Manuel María Escudero Zamora

Manuel Escudero Zamora (29 March 1946 – 23 March 2026) was a Spanish economist and politician.

Life and career Escudero was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa on 29 March 1946. He graduated in business sciences at the Universidad de Deusto and obtained a PhD at the London School of Economics. Between 1987 and 1991, he worked as co-ordinator of the "Programa 2000" of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was professor of macroeconomics at the IE Business School in Madrid between 1991 and 2005 as well as the director of the Global Compact Research Center at the Levin Institute. Linked within the PSOE to Josep Borrell, in 2003, he became a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid, covering the vacant seat left by José Quintana Viar. replacing José Ignacio Wert.

Escudero died on 23 March 2026, at the age of 79.