José Folgado | |
Term Start1: | 2007 |
Term End1: | 2012 |
Predecessor1: | María del Valle de la Poza |
Successor1: | Jesús Moreno García |
Office2: | Deputy of Congress |
Constituency2: | Zamora |
Term Start2: | 2000 |
Term End2: | 2008 |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1944 |
Birth Place: | Morales del Rey, Castile and León, Spain |
Death Place: | Madrid, Spain |
Death Cause: | COVID-19 |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Party: | People's Party |
José Folgado Blanco (3 April 1944 – 23 March 2020) was a Spanish businessman, economist and politician.
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[1] and from 2004 to 2008,[2] representing Zamora; as mayor of Tres Cantos from 2007 to 2012.[3]
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.[4]
He died on 23 March 2020 of COVID-19 at the age of 75.[5]