Antonio "Toni" Roldán Monés (born 1983) is a Spanish economist and politician who served as member of the 11th,

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and 13th Congress of Deputies in the

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parliamentary group. He is now the director of the Centre for Political Economy (EsadeEcPol) at

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Early life and education

Born on 14 May 1983 in

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, Roldán graduated in Economic Sciences at the

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. He also obtained a MA in International Relations at the

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and in Economic Politics at the

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of Columbia. He received his Master of Philosophy from the

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(LSE) in 2019 with a thesis titled The political economy of reform and corruption in Europe. Considered a pupil of

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, Roldán has published pieces about economics at the ''

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'', '' eldiario.es'' and ''

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''.

Career

Roldán was employed as economic advisor of the Secretary-General of the PSOE Delegation at the

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and at the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs of the

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. He also worked as political risk analyst for Eurasia Group and as researcher for the LSE. Roldán joined Citizens-Party of the Citizenry (Cs) in September 2015. He was elected member of the

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at the

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and

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general elections. He served as Spokesperson in the area of Economy at the Lower House as well as the member of the party board charged with Political Platforms and Sectorial Areas. A representative of the

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wing of Cs, on 24 June 2019 he renounced to his parliamentary seat and party responsibilities over concerns on the strategy of party leader Albert Rivera vis-à-vis post-electoral deals, after the party veto on

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and rapprochement with the far-right Vox. He rhetorically asked in the announcement of his resignation "how are we going to move past the clash of red and

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– which is what we came to do – if we ourselves turn into blues??".

Other activities

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(ECFR), MemberMembers

Works

;Coauthor * ''Recuperar el futuro: Doce propuestas que cambiarán España'' (2015), along Luis Garicano Gabilondo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roldan, Toni Living people 1983 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of the University of Sussex Autonomous University of Barcelona alumni Politicians from Barcelona Members of the 13th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 12th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 11th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Citizens (Spanish political party) politicians