Overview
- The PSOE announced on X that Manuel Escudero, president of Fundación Avanza, died at 79 on Monday, with no cause disclosed.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid tribute, calling him a companion and praising his leadership in progressive ideas.
- Escudero served as Spain’s ambassador to the OECD from June 2018 until stepping down in February 2024.
- After leaving the OECD he created and led Fundación Avanza, presented as the PSOE’s principal think tank.
- A long-time party figure, he backed Sánchez in the 2017 primaries and later joined the PSOE federal executive as secretary for Economy and Employment.