Miguel Sebastián Gascón

Miguel Sebastián Gascón (Madrid, 13 May 1957) is a Spanish politician and economist. He was a former member of the Spanish cabinet serving as Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism between 2008 and 2011.

Miguel Sebastián in 2010.

He has been Zapatero's personal economic adviser since 2004. Before that he was a professor at the Complutense University of Madrid.

On October 25, 2006 he was personally chosen by Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero as socialist candidate for the Madrid Mayoral elections in 2007[1] however he lost to the People's Party (PP) former Mayor of Madrid Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.

Electric vehicles

In 2008, as Minister of Industry, Sebastián announced the Spanish government was implementing a plan to help put 1 million electric cars on the road by 2014, as part of the government's plan to save energy and boost energy efficiency, stating "the electric vehicle is the future and the engine of an industrial revolution",[2]

See also

References
  1. ElPais.es. "Miguel Sebastián será el candidato del PSOE a la alcaldía de Madrid" (in Spanish).
  2. "Spain to Put 1 million Electric Cars on the Road". Reuters. 2008-07-30. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
Preceded by
Joan Clos		 Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism
2008 – 2011		 Succeeded by
José Manuel Soria


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