Enrique Fuentes Quintana
Enrique Fuentes Quintana | |
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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 Madrid, Spain | (aged 82)
Nationality | Spanish |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Enrique Fuentes Quintana (13 December 1924 – 6 June 2007) was a significant 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[]
Quintana 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[]
Quintana taught economics at different universities, namely the University of Valladolid (1956 – 1958), the University of Complutense in 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]
He was appointed deputy prime minister for economy to the cabinet led by prime minister Adolfo Suárez in 1977.[6] Quintana developed a rationalization programme in 1977 which constituted the basis for Spain to have an opportunity to be granted EEC membership.[7] He was in office until 22 February 1979 when he resigned from office due to his marginalization in the cabinet.[8] Quintana tried to follow the promises of the structural reforms in economy which were included in the Moncloa Pacts.[9] These reforms required to reduce the production of steel and to nationalize the production of electricity among the others.[8] However, Quintana's initiatives were not backed by conservatives supporting the cabinet, leading to his resignation.[8] Fernando Abril Martorell succeeded him as deputy prime minister.[8] Quintana's resignation was one of the reasons for the cabinet to adopt much more right-wing policies.[9] After leaving office Quintana returned to teaching post and became emeritus professor at UNED.[9]
In 1989 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for social sciences.[10]
Death[]
Quintana died of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 82 in Madrid on 6 June 2007.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Muere Enrique Fuentes Quintana, figura clave de la Transición". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "El mundo económico despide con elogios a Enrique Fuentes Quintana". El Diario (in Spanish). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Omar G. Encarnación (15 July 2008). Spanish Politics: Democracy After Dictatorship. Polity. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-7456-3993-2.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Christian Leitz; David J. Dunthorn (1999). Spain in an International Context, 1936-1959. New York: Berghahn Books. p. 316. ISBN 9781571819567.
- ^ Francisco Comin (January 2006). "Reaching a political consensus for tax reform in Spain" (PDF). International Studies Program. Working Papers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ^ Joseph Harrison (October 2006). "Economic crisis and democratic consolidation in Spain, 1973-82" (PDF). Working Papers in Economic History.
- ^ Andrew Graham; Anthony Seldon (1991). Government and Economies in the Postwar World: Economic Policies and Comparative Performance, 1945-85. Routledge. ISBN 9780415072885.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Paul Preston (1990). The Triumph of Democracy in Spain. London: Routledge. p. 140. ISBN 9780415043144.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Eamonn Rodgers; Valerie Rodgers, eds. (1999). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (PDF). London: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 0-415-13187-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Enrique Fuentes Quintana. Prince of Asturias Award for social sciences 1989". Asturias Awards. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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