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{{Short description|President of the Inter-American Development Bank}}
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{{family name hatnote|Iglesias|García|lang=Spanish}}
[[Image:Enrique V Iglesias 2.jpg|right|thumb|Enrique V. Iglesias]]
'''Enrique Valentín Iglesias García''' (born 29 March 1930 in [[Arancedo]], [[Asturias]]) is a Spanish-Uruguayan economist. He served as the first president of the [[Central Bank of Uruguay]] from 1967 to 1969. He has also served as President of the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] from 1988 to 2005, 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 of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy|High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy]] and [[Vice-President of the European Commission]], on 28 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/63282/federica-mogherini-appoints-enrique-iglesias-special-adviser-venezuela_en|title=Federica Mogherini appoints Enrique Iglesias as Special Adviser for Venezuela}}</ref>
==Biography==
Enrique was born in [[Asturias]], [[Spain]], in 1930 to Manuel Iglesias and Isabel García. His parents emigrated to [[Uruguay]] in 1934 and Enrique was naturalized as a Uruguayan citizen, he currently holds [[Uruguay]]an-[[Spain|Spanish]] dual citizenship. By university, Iglesias had established an interest in government and economics; in 1953, he graduated from Uruguay's [[Universidad de la República]] 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 of Uruguay|Central Bank]] (1967-1969).<ref name="monetarypolicy">{{cite web|url=https://www.bcu.gub.uy/Comunicaciones/Jornadas%20de%20Economa/iees03j3180803.pdf|title=Reglas versus Discrecionalidad: La Política Monetaria en Uruguay entre 1920 y 2000|author=Diego Aboal and Gabriel Oddone|website=Banco Central del Uruguay}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/i/iglesias_garcia.htm |title=Biografia de Enrique Valentín Iglesias García |language=es|work=Biografias y Vidas |year=2007 |access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref>
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 [[Club of Rome|The Club of Rome]], promoting a one world government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/people/honorary_members2.asp |title=THE CLUB OF ROME - Honorary Members |access-date=2011-05-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607150449/http://www.clubofrome.org/eng/people/honorary_members2.asp |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref>
He is also a member of the [[Jacques Chirac Foundation for Sustainable Development and Cultural Dialogue|Fondation Chirac]]'s honour committee,<ref>[http://www.fondationchirac.eu/en/foundation/honour-committee/ Fondation Chirac's honour committee]</ref> 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 market]]s and [[multilateralism]], with a strong interest in energy reform. Under Iglesias' tenure, the IDB has received criticism about its funding of the project{{which|date=April 2014}}. 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"{{Quote without source|date=2022-06-27}}. 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==
On June 1, 2005, Iglesias announced his resignation from the IDB, effective September 30, 2005. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/business/newsid_4598000/4598047.stm] 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.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://segib.org/ |title=Al servicio de la comunidad Iberoamericana |language=es |work=Secretaría General Iberoamericano |year=2011 |access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref>
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedialogue.org/experts/enrique-iglesias/|title=Inter-American Dialogue {{!}} Enrique Iglesias|website=www.thedialogue.org|access-date=2017-04-12}}</ref>
==Honorary degrees==
* 1991: Doctorate in Law, [[Carleton University]], [[Ottawa|Ottawa, Ontario]], [[Canada]]
* 1994: [[Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara]], [[Guadalajara, Jalisco]], [[Mexico]]
* 1994: Cândido Mendes University, [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
* 2000: Southeastern Louisiana University, [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]]
* 2002: Honoris Causa Degree [[Universidad de las Américas Puebla]], [[San Andrés Cholula, Puebla|Cholula]], [[Puebla]], [[Mexico]]
==Honours and awards==
[[File:Coat of Arms of Enrique Valentín Iglesias.svg|thumb|right|150px|Coat of arms as knight of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]].]]
* [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Prize]], [[Spain]]
* [[Favorite Son]] of Asturias, Spain<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fpa.es/premios/1982/enrique-v-iglesias/ |title=Enrique V. Iglesias, Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Cooperación Internacional 1982 |language=es |work=Fundación Príncipe de Asturias |year=2011 |access-date=30 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323215419/http://www.fpa.es/premios/1982/enrique-v-iglesias/ |archive-date=23 March 2010 }}</ref>
* 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 Fernández]], [[Costa Rica]]
* Order of the [[Legion of Honor]], [[France]]
* 1987: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic]], Spain<ref>'''Spanish:''' {{cite web |title=MINISTERIO DE ASUNTOS EXTERIORES |url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/11/17/pdfs/A34218-34218.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092301/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/11/17/pdfs/A34218-34218.pdf |archive-date=2014-04-07 |access-date=2013-07-20}} [[Boletín Oficial del Estado|BOE]] 17-11-87, Spanish Official Journal (accessed on April 4, 2014)</ref>
* 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<ref>'''Spanish:''' [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2014/03/29/pdfs/BOE-A-2014-3401.pdf]  [[Boletín Oficial del Estado|BOE]] 14-03-29, Spanish Official Journal (accessed on March 30, 2014)</ref>
==Professional chronology==
* 1954-1966: Managing Director, Unión de Bancos del Uruguay
* 1967-1969: President, [[Central Bank of Uruguay]]<ref name="monetarypolicy"/>
* 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==
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''<ref>{{cite book|author=Enrique V. Iglesias|title=Reflexiones sobre el desarrollo económico: hacia un nuevo consenso latinoamericano|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_xCAAAAYAAJ|date=1 January 1992|publisher=Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo|isbn=978-0-940602-51-9}}</ref>
* ''Uruguay, a Proposal for Change''
* ''Latin America on the Threshold of the 1980s''
* ''The Energy Challenge''
* ''Development and Equity: The Challenge of the 1980s''
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.iadb.org/aboutus/iv/ma_EVI.cfm?language=English IDB: Enrique Iglesias] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429093213/http://www.iadb.org/aboutus/iv/ma_EVI.cfm?language=English |date=2016-04-29 }}
* {{C-SPAN|3956}}
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{{Members of the Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece}}
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