President of the Inter-American Development Bank
In this
Spanish name
, the first or paternal
surname
is
Iglesias
and the second or maternal family name is
Garcia
.
Enrique Valentin Iglesias Garcia
(born 29 March 1930 in
Arancedo
,
Asturias
) is a Spanish-born Uruguayan economist. He served as the first president of the
Central Bank of Uruguay
from 1967 to 1969. He has also served as
Inter-American Development Bank
, an international institution dedicated to furthering
economic development
in the
Western Hemisphere
through investment and policy formulation. He was appointed as Special Adviser for Venezuela to
Federica Mogherini
, the
European Union
's
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
and
Vice-President of the European Commission
, on 28 May 2019.
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Biography
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Enrique was born in
Asturias
,
Spain
, in 1930 to Manuel Iglesias and Isabel Garcia. His parents emigrated to
Uruguay
in 1934 and Enrique was naturalized as a Uruguayan citizen, he currently holds
Uruguayan
-
Spanish
dual citizenship. By university, Iglesias had established an interest in government and economics; in 1953, he graduated from Uruguay's
Universidad de la Republica
with a degree in
economics
and business administration. After graduation, he went on to private-sector banking, which led to a term as the president of Uruguay's
Central Bank
(1967-1969).
[2]
Iglesias held a variety of influential posts, including Minister of Foreign Relations, before being elected president of the
Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB) in 1988.
[3]
During Iglesias's first and second terms as president, the IDB concluded negotiations for its Seventh (1989) and Eighth (1994) General Increase in Resources. Respectively, these negotiations increased the Bank's ordinary capital by
USD
$26.5 billion and $101 billion.
Iglesias is an honorary member in
The Club of Rome
, promoting a one world government.
[4]
He is also a member of the
Fondation Chirac
's honour committee,
[5]
ever since the foundation was launched in 2008 by former French president
Jacques Chirac
in order to promote world peace.
Political views and controversy
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Iglesias is a strong proponent of
open markets
and
multilateralism
, with a strong interest in energy reform. Under Iglesias' tenure, the IDB has received criticism about its funding of the project
[
which?
]
. In a report recently leaked by U.S. Amazon lobby group
Amazon Watch
, Peru's Ministry of Health found that "22 indigenous people died after exposure to respiratory illnesses from gas pipeline workers and 30% of the 500-strong
Nanti
tribe has died since 1995"
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. The subject is especially delicate since many of the indigenous people in question have little contact with the
developed world
and do not possess the
antibodies
to contagious diseases brought by outsiders. The IDB met in
Lima
, Peru the week of March 29, 2004 to discuss this and other problems.
Post-IDB Career
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On June 1, 2005, Iglesias announced his resignation from the IDB, effective September 30, 2005.
[2]
Later in 2005 he became secretary-general of the
Ibero-American General Secretariat
, a new organization to facilitate cooperation between Latin America, Spain, and Portugal.
[6]
Enrique Igleasias is a Member of the
Global Leadership Foundation
, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law. It does so by making available, discreetly and in confidence, the experience of former leaders to today's national leaders. It is a not-for-profit organization composed of former heads of government, senior governmental and international organization officials who work closely with Heads of Government on governance-related issues of concern to them. He is also a member of Washington D.C. based think tank, the
Inter-American Dialogue
.
[7]
Honorary degrees
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- 1991: Doctorate in Law,
Carleton University
,
Ottawa, Ontario
,
Canada
- 1994:
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
,
Guadalajara, Jalisco
,
Mexico
- 1994: Candido Mendes University,
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
- 2000: Southeastern Louisiana University,
Louisiana
,
U.S.
- 2002: Honoris Causa Degree
Universidad de las Americas Puebla
,
Cholula
,
Puebla
,
Mexico
Honours and awards
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- Prince of Asturias Prize
,
Spain
- Favorite Son
of Asturias, Spain
[8]
- Favorite Son of
Oviedo
, Spain
- Order of Rio Branco
, Brazil
- Order of the Southern Cross
, Brazil
- Grand Cross Silver, Council of the National Order of
Juan Mora Fernandez
,
Costa Rica
- Order of the
Legion of Honor
,
France
- 1987: Knight Grand Cross of the
Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic
, Spain
[9]
- Notre Dame Prize for Distinguished Public Service in Latin America,
University of Notre Dame
,
Notre Dame, Indiana
, U.S.
- 1999:
Order of Arts and Letters
of the French Republic, France
- 2000: International Order of Merit, City of
New Orleans
, Louisiana, U.S.
- 2006: Grand Cordon of the
Order of the Rising Sun
, Japan
- 2014: Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
, Spain
[10]
Professional chronology
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- 1954-1966: Managing Director, Union de Bancos del Uruguay
- 1967-1969: President,
Central Bank of Uruguay
[2]
- 1972-1985: Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (
ECLAC
)
- 1981: Secretary General, United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy (
Kenya
)
- 1985-1988: Minister of Foreign Relations, Uruguay
Published works
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Iglesias has published quite a few articles and papers. His books include:
- ECLAC and the Economic Relations of Latin America
- Perspectives on Economic Development in Latin America
[11]
- Uruguay, a Proposal for Change
- Latin America on the Threshold of the 1980s
- The Energy Challenge
- Development and Equity: The Challenge of the 1980s
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Note: Within parentheses, the year when inducted into the Order
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Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
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- 1981:
Jose Lopez Portillo
- 1982:
Enrique V. Iglesias
- 1983:
Belisario Betancur
- 1984:
Contadora group
- 1985:
Raul Alfonsin
- 1986:
University of Salamanca
and
University of Coimbra
- 1987:
Javier Perez de Cuellar
- 1988:
Oscar Arias
- 1989:
Jacques Delors
and
Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990:
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- 1991:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
- 1992:
Frederik W. de Klerk
and
Nelson Mandela
- 1993:
United Nations Blue Berets stationed in Ex-Yugoslavia
- 1994:
Yitzhak Rabin
and
Yasser Arafat
- 1995:
Mario Soares
- 1996:
Helmut Kohl
- 1997:
Government of Guatemala
and the
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
- 1998:
Emma Bonino
,
Olayinka Koso-Thomas
,
Graca Machel
,
Fatiha Boudiaf
,
Rigoberta Menchu
,
Fatana Ishaq Gailani
, and
Somaly Mam
- 1999:
Pedro Duque
,
John Glenn
,
Chiaki Mukai
, and
Valeri Polyakov
- 2000:
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- 2001:
International Space Station
- 2002: The
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
- 2003:
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
- 2004: The European Union's
Erasmus Programme
- 2005:
Simone Veil
- 2006:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- 2007:
Al Gore
- 2008:
Manhica Centre of Health Research
(Mozambique),
Ifakara Health Institute
(Tanzania),
Malaria Research and Training Centre
(Mali), and
Kintampo Health Research Centre
(Ghana)
- 2009:
World Health Organization
- 2010:
The Transplantation Society
and the Spanish
National Transplant Organization
- 2011:
Bill Drayton
- 2012:
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
- 2013:
Max Planck Society
for the Advancement of Science
- 2014:
Fulbright Program
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