José Luis Escrivá
José Luis Escrivá | |
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Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 71st Governor of the Bank of Spain | |
| Assumed office 6 September 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Pablo Hernández de Cos |
| Minister for Digital Transformation and Civil Service | |
| In office 21 November 2023 – 6 September 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Nadia Calviño (Digital Transformation) María Jesús Montero (Civil Service) |
| Succeeded by | Óscar López Águeda |
| Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 21 November 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | Magdalena Valerio (Labour, Migration and Social Security) |
| Succeeded by | Elma Saiz |
| Chairman of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility | |
| In office 22 February 2014 – 13 January 2020 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy (2014–2018) Pedro Sánchez (2018–2020) |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Cristina Herrero |
| Chairman of the EU Independent Fiscal Institutions Network | |
| In office 24 September 2015 – 7 November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Seamus Coffey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Luis Escrivá Belmonte 12 May 1960 Albacete, Spain |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | María del Carmen García de la Osa |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Economist • Politician |
| Awards | Bachelor's Degree Extraordinary Award |
José Luis Escrivá Belmonte (pronounced [xoseˈlwis eskɾiˈβa]; born 5 December 1960) is a Spanish economist currently serving as governor of the Bank of Spain since 2024. Previously, he served as minister of Digital Transformation and Civil Service and as minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, both under Pedro Sánchez.
Before entering in politics, Escrivá had important roles in the Spanish and European fiscal oversight bodies, such as Spain's Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (2014–2020) and the European Union Independent Fiscal Institutions Network (2015–2019). Likewise, he has served as Head of the Monetary Policy Division of the European Central Bank (1999–2004) and as Chief Representative for the Americas at the Basel-based Bank for International Settlements (2012–2014).
In the private sector, Escrivá worked from 2004 to 2012 at the BBVA banking group, first as its global Chief-Economist and Director of the Research Department, and from 2010 as the Managing Director responsible for Global Public Finance.