Cristóbal Montoro
Cristóbal Montoro | |
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| Minister of Finance of Spain | |
| In office 22 December 2011 – 1 June 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Juan Carlos I (2011–2014) Felipe VI (2014–2018) |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Elena Salgado (Finance) Manuel Chaves (Public Administration) |
| Succeeded by | María Jesús Montero (Finance) Meritxell Batet (Civil Service) |
| In office 28 April 2000 – 17 April 2004 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Rodrigo Rato |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Solbes |
| Secretary of State for Economy of Spain | |
| In office 20 July 1996 – 31 March 2000 | |
| Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
| Prime Minister | José María Aznar |
| Preceded by | Manuel Conthe |
| Succeeded by | José Folgado |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 13 January 2016 – 21 May 2019 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 1 April 2008 – 13 December 2011 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| In office 28 March 2000 – 2 July 2004 | |
| Constituency | Jaen |
| In office 21 June 1993 – 28 May 1996 | |
| Constituency | Madrid |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 20 July 2004 – 1 April 2008 | |
| Constituency | Spain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 July 1950 |
| Party | People's Party (until 2025) |
| Education | Autonomous University of Madrid (Economics, until 1973; Doctorate until 1981) |
Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero (born 28 July 1950 in Cambil) is a Spanish economist and former People's Party politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 2000 until 2004, as Minister of Finance and Public Administration from 2011 until 2016 and as Minister of Finance and the Civil Service from 2016 until 2018, when the Partido Popular government fell in a vote of no confidence.
He represented Madrid in the Congress of Deputies from 1993 until 1996 and again from 2016 until 2019, when he announced that he would not stand in the April 2019 election. He also represented Jaén from 2000 until 2004, and Seville from 2011 until 2016.
His first government position was as Secretary of the State of the Economy in José María Aznar's first government, in which he was a strong supporter of Spain joining the Eurozone. After Aznar's government was reelected in 2000, he became the Finance Minister (a role taken by Rodrigo Rato in the first government of Aznar).