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Rodrigo Rato (Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo) was born on 18 March, 1949 in Madrid, Spain, is a Spanish politician and banker. Discover Rodrigo Rato's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo
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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 18 March 1949
Birthday 18 March
Birthplace Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spain

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1949

Rodrigo de Rato y Figaredo (born 18 March 1949) is a banker, politician and convicted felon who served in the Council of Ministers of Spain from 1996 to 2004.

1967

He is the great-grandson of politician Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro y Díaz-Argüelles and the son of businessman Ramón Rato who was jailed in 1967 for tax evasion to Switzerland through his Banco Siero, and of Aurora Figaredo Sela.

Both the Rato and the Figaredo sides of his family owned industries and nobility titles.

Rato attended a Jesuit school Our Lady of Remembrance College, Madrid before studying law in the Complutense University.

1971

In 1971 Rato went to University of California, Berkeley, and received an MBA in 1974 from the Haas School of Business.

1975

In 1975 Rato became involved in the family business, first in Fuensanta, an Asturian mineral water company, and then in two Madrid construction firms.

He also became involved in expanding the Cadena Rato chain of radio stations.

1977

In 1977 Rato joined the newly formed Popular Alliance (AP), a party containing former ministers of Franco, founded by Manuel Fraga, a close personal friend of his father.

1978

During these years he also continued his business career in Aguas de Fuensanta; having previously been the CEO of the company from 1978 to 1982, he served as chairman from 1985 to 1991.

1979

In December 1979 Rato was elected to the national executive committee, and became secretary of the AP economic commission.

1981

In February 1981 he became one of the party's five Secretaries-General, and was considered to be their economic expert.

He supported tight controls on public spending, and an emphasis on the supply side of economics.

1982

In October 1982 he won election as an AP member of the Congress of Deputies for Cádiz in spite of having no connection to this Andalucian town.

The 1982 election handed a loss to the AP, and marked the beginning of the long rule of the PSOE and Felipe González.

1984

Until 1984 Rato was the Secretary of the parliamentary group.

He then became their economic affairs spokesman where he impressed the party with his attacks on the PSOE's economic policies.

He was seen to be on the liberal wing of the party.

1986

When Fraga resigned from the leadership in December 1986 Rato backed Miguel Herrero y Rodríguez de Miñón who lost the leadership race to Antonio Hernández Mancha, but managed to keep his positions within the party.

1989

He represented the area until 1989 and subsequently represented Madrid from 1989 to 2000.

In June 1989 Fraga again became interim President after the generally acknowledged failure of the leadership of Hernández Mancha.

The party became the slightly more inclusive People's Party (PP).

Rato was given shared responsibility over the elections with Francisco Álvarez-Cascos Fernández, the new party Secretary General.

He was a close supporter of José María Aznar, who was voted as the new PP leader on 4 September.

On 29 October, the PP lost the general election, though his role in the campaign gave him national prominence.

Afterwards he was appointed party spokesman.

1990

On 2 April 1990 his father sold the family stake in Cadena Rato for 5 billion pesetas.

1991

In June 1991 he stopped being President of Fuensanta, but remained on the board until 1993.

On 6 June that year the PP lost another general election to PSOE.

1996

In the 12th National Congress in January 1996 he was confirmed as one of the three vice secretaries of the party.

Then on 3 March 1996 the PP won the general election.

On 4 May Aznar became Prime Minister of Spain, and on 6 May Rato became both second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance.

2000

On 12 March 2000 the PP won again, this time with an absolute majority.

2004

He also served as the ninth managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2004 to 2007 and the president of Bankia from 2010 to 2012.

2015

Rato was arrested on 16 April 2015 for alleged fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

His case was still awaiting trial a year later when his name appeared in the Panama Papers.

Despite his prior assurances that he did not own companies in tax havens, apparently he used two offshore companies to avoid taxes on millions of euros kept overseas.

It has been alleged that he owes taxes to both the Spanish and Panamanian governments.

2017

On 23 February 2017, Rato was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to 4½ years' imprisonment.

2018

In September 2018, the sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Spain, and Rato entered prison on 25 October 2018.

Rodrigo de Rato was born in Madrid, into a rich textile-owning family from Asturias.