Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Ordóñez.

Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez is a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialist Workers' Party and current Governor of the Bank of Spain. He is the younger brother of Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, also a Socialist politician, and he is married to Inés Alberdi.

He was born in Madrid in 1945, he graduated in Law and Economic Science in the Complutense University of Madrid. He belongs to the Cuerpo de Técnicos Comerciales and State Economists.

He was secretary of State for the Economy, secretary of State for Commerce and Executive director of the International Monetary Fund. In 1992 he was appointed president of the Court of Defense of the Competition. Between 1995 and 1999 he was president of the Commission of the National Electric System. Between 2004 and March 2006 he was secretary of state for Internal Revenue. On March 10 he was appointed Counsellor of the Bank of Spain and member of its Executive Commission.

Cadena SER announced that Fernández Ordóñez would succeed Jaime Caruana as Governor of the Bank of Spain in July 2006 when Caruana finished his term. Minister of Economy and Finance Pedro Solbes confirmed this decision on June 21, 2006.

Sources

• Note on the announcement of the appointment as Governor of the Bank of Spain
• In Spanish

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Name	Fernandez Ordonez, Miguel Angel
Alternative names	MAFO
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Date of birth	1945
Place of birth	Madrid
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