Enrique Fuentes Quintana
Enrique Fuentes Quintana | |
|---|---|
| Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain | |
| In office 5 July 1977 – 25 February 1978 | |
| Prime Minister | Adolfo Suárez |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Osorio |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Abril Martorell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1924 Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), Spain |
| Died | 6 June 2007 (aged 82) Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Enrique Fuentes Quintana (1924 – 2007) was a Spanish economist, academic and politician, who served as deputy prime minister of Spain between 1977 and 1979 in the first cabinet after the Francoist State.
Early life and education
Fuentes was born in Carrión de los Condes, Palencia, on 13 December 1924.[1] His family were mostly jurists and farmers.[2] He held a bachelor's degree in law (1948) and a PhD in political science and economics (1956), both of which he received from the University of Complutense in Madrid.[1]
Career
Fuentes taught economics at different universities, namely the University of Valladolid (1956 – 1958), the Complutense University of Madrid (1958 – 1978) and at the National University of Distance Education (UNED; 1978 – 1990).[1][3] He was one of the economists credited with the success of Spanish economy in the 1960s.[3] He served as the head of the research department at the Ministry of Finance.[4] He was also the editor of a reformist monthly magazine, Información Comercial Española.[4] In 1969, he became the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.[5] He served as the president of the Bank of Spain.[3]
Fuentes was appointed deputy prime minister for economy to the
In 1989 Fuentes was awarded the
Death
Fuentes died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 82 in Madrid on 6 June 2007.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Muere Enrique Fuentes Quintana, figura clave de la Transición". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ a b "El mundo económico despide con elogios a Enrique Fuentes Quintana". El Diario (in Spanish). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7456-3993-2.
- ^ ISBN 9781571819567.
- ^ Francisco Comin (January 2006). "Reaching a political consensus for tax reform in Spain". International Studies Program.
- ^ Joseph Harrison (October 2006). "Economic crisis and democratic consolidation in Spain, 1973-82". Working Papers in Economic History.
- ISBN 9780415072885.
- ^ ISBN 9780415043144.
- S2CID 144358061.
- ^ ISBN 9780415263535.
- ^ "Enrique Fuentes Quintana. Prince of Asturias Award for social sciences 1989". Asturias Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
