Cristóbal Montoro, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Cristóbal Montoro

Spanish politician

Date of Birth: 28-Jul-1950

Place of Birth: Cambil, Andalusia, Spain

Profession: politician, economist, university teacher

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero (born 28 July 1950 in Cambil) is a Spanish People's Party politician.
He served as Minister of Finance and Public Administrations of Spain since 22 December 2011 until 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted the government.
His ministry was re-structured on 2016 and the competences on Public Administratios were given to the Vicepresident, and now his office is called Minister of Finance and Civil Service. He was a Member of the European Parliament for the People's Party, part of the European People's Party, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
He has represented Madrid in the Spanish Congress since 1993. He was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. He was appointed Minister of Finance by José María Aznar in April 2000, but he had to abandon the post in April 2004 when his party lost the elections.