Miguel Boyer Salvador
 Miguel Boyer Salvador    (economist, politician) | |
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| Born | 5 February 1939 St. Jean de Luz, France |
| Died | Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Children | 4 |
| Spouse | • Elena Arnedo • Isabel Preysler |
| Member of | Delors committee |
| Party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
Spanish politician and crony capitalist. A member of the Bilderberg-dominated Delors committee, created to advance the creation of European monetary union, he introduced the discussion on Greater Political And Monetary Union Of Europe: European Sovereignty? at the 1989 Bilderberg.
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Miguel Boyer Salvador was a Spanish economist and politician. A member of the Bilderberg-dominated Delors committee, created to advance the creation of European monetary union, he introduced the discussion on Greater Political And Monetary Union Of Europe: European Sovereignty? at the 1989 Bilderberg.[1]
An economist, he was from an early date a member of right wing of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Known colloquially in the years of Felipe González's government as the "superminister", he advocated a liberal economic policy. After his departure from government, he was closely associated with the political clan of the so-called "beautiful people", a social group composed of personalities from the financial and business world who prospered economically under the various socialist governments of Felipe González.
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Background
He was born on February 5, 1939 in the French town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz,[2] where his family had settled as a result of the Spanish Civil War. His father was an industrial engineer close to Manuel Azaña. Later the family returned to Spain, with the Franco government in place. He studied at the French Lyceum in Madrid. He graduated in Physical Sciences and Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid, being the first in his class.[3]
Pre-political career
After finishing his degree in Physics, he worked at the Spanish Nuclear Energy Board, from which he was dismissed following his imprisonment. He then completed the Economics degree that ended in 1969. He then worked as a professor at the School of Telecommunications Engineers, and later joined the Studies Service of the Bank of Spain and the Studies Service of the National Institute of Industry (INI), being appointed director of the latter organization in 1974. He left the INI, after the resignation of Francisco Fernández Ordóñez at the helm of it, and worked as Director of Planning and Studies of the National Institute of Hydrocarbons in 1981. He was also director of planning of the Union Explosivos Rio Tinto group (ERT).[4]
Political activity
During his university period, at the end of the 1950s, he began to get involved in political activities. In 1960 he joined the Madrid section of the then clandestine Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[5] He was imprisoned for several months for his political activism in 1962, accused of illegal propaganda and illicit association.[3]
Located on the right wing of the PSOE,[5] he would leave the party due to differences regarding its economic position.[5] He soon returned to the ranks of the PSOE and, in 1979, was elected deputy in the legislative elections for the province of Jaén, although he resigned from his seat in September 1980 for his position against the validity of Marxism in the party.
After the overwhelming socialist victory in October 1982, he was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance by Felipe González on December 3, 1982. González chose Boyer and Carlos Solchaga to head the economic area of the government and lead the necessary changes to accede to the then European Economic Community.[6].[7] He soon amassed large power.
Attached economic liberalism, Boyer had conflicts with other ministers and senior government officials not so convinced of the supposed benefits of privatization of the public sector of goods and services. He resigned from his position on July 6, 1985, after the general strike of June 20 of the same year over the pension reform, and for his disagreements in economic matters with Vice President Alfonso Guerra, who tended to oppose Boyer's approaches, despite the fact that he normally was supported in his decisions by Felipe González.[8]
After government
After leaving the government he was appointed president of the Banco Exterior de España, a position he held for some time. Subsequently, he moved to the private sector and held management positions in different companies.
After marrying the socialite Isabel Preysler, he began to frequent the social circles of the so-called "beautiful people" in the company of minister Carlos Solchaga, being frequently photographed by the press at high society parties in Madrid and Marbella.[9]
In 1994 he was punctuated by the Ibercorp affair, a financial scandal that also affected close people such as Mariano Rubio or Carlos Solchaga.[9] Although Boyer ended up getting out unscathed, the Ibercorp case fed among Spanish public opinion the feeling of a "marked permeability of the socialist government to the influence of certain minorities that exhibited a sudden enrichment, accommodation and ways of beautiful people."[10] In February 1996, already far removed from the PSOE, he requested his discharge as member and showed his public support for José María Aznar's economic program.[11]
He married in 1964 with the gynecologist Elena Arnedo, with whom he had two children - Laura Carlota and Miguel -; the couple divorced in 1985. Three years later, in January 1988, he married for the second time the socialite [[Isabel Preysler]. Preysler and Boyer had a daughter, Ana Isabel Boyer Preysler, born on April 18, 1989.
Last years
On February 27, 2012, he suffered a stroke for which he remained hospitalized for almost two months. He returned to a normal life and reappeared regularly in society.[12]
On September 29, 2014, he died at the Ruber Internacional hospital in Madrid due to a pulmonary embolism.
A disciple of Karl Popper and attached to liberal approaches within the ideology of the PSOE, Boyer was a firm supporter of the privatization of the public sector of goods and services. He is considered one of the architects of the liberalization of the Spanish economy after the 1975 transition.[13]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1989 | 12 May 1989 | 14 May 1989 | Spain La Toja Island Galicia | 37th Bilderberg meeting, 110 guests |
References
- ↑ File:Bilderberg-Conference-Report-1989.pdf
- ↑ http://www.elpais.com/todo-sobre/persona/Miguel/Boyer/Salvador/2872/
- ↑ a b http://www.fpabloiglesias.es/archivo-y-biblioteca/diccionario-biografico/biografias/15497_boyer-salvador-miguel
- ↑ https://www.elcomercio.es/politica/201409/29/miguel-boyer-superministro-psoe-20140929185432.html
- ↑ a b c Smith, Angel (2017). Historical Dictionary of Spain. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. page 117
- ↑ https://elpais.com/economia/2014/09/29/actualidad/1411994485_230654.html
- ↑ Rivasés, Jesús (1991). Mariano Rubio. Los secretos del Banco de España. Madrid: Temas de Hoy.
- ↑ Iglesias, María Antonia (2003). La memoria recuperada. Aguilar. ISBN 9788403093553.
- ↑ a b Rabanal, Hayley (2011). Belén Gopegui: The Pursuit of Solidarity in Post-transition Spain. Woodbridge: Tamesis. p. 85.
- ↑ Ruiz, David (2002). La España democrática (1975-2000). Política y sociedad. Madrid: Síntesis. p.100
- ↑ https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/100258/nacional/miguel-boyer-el-superministro-que-dejo-de-sentirse-socialista.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231721/http://www.vanitatis.com/noticias/2013/01/29/miguel-boyer-reaparece-en-sociedad-once-meses-despues-de-sufrir-un-ictus-22657
- ↑ https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/100258/nacional/miguel-boyer-el-superministro-que-dejo-de-sentirse-socialista.html
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