José Folgado Blanco (3 April 1944 – 23 March 2020) was a Spanish businessman, economist and politician.
Biography
He was a member of the People's Party. He served as president of Red Eléctrica de España from 2012 to 2018; as Deputy of Congress in 2000 and from 2004 to 2008, representing Zamora; as mayor of Tres Cantos from 2007 to 2012.
Folgado also was Secretary of State for Budgets and Expenses between 1996 and 2000; for Economy, Energy and SMEs between 2000 and 2002; and for Energy, Industrial Development and SMEs since 2002 until 2004.
He died on 23 March 2020 of COVID-19 at the age of 75.
Honors
Order of Isabella the Catholic (Knight Grand Cross. 2004)
References
1944 births
2020 deaths
Members of the 7th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 8th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Spanish economists Politicians from Castile and León 20th-century Spanish politicians 21st-century Spanish politicians People's Party (Spain) politicians Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Madrid Autonomous University of Madrid alumni People from the Province of Zamora Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Spanish business executives Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain Mayors of places in the Community of Madrid Secretaries of State of Spain