Joaquín Almunia
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| Joaquín Almunia | |
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| Assumed office April 24, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro Solbes |
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Minister of Employment of Spain
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| In office December 1, 1982 – July 26, 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Santiago Rodríguez Miranda |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Chaves González |
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Minister of Public Administrations of Spain
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| In office July 26, 1986 – March 12, 1991 |
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| Prime Minister | Felipe González |
| Preceded by | Félix Pons Irazazábal |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel Eguiagaray Ucelay |
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| In office June 22, 1997 – July 1, 2000 |
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| President | José María Aznar López |
| Preceded by | Felipe González Márquez |
| Succeeded by | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
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| Born | June 17, 1948  Bilbao, Spain |
| Political party | Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PES) |
| Profession | politician |
Joaquín Almunia Amann (born 17 June 1948) is a Spanish politician and member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
Born in Bilbao, he is married and has two children. He graduated in Law and Economics at the University of Deusto, and completed follow-up studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and the “Senior managers in Government” program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was an associate lecturer on Employment and Social Security Law at the University of Alcalá de Henares.
Almunia was chief economist of the Unión General de Trabajadores, a Spanish trade union, from 1976 to 1979. He was economist at the Council Bureau of the Spanish Chambers of Commerce in Brussels from 1972 to 1975.
Almunia was a Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) Member of the Cortes Generales from 1979 to 2004, representing Madrid. He was Minister of Employment and Social Security from 1982 to 1986 and Minister of Public Administration from 1986 to 1991, and was PSOE spokesperson from 1994 to 1997, then leader from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he was the PSOE candidate for Prime Minister.
Almunia was director of the research program on Equality and redistribution of income at the Fundación Argentaria from 1991 to 1994. In 2002, he founded and was director of the progressive think tank Laboratorio de Alternativas.
He first joined the Prodi Commission on 26 April 2004 as a successor to Pedro Solbes who resigned to join the new Zapatero Government and was re-appointed to the Barroso Commission in November 2004.
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| Preceded by Jesús Sancho Rof |
Minister of Employment of Spain 1982-1986 |
Succeeded by Manuel Chaves González |
| Preceded by Félix Pons Irazazábal |
Minister of Public Administrations of Spain 1986-1991 |
Succeeded by Juan Manuel Eguiagaray Ucelay |
| Preceded by Pedro Solbes |
European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs 2004–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Pedro Solbes |
Spanish European Commissioner 2004–present |
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| Preceded by Felipe Gonzalez |
Secretary General of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party 1997-2000 |
Succeeded by Interim Political Committee |
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