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Pedro Solbes
Spanish economist and politician (1942–2023)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Solbes and the second or maternal family name is Mira.
Pedro Solbes Mira (31 August 1942 – 18 March 2023) was a Spanish economist.
He was the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank.[1]
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 were always 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 monet