José Luis Escrivá Belmonte (pronounced [xoseˈlwis eskɾiˈβa]; born 5 December 1960) is a Spanish economist currently serving as governor of the Bank of Spain since 2024.

In early 2014, the conservative government of Mariano Rajoy nominated him as the first chairman of the Independent Authority for Fiscal Responsibility (AIReF) of Spain.

[4] Spain’s government proposed Digital Transformation Minister Jose Luis Escriva as the next central bank governor, but the opposition People’s Party (PP) rejected the nomination.

[7] The minister addressed the Committee on Labour, Inclusion, Social Security and Migration of the Congress of Deputies for the first time on February 27, 2020, where he explained the general lines of his department's policy.

[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic that strongly affected Spain, the works around this new vital minimum income were sped up, a measure also supported by the partner of the government coalition, Unidas Podemos.

Minister Escrivá stated, in April 2020, that the last fringes were being finalized, and that the minimum income —which will be permanent— would be approved in May and would benefit approximately 3 million people.

Due to this, it is expected that self-employed workers earning above 1,700 EUR / month will see their social security contributions increased up to twice in the next three years.

[15] Some economists evaluate these changes as government attempts to temporarily patch disequilibriums in the unsustainable Spanish public pensions system, at the cost of self-employed workers.