1. Miguel Boyer was a Spanish economist and politician, who served as minister of economy, treasury and commerce from 1982 to 1985.
18 Facts About Miguel Boyer
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Miguel Boyer was a graduate of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid where he studied economics.
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Miguel Boyer received a degree in physics from the same university.
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Miguel Boyer served as the director of planning for the Union Explosivos Rio Tinto and later as a senior economist at the Bank of Spain.
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Miguel Boyer became the deputy director of the national industrial institute and then its director in 1974.
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Miguel Boyer joined the Socialist Party as part of its social democrat wing in 1960.
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Miguel Boyer helped Felipe Gonzalez to form a faction in the party in the mid-1970s.
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Miguel Boyer was a member of the Congress of Deputies, representing Jaen Province, and economic spokesperson of the party.
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Miguel Boyer was appointed minister of economy, treasury and commerce to the first cabinet of Felipe Gonzalez on 2 December 1982.
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However, in a cabinet reshuffle in July 1985 Miguel Boyer was removed from office and was succeeded by Carlos Solchaga in the post.
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Shortly after leaving office Miguel Boyer was named as the chief executive of the Banco Exterior de Espana and next of the investment company, Cartera Central.
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In May 2010, Miguel Boyer was appointed board member to the Hispania Racing Team.
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Miguel Boyer assumed the post of finance director and advisor to the team.
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Miguel Boyer was not sentenced, but Rubio was sentenced to jail.
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Miguel Boyer encouraged the economic integration of Spain into the European Union.
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Miguel Boyer divorced his first wife, gynecologist Elena Arnedo, to wed a socialite, Isabel Preysler, in 1987.
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Miguel Boyer had a son and a daughter with his first wife.
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Miguel Boyer died of a pulmonary embolism after being admitted to the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid on 29 September 2014.