Luis Carlos Croissier

Luis Carlos Croissier Batista (born 1950) is a Spanish politician and executive. He served as Minister of Industry and Energy from 1986 to 1988.

Luis Carlos Croissier
Croissier in January 1987
President of the CNMV
In office
1988–1996
Minister of Industry and Energy
In office
1986–1988
President of the INI
In office
1984–1986
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
17 February 1983 – 23 April 1983
ConstituencyMadrid
Personal details
Born (1950-08-18) 18 August 1950
Arucas, Spain
CitizenshipSpanish
Political partyCommunist Party of Spain
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
OccupationPolitician, economist, business executive, civil servant

Biography

He was born on 18 August 1950 in Arucas,[1] in the Canary Islands. He moved to the mainland to take his university studies and graduated in Economics at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he became a member of the clandestine Communist Party of Spain (PCE).[2][3] Croissier, who went on to Paris to further continue post-graduate studies in Economics, returned to Spain in 1974 and joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[3] After the death of the dictator, Croissier joined the High Corps of Technicians in Civil Administration.[3]

Croissier, who had run as candidate in the PSOE list vis-à-vis the 1982 general election, became a member of the Congress of Deputies in 1983, covering the vacant seat for Madrid left in the lower house by Francisco Fernández Ordóñez.[4] He soon renounced to the seat and was replaced by Manuel Abejón Adámez.[5]

Considered to be close to Carlos Solchaga,[6] Croissier became the President of the Instituto Nacional de Industria (INI) in 1984.[2] During his mandate the privatisation of the public sector accelerated.[2]

Appointed as Minister of Industry and Energy of the second González cabinet, he was sworn in on July 1986, at 35 years old.[1][n. 1] After his ministerial rule, he served for 8 years (1988–1996) as the first president of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the financial regulator of the securities markets in Spain.[8]

He has been a member of the Board of Directors of companies such as Adolfo Domínguez, Eolia, High Tech Hoteles, Jazztel, Repsol YPF and Alantra.[9]

Notes
  1. At the time he was the brother-in-law of the then wife of Josep Borrell.[7]

References
  1. "Los ministros de cada inicio de legislatura". El País. 3 November 2016.
  2. "Luis Carlos Croissier". El País. 26 July 1986.
  3. J.G.H (21 August 2011). "Ministro a los 36". La Provincia.
  4. "Croissier Batista, Luis Carlos. II Legislatura (1982-1986)". Congress of Deputies.
  5. "Abejón Adámez, Manuel. II Legislatura (1982-1986)". Congress of Deputies.
  6. Rodríguez Teruel 2006, p. 259.
  7. Rodríguez Teruel 2006, p. 353.
  8. Pozo, Manuel del (13 July 2012). "Luis Carlos Croissier, impulsor de la reconversión industrial". Expansión.
  9. "El ex ministro de Industria Luis Carlos Croissier, nuevo presidente de Adveo". Europa Press. 28 September 2016.

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