Pedro Schwartz

Pedro Schwartz Girón OBE (born 1935) is a Spanish economist and former politician.

Early life Schwartz was born on 30 January 1935 in Madrid. His father was Juan Schwartz Díaz-Flores, a diplomat who served as Spanish ambassador in Austria and contributed to the salvation of Jews during the Holocaust. He received a master's degree and a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.

Career Schwartz is the Fundación Rafael del Pino Research Professor of Economics at CEU San Pablo University.

Schwartz became a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas on 22 February 2005.

Schwartz was made Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1990.

Personal life Schwartz married his first wife, Mercedes Juste Werner in 1966, and had one child. He has three children with his second wife Ana Maria Bravo Zabalgoitia (born 1945).