Minister of Economy, Trade and Business

 

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero, 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.

Professional experience

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Business since December 2023, Carlos Cuerpo is responsible for the design and implementation of economic and trade policies in continental Europe’s fourth largest economy.
• 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 until August 2021.
• Deputy General Director of Public Debt in Spain’s Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIRef), national fiscal watchdog, from May 2014 until October 2016.
• Economic Analyst at the General Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Commission in Brussels from May 2011 until April 2014.

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