Juan Velarde Fuertes (26 June 1927 – 3 February 2023)[1] was a Spanish economist.
[2][3] He was serving as President of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
After studying at the Ramiro de Maeztu Institute, he graduated and received his doctorate with an Extraordinary Prize in Economic Sciences at the University of Madrid, with the first promotion of these studies in Spain (1956).
He worked as the Directorate of the Institute of Labor Studies and Social Security until 1982.
Throughout his life he wrote about economic issues in different media and publications, such as the Revista de Economía Política, La Hora, Alférez and Alcalá.