| Office: | Minister of Industry and Energy |
| Primeminister: | Felipe González Márquez |
| Predecessor: | Claudio Aranzadi |
| Successor: | Josep Piqué |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 1996 |
| Office1: | Minister for Public Administration |
| Primeminister1: | Felipe González Márquez |
| Predecessor1: | Joaquín Almunia |
| Term Start1: | 1991 |
| Term End1: | 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Bilbao |
| Party: | PSOE |
| Alma Mater: | University of Deusto |
| Nationality: | Spanish |
Juan Manuel Eguiagaray (born 1945) is a Spanish economist, academic, businessman and retired politician. He served as the minister of industry and energy from 1993 to 1996.
Eguiagaray was born into a family of Basque origin in Bilbao in 1945.[1] [2] He received degrees in economics and law from the University of Deusto in Bilbao[3] and holds a PhD degree in economics.[1]
From 1970 to 1982 Eguiagaray taught economics at the University of Deusto.[4] In the 1970s he entered politics and became a member of the PSOE.[1] He was also named a member of the PSOE's executive committee.[5] He was elected to the Spanish Parliament,[1] representing Murcia province. He was named the minister for public administration in 1991 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Felipe Gonzales replacing Joaquín Almunia in the post.[6] He served in the post until 1993 when he was appointed minister for industry and energy in a cabinet reshuffle[7] and replaced Claudio Aranzadi in the post.[8] Eguiagaray was in office until 1996[1] and retired from politics in 2001.[4]
After leaving politics, Eguiagaray returned to teaching. He taught macroeconomics and applied economics, and was an associate professor at Carlos III University in Madrid until 30 September 2006.[9] He also served as the director of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company until February 2013.[3] [10] He is the director of studies at the Fundación Alternativas, a Madrid-based think tank.[5] [9]