Juan Manuel Eguiagaray

Juan Manuel Eguiagaray (born 1945) is a Spanish economist, academic, businessman and retired politician. He is the former minister of industry and energy from 1993 to 1996.

Early life and education

Eguiagaray was born into a family of Basque origin in Bilbao in 1945.^[1][2] He received degrees in economics and in law from Deusto University in Bilbao.^[3] He also holds a PhD degree in economics from the same university.^[1]

Career

From 1970 to 1982 Eguiagaray taught economics at Deusto University.^[4] In the 1970s he entered politics and became a member of the PSOE.^[1] He was also named a member of the PSOE's executive committee.^[5] He was elected to the Spanish Parliament,^[1] representing Murcia province. He was named the minister for public administration in 1991 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales, replacing Joaquin Almunia in the post.^[6] He served in the post until 1993 when he was appointed minister for industry and energy in a cabinet reshuffle^[7] and replaced Claudio Aranzadi in the post.^[8] Eguiagaray was in office until 1996^[1] and he retired from politics in 2001.^[4]

After leaving politics Eguiagaray returned to teaching post. He taught macroeconomics and applied economics, and was associate professor at Carlos III University in Madrid until 30 September 2006.^[9] He also served as the director of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company until February 2013.^[3][10] He is the director of studies at the Fundación Alternativas, a Madrid-based think tank.^[5][9]

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