The vice president of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), Ángel Torres Torres, passed away this Saturday at the age of 70, as confirmed by the regulatory body this Sunday in a statement.
With extensive experience within the Spanish public administration, Torres had been vice president of the CNMC since June 2020 and presided over the Regulatory Supervision Chamber.
Born on July 14, 1953 in Barcelona and with a degree in Economics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ??Torres belonged to the Superior Corps of State Commercial Technicians and Economists.
The first vice president and acting Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, has “deeply” regretted the death of the vice president of the National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC), Ángel Torres, who was “a great economist with deep sense of public service.
Torres had extensive international experience, as he had been executive director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group, as well as Economic and Commercial Counselor in the permanent representation of Spain in the OECD and chief counselor of the Office Economic and Commercial at the Spanish Embassy in Rome.
Within the Spanish public administration, he held the posts of General Secretary for Economic Policy and Defense of Competition, General Director of Economic Policy and General Director of Planning at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Likewise, he was deputy general director of Studies and head of the Balance of Payments Service at the Secretary of State for Commerce and deputy director and advisory member of Multilateral Financial Institutions at the Secretary of State for Economy and Business Support.
From the CNMC they have highlighted “the privilege” that has meant having “his great professional category, insurmountable technical background, ability to combine positions and his unmatched vocation for public service, which led him to be in charge of the vice presidency with all his energy until the last moment”.
In addition, they have ensured that their “strategic vision” was key in these years “to address the regulation of complex sectors such as energy, telecommunications or transport, among others.”
