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The Financial Stability Board: Unlocking the Black BoxHigh-Level Panel on the Governance of the Financial Stability Board
Pedro Solbes
Former EU Commissioner of Economic and Monetary Affairs and former Finance Minister of Spain
Pedro Solbes is currently second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance in Spain. Solbes has served in two ministries under Gonzalez; firstly as Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries 1991-1993 and secondly as Minister of Economic and Financial Affairs in 1993-1996. In September 1999 he became the European Commissioner of Economic and Monetary Affairs–a particularly challenging post given the imminent entry into the European Union of 10 new member states. During his time in the European Commission, Solbes was charged with overseeing the rules underpinning Europe’s single currency. From 1968-1973 he was Regional sub-delegate and delegate for Trade in Valencia and between 1973 and 1978 he formed part of the Spanish Mission to the European Community. From 1978 to 1979 he was advisor to President Calvo Sotelo on relations between Spain and the European Community. Pedro Solbes played an important part in the negotiations for Spanish accession to the European Community. In 1985, he was appointed by President Felipe Gonzalez Spanish Secretary of State for Relations with the EC. Pedro Solbes was born in Pinoso (a village in the province of Alicante).He has a degree in European Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and a Doctorate in Political Science and degree in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.