942 in Pinoso,

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

) is a Spanish economist. He was the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank.

Career

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

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(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). Then Solbes served as second vice president and minister of economy and finance in the government of

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (; born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections ...

which he held from 2004 to 2009.

Other activities

* African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2004-2009) * Asian Development Bank (ADB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2004-2009) *

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

(EBRD), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2004-2009) *

European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the European Union's investment bank and is owned by the EU Member States. It is one of the largest supranational lenders in the world. The EIB finances and invests both through equity and debt solutions ...

(EIB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (2004-2009)2006 Annual Report

(EIB).

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''El Mundo'' information on Pedro SolbesSolbes ordered to sell almost half of the gold reserves from the Spanish central bank. One year later, the gold once was at 1,000 $
{{DEFAULTSORT:Solbes, Pedro 1942 births Living people People from Alicante Agriculture ministers of Spain Economy and finance ministers of Spain Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Spanish European Commissioners Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain Secretaries of State of Spain