Pedro Schwartz
{{Short description|Spanish economist and politician (born 1935)}}
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| caption = Pedro Schwartz in May 2019
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|1|30}}
| birth_place = Madrid
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| nationality = Spanish
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| spouse = {{marriage|Mercedes Juste Werner|1966||reason=}}
Ana Maria Bravo Zabalgoitia
| children = 4
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| alma mater = Complutense University of Madrid
London School of Economics
University of Buckingham
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| occupation = Economist, politician
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Pedro Schwartz Girón OBE (born 1935) is a Spanish economist and former politician.
Early life
Schwartz was born on 30 January 1935 in Madrid.{{Cite web|url=http://www.racmyp.es/academicos/numerarios.cfm?ac=1&id=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612113844/www.racmyp.es/academicos/numerarios.cfm?ac=1&id=13 |archive-date=2013-06-12 |publisher=Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas|title=Pedro Schwartz Girón}} His father was Juan Schwartz Díaz-Flores, a diplomat who served as Spanish ambassador in Austria and contributed to the salvation of Jews during the Holocaust.
Schwartz graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he received bachelor of arts and doctorate of law degrees.{{cite web|title=Professor Pedro Schwartz|url=http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/directory/professor-pedro-schwartz/|website=University of Buckingham|accessdate=September 24, 2016}} He received a master's degree and a PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics.{{cite web|title=Pedro Schwartz|url=http://www.cato.org/people/pedro-schwartz|website=Cato Institute|accessdate=September 24, 2016}}
Career
Schwartz is the Fundación Rafael del Pino Research Professor of Economics at CEU San Pablo University. He is also a visiting lecturer in Economics at the University of Buckingham. He serves as an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
Schwartz joined the Mont Pelerin Society in 1977.
He was a member of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (1982–1986).{{Cite web|url=http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado?idDiputado=46&idLegislatura=2|publisher=Congress of Deputies|title=Schwartz Girón, Pedro}}
Schwartz became a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas on 22 February 2005.
He served as president of the Mont Pelerin Society between 2014 and 2016.{{cite web|title=2014-2016 Board of Directors|url=https://www.montpelerin.org/2014-2016-board-of-directors/|website=Mont Pelerin Society|accessdate=September 24, 2016}}
Schwartz was made Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1990.
Personal life
Schwartz married his first wife, Mercedes Juste Werner in 1966, and had one child. He has three children with his second wife Ana Maria Bravo Zabalgoitia (born 1945).
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Category:Spanish people of German-Jewish descent
Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics
Category:Honorary officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Members of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Category:Member of the Mont Pelerin Society
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