Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero (born 28 July 1950 in Cambil) is a Spanish politician. Hs is a member of the

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People's Party. He served as Minister of Finance and Public Administrations of Spain from 22 December 2011 until 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against

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ousted his government. His ministry was re-structured in 2016 and the responsibilities of Public Administration were given to the

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. The office was renamed Minister of Finance and Civil Service. He was a

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for the People's Party, part of the

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, and sat on the

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's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He has represented

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in the Spanish Congress since 1993. He was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He was appointed Minister of Finance by

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in April 2000, but he had to abandon the post in April 2004 when his party lost the elections.

Education

* 1973: Graduate in

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from the

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(UAM), he obtained the Extraordinary Prize of Degree * 1981:

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(UAM)

Career

* 1982-1988: Assistant

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in public finance (UAM, 1973–1982) and Deputy professor * since 1989: Professor of public finance at the University of Cantabria * Economist and director of studies * 1996-2000: Member of the Boards of Directors of

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and SEPI * since 1999: Member of the National Executive Committee of the PP * 1993-1996, 2000-2004, 2008-present: Member of the

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. * 1996-2000: Secretary of State for the Economy * 1996-2000: Spain's representative to various economic and financial organisations * 2000-2004: Minister of the Treasury * 2011-2016: Minister of the Treasury and Public Administrations * 2016–2018: Minister of the Treasury and Civil Service

Decorations

* Knight Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished

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* Knight Grand Cross of the

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References

External links

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Biography at Spanish Congress site
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Education

Career

Decorations

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