Blas Calzada Terrados

Blas Calzada Terrados (8 June 1937 – 17 February 2018), was a Spanish economist.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Calzada and the second or maternal family name is Terrados.
Blas Calzada Terrados
President of Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores
In office
22 September 2001 – 6 October 2004
Preceded byPilar Valiente Calvo
Succeeded byManuel Conthe Gutiérrez
Chairman of Instituto Nacional de Estadística
In office
1977–1979
Preceded byAndrés Fernández Díaz
Succeeded byJosé Montes Fernández
Personal details
Born(1937-06-08)8 June 1937
Valladolid, Spain
Died17 February 2018(2018-02-17) (aged 80)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Valladolid
OccupationEconomist

He studied at the Zorrilla Institute of Valladolid, graduated in Economics and began studying Political Science at the University of Valladolid. He studied two years in Paris: Marxist economics and in the second year Planning Techniques and National Accounting. Through a grant from the French Ministry of Finance Calzada worked in the Center of Assistance to Foreign Officials (ASTEF).

He was hired by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) to draft the Technical Report of Revenue. He later approved the exams for the newly created Research Service of the Bank of Spain where he stayed for three years, after which he worked for seven years as an advisor and executive in different companies, mainly in the food sector. He was one of the founders of the economy magazine Cambio 16.

He was Director General of the INE between 1977 and 1979, period in which he participated in the drafting of the economic plan of the Moncloa Pacts. After this period he was hired by the Trade Union Board of the Bolsa de Madrid as Director of the Economic Studies Service and was subsequently appointed Chairman of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) between 22 September 2001 and 6 October 2004.[1]

Later he held the chairmanship of the Technical Advisory Committee of the IBEX 35 (CAT) [2]and president of the La Salle Innovation Park.

References
  1. Blas Calzada sustituirá a Pilar Valiente al frente de la CNMV (in Spanish)
  2. Ley de Estabilidad Presupuestaria (in Spanish)
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