Pedro Solbes
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Pedro Solbes Mira is a Spanish economist. While independent in the sense of not affiliated to any party, his various ministerial roles in Spain have always been within Socialist Workers' Party
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in...
cabinets. His most recent ministerial positions were Second Vice President
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and Minister of Economy and Finance in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
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which he held from 2004 to 2009.
He had previously been Agriculture and Fisheries minister (1991–1993) and Finance minister
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(1993–1996) in Felipe Gonzalez
Felipe González
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's led cabinets, also MP representing Alicante
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for the same party until 1999.
Appointed by Spanish premier José María Aznar
José María Aznar
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(of the main competing party, the People's Party
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) he was a European commissioner
European Commissioner
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for Monetary affairs in the European Commission
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presided by Romano Prodi
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(the Prodi Commission
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).