Elena Salgado
| Elena Salgado Méndez | |
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| 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 11 July 2011 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba |
| Succeeded by | Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
| 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
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In office 7 April 2009 – 11 July 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Pedro Solbes |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Chaves |
| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
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In office 7 April 2009 – 21 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Pedro Solbes |
| Succeeded by |
Luis de Guindos (As Minister of Economy and Competitiveness) Cristóbal Montoro (As Minister of Finance and Public Administrations) |
| Minister for Public Administration | |
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In office 9 July 2007 – 7 April 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Jordi Sevilla |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Chaves (As Minister of Territorial Policy) |
| Minister of Health | |
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In office 18 April 2004 – 9 July 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Ana Pastor |
| Succeeded by | Bernat Soria |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 May 1949 Ourense, Galicia, Spain |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid |
| Profession | Industrial Engineer, Economist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Elena Salgado Méndez (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈlena salˈɣaðo ˈmendeθ]) (born 12 May 1949 in Ourense, Galicia, Spain) is a Spanish politician.
Education
Salgado is a graduate of industrial engineering.[1] She has a master's degree in business administration.[2]
Career
Salgado served as the health minister (2004-2007) and minister for public administration (2007-2009). Despite her Galician origin she has been a deputy for Cantabria province since the 2008 election.[3]
Salgado served as the minister of economy and finance and first vice president of Spain, in the Socialist Party government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. She succeeded Pedro Solbes as finance minister in April 2009 in a surprise move,[4] and held the office until the fall of the Zapatero Administration at the 2011 parliamentary elections.
On 12 July 2011 she became also vice-chairman of Economic Affairs, equivalent to the first vice president that had decided to leave Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to prepare his candidacy for the general election.
References
- ↑ Biography, El Pais, Retrieved 10 April 2009
- ↑ Sarah Morris; Ben Harding. "Spain's new economy minister". Reuters (Madrid). Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ↑ Biography, Spanish Congress site, Retrieved 10 April 2009
- ↑ The Economist 8 April 2009 Retrieved 10 April 2009