Elena Salgado

Elena Salgado Méndez (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈlena salˈɣaðo ˈmendeθ]) (born 12 May 1949 in Ourense, Galicia, Spain) is a Spanish politician.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Salgado and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
Elena Salgado
First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
11 July 2011 – 21 December 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byAlfredo Pérez Rubalcaba
Succeeded bySoraya Sáenz de Santamaría
Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
In office
7 April 2009 – 11 July 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byPedro Solbes
Succeeded byManuel Chaves
Minister of Economy and Finance
In office
7 April 2009 – 21 December 2011
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byPedro Solbes
Succeeded byLuis de Guindos (As Minister of Economy and Competitiveness)
Cristóbal Montoro (As Minister of Finance and Public Administrations)
Minister for Public Administration
In office
9 July 2007 – 7 April 2009
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byJordi Sevilla
Succeeded byManuel Chaves (As Minister of Territorial Policy)
Minister of Health
In office
18 April 2004 – 9 July 2007
Prime MinisterJosé Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Preceded byAna Pastor
Succeeded byBernat Soria
Personal details
Born
Elena Salgado Méndez

(1949-05-12) 12 May 1949
Ourense, Spain
Political partySocialist Workers' Party
Alma materTechnical University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid
ProfessionIndustrial Engineer, Economist

Education

Salgado is a graduate of industrial engineering.[1] She has a master's degree in business administration.[2]

Career

From 1996 until 1997, Salgado briefly served as manager of the Teatro Real in Madrid.[3]

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.[4]

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,[5] and held the office until the fall of the Zapatero Administration at the 2011 parliamentary elections.

On 12 July 2011 Salgado 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.

Other activities

References
  1. Biography, El Pais, Retrieved 10 April 2009
  2. Sarah Morris; Ben Harding. "Spain's new economy minister". Reuters. Madrid. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. Jones, Tim (November 11, 2009). "Flexible minister". European Voice. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. "Salgado Méndez, Elena". Spanish Congress (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2009.
  5. "Shuffle, shuffle". The Economist. The Economist Newspaper Limited. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. Advisory Council Trilantic Europe.
  7. AfDB Annual Report 2010 African Development Bank (AfDB).
  8. 2011 Annual Report European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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