| Cristóbal Montoro | |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Most Excellent |
| Office: | Minister of Finance and Civil Service |
| Primeminister: | Mariano Rajoy |
| Term Start: | 4 November 2016 |
| Term End: | 1 June 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Himself |
| Successor: | María Jesús Montero Meritxell Batet |
| Office1: | Minister of Finance and Public Administrations |
| Primeminister1: | Mariano Rajoy |
| Monarch1: | Juan Carlos I Felipe VI |
| Term Start1: | 22 December 2011 |
| Term End1: | 4 November 2016 |
| Predecessor1: | Elena Salgado Manuel Chaves |
| Successor1: | Himself Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría |
| Office2: | Minister of Finance |
| Primeminister2: | José María Aznar |
| Monarch2: | Juan Carlos I |
| Term Start2: | 28 April 2000 |
| Term End2: | 18 April 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Rodrigo Rato |
| Successor2: | Pedro Solbes |
| Office3: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
| Term Start3: | 13 January 2016 |
| Term End3: | 21 May 2019 |
| Term Start4: | 13 December 2011 |
| Term End4: | 13 January 2016 |
| Constituency4: | Seville |
| Term Start5: | 1 April 2008 |
| Term End5: | 13 December 2011 |
| Term Start6: | 28 March 2000 |
| Term End6: | 2 July 2004 |
| Term Start7: | 21 June 1993 |
| Term End7: | 28 May 1996 |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Cambil, Spain |
| Party: | People's Party |
| Alma Mater: | Autonomous University of Madrid |
Cristóbal Ricardo Montoro Romero (born 28 July 1950 in Cambil) is a Spanish politician. Hs is a member of the Spanish People's Party. He served as Minister of Finance and Public Administrations of Spain from 22 December 2011 until 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence against Mariano Rajoy ousted his government.[1] His ministry was re-structured in 2016 and the responsibilities of Public Administration were given to the vice president. The office was renamed Minister of Finance and Civil Service.
He was a Member of the European Parliament for the People's Party, part of the European People's Party, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. He has represented Madrid in the Spanish Congress since 1993.
He was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, a member of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute for the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
He was appointed Minister of Finance by José María Aznar in April 2000, but he had to abandon the post in April 2004 when his party lost the elections.
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