Carlos Cuerpo Caballero

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN AND MINISTER OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND BUSINESS

Primer plano del ministro Carlos Cuerpo Caballero 

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, First Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister of Economy, Trade and Business. Academic background Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Universidad de Extremadura, 2003. Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics, 2004. Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2017. Civil Servant of the High Corps of State Economists and Trade Specialists since 2008.

Responsibilities

  • As First Vice-President of the Government of Spain, responsibility for the duties assigned by the President, including chairing the Government Delegated Committee for Economic Affairs and the Government Delegated Committee for Intelligence Affairs.
  • As Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, responsibility for the formulation and implementation of the Government’s economic policy and reform agenda to boost competitiveness and trade.

Academic Background

  • 'Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Universidad de Extremadura, 2003.
  • 'Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics, 2004.
  • 'Ph.D. in Economics from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2017.
  • 'Civil servant of the High Corps of State Economists and Trade Specialists, 2008.

Professional experience

  • First Vice-President of the Government of Spain since March 2026.
  • Minister of Economy, Trade and Business since December 2023.
  • General Secretary of the Spanish Treasury, overseeing the country’s public debt management in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and representing Spain in international institutions and fora, including the G20 and the International Monetary Fund from August 2021 until December 2023.
  • General Director of Macroeconomic Analysis, in charge of economic forecasting and research, in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation from February 2020 to August 2021.
  • Deputy General Director of Public Debt in Spain’s Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIRef), national fiscal watchdog, from May 2014 to October 2016.
  • Economic Analyst at the General Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission in Brussels from May 2011 to April 2014.
  • Economic Analyst at the General Directorate for Macroeconomic Analysis and International Economy of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness from May 2008 to April 2011.
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Presentación de Carlos Cuerpo como ministro de Economía, Comercio y Empresa 
Carlos Cuerpo recogiendo la cartera del ministerio de manos de Nadia Calviño 
Carlos Cuerpo aparece en un atril, pronunciando un discurso durante la ceremonia de traspaso de la cartera de Vicepresidencia 
Carlos Cuerpo recibe el maletín oficial de la Vicepresidencia del Gobierno de manos de María Jesús Montero​​​​​

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