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Instituto De Crédito Oficial
The Official Credit Institute (; ICO) is a Spanish lending institution. Its functions include funding investment projects and the assistance for the liquidity needs of Spanish companies. It also operates as State Financial Agency. A successor to the ''Instituto de Crédito a Medio y Largo Plazo'', the ICO was created in 1971 following the as public law entity (''entidad de derecho público''). Previously under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, it became a State company in 1989. The bank is currently attached to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation through the . Presidents The presidents of the ICO are listed as follows: * Rafael Bermejo Blanco (1978–1982) * (1982) * Julián García Vargas (1982–1985) * (1986–1995) * Fernando Becker Zuazua (1996–1998) * José Gasset Loring (1999–2000) * Ramón Aguirre Rodríguez (2000–2003) * (2004–2009) * José María Ayala Vargas (2009–2011) * Román Escolano Olivares (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paseo Del Prado
The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Madrid Atocha railway station, Atocha), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo (the location of the Fountain of Neptune (Madrid), Fuente de Neptuno, and of the Ritz and Palace five-star hotels) lying approximately in the middle. The Paseo del Prado forms the southern end of the city's central axis (which continues to the north of Cibeles as the Paseo de Recoletos, and further north as the Paseo de la Castellana). It enjoys the status of ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' (BIC), and as part of a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site with Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid, Buen Retiro Park. Etymology Paseo del Prado takes its name from what was once the Prado de los Jerónimos, a group of fields surrounding the Monastery of San Jerónimo El Real, upon which the boulevard was built. Description This densely t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Aguirre Rodríguez
Ramón Aguirre Rodríguez (born 3 March 1953 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP). Aguirre worked as a bank director and later served as Vice-secretary General of the Popular Alliance (Spain), Popular Alliance (AP). In 1989 the AP merged with other parties to form the current PP and in that year Aguirre was elected to the Congress of Deputies (Spain), Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Caceres (Spanish Congress Electoral District), Caceres Province and headed the PP list at several elections being re-elected in 1993, 1996 and 2000. However, in the latter year he resigned after being appointed President of the Official Credit Institute (Instituto de Crédito Oficial/ICO) in July 2000. Consequently, the local PP branch in Caceres deselected him for the 2004 election. For the 2008 election he changed districts and was elected for Guadalajara (Spanish Congress Electoral District), Guadalajara Province as head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro De Estudios Políticos Y Constitucionales
The Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (, CEPC), previously known as the Institute for Political Studies (), is an autonomous agency associated with the Ministry for the Presidency of Spain. Its mission is to analyze the international legal and sociopolitical situation, giving special attention to those issues that concern Spanish law institutions and how they relate to each other internationally and also in Europe. The organization is headquartered at the Palacio de Godoy, a historical building located at the Plaza Marina Española. Official Master in Constitutional Law (Master Oficial en Derecho Constitucional) At present, the CEPC with the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, offers an official master adjusted to the high standards of (EEES), this postgraduate study has a great national and international reputation, with high academic qualities and high research orientation, supported by professors with great impact in the Spanish-speaking world, in addi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessment to form Cambridge University Press and Assessment under Queen Elizabeth II's approval in August 2021. With a global sales presence, publishing hubs, and offices in more than 40 countries, it published over 50,000 titles by authors from over 100 countries. Its publications include more than 420 academic journals, monographs, reference works, school and university textbooks, and English language teaching and learning publications. It also published Bibles, runs a bookshop in Cambridge, sells through Amazon, and has a conference venues business in Cambridge at the Pitt Building and the Sir Geoffrey Cass Sports and Social Centre. It also served as the King's Printer. Cambridge University Press, as part of the University of Cambridge, was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Razón (Madrid)
''La Razón'' (; ) is a daily newspaper based in Madrid, Spain. It has the sixth-highest circulation among general-interest Spanish dailies, and the fourth-highest among those based in Madrid. The newspaper has satellite news bureaux, and local editions, in Barcelona, Murcia, Seville, Valencia and Valladolid. History and stance ''La Razón'' was founded in 1998 by Luis Maria Ansón. The paper is owned by Grupo Planeta and based in Madrid. The newspaper's editorial stances are primarily neoliberal economically and conservative socially. The paper has also a rightist stance. Circulation ''La Razón'' had a circulation of 140,000 copies in 2003. The 2008 circulation of the paper was 153,024 copies. It was 124,284 copies in 2009, 118,466 copies in 2010 and 103,789 copies in 2011. Between July 2010 and June 2011 the paper had a circulation of 109,166 copies.Figures covering July 2010 to June 2011 from Spain'Oficina de Justificación de la Difusión, Retrieved 28 January 2012. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of National Development Banks
A national development bank is a development bank created by a country's government that provides financing for the purposes of economic development of the country. Africa * Botswana: National Development Bank of Botswana (NDB Botswana) * Ethiopia: Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) * Ghana: Agricultural Development Bank of Ghana (ADB) * Kenya: Development Bank of Kenya (DBK) * Mozambique: Banco Nacional de Investimento (BNI) * Nigeria: Bank of Industry (BOI) * Rwanda: Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) * Tanzania: Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) * Uganda: Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) Americas * Brazil: Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) * Canada: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) * Colombia: Financiera de Desarrollo Territorial (FINDETER) * El Salvador: Banco de Desarrollo de El Salvador (BANDESAL) * Jamaica: Development Bank of Jamaica * Peru: (Cofide) * United States: Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1931-1957) and Puerto Rico Government Develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Zalba Bidegain
Pablo Zalba Bidegain (born 28 January 1975) is a Spanish economist and politician and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), for the European People's Party, in office June 2009 to November 2016. From 2016 to 2018 he served as President of the Official Credit Institute (ICO). Early life Zalba Bidegain was born in Pamplona. In 1997, he graduated in Business Administration and Management from the University of Navarre. In 2007, he obtained an Executive MBA from London Business School. Career In 1998, he began working at Arcelor Mittal, both at its headquarters in Madrid and Pamplona, where he was active as head of International Business Development in the Construction Unit. From 2005 to 2009, he worked in Sic Lazaro in Pamplona as a Sales and Business Developer. Political career In 2008 he participated in the reconstitution of the Navarre Popular Party as a member of its executive committee. He has been president of the Navarre Popular Party since 29 July 2014. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José María Ayala Vargas
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
