Pedro Solbes
| Pedro Solbes Mira | |
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| Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 18 April 2004 – 7 April 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Javier Arenas |
| Succeeded by | Elena Salgado |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
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In office 18 April 2004 – 7 April 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| Succeeded by | Elena Salgado |
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In office 13 July 1993 – 5 May 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Carlos Solchaga |
| Succeeded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs | |
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In office 16 September 1999 – 10 April 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Leon Brittan |
| Succeeded by | Joaquín Almunia |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
31 August 1942 Pinoso, Alicante, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Spouse(s) | Pilar Castro |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Profession | Economist |
Pedro Solbes Mira (born 31 August 1942 in Pinoso, Alicante) is a Spanish economist. He is the president of FRIDE, Madrid-based think tank.
While independent in the sense of not affiliated to any party, his various ministerial roles in Spain have always been within Socialist Workers' Party cabinets. He was agriculture and fisheries minister (1991–1993) and finance minister (1993–1996) in Felipe Gonzalez'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) he was a European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs in the European Commission presided by Romano Prodi (the Prodi Commission).
Then he served as second vice president and minister of economy and finance in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero which he held from 2004 to 2009.
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