Cristóbal Montoro | |
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Minister of Finance and Public Administrations | |
Assumed office 22 December 2011 |
|
Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
Preceded by | Elena Salgado |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 28 April 2000 – 17 April 2004 |
|
Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
Preceded by | Rodrigo Rato |
Succeeded by | Pedro Solbes |
Personal details | |
Born |
Jaén, Spain |
28 July 1950
Political party | People's Party |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Madrid |
Cristobal Montoro Romero (born 28 July 1950 in Jaén) is a Spanish People's Party politician. He has been the Minister of Finance and Public Administrations of Spain since 22 December 2011.
He was a Member of the European Parliament for the People's Party, part of the European People's Party, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He has represented Madrid 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 José María Aznar in April 2000, but he had to abandon the post in April 2004 when his party lost the elections.