From 1998 until his death in 2004 he was the first Spanish member of the executive committee of the ECB .
Eugenio Domingo Solans ( 26 November 1945 in Barcelona -- 9 November 2004 ) was a Spanish economist and high - ranking civil servant .
From 1998 until Eugenio Domingo Solans ' death in 2004 Eugenio Domingo Solans was the Spanish economist member of the executive committee of the ECB .
Eugenio Domingo Solans ( 26 November 1945 in Barcelona -- 9 November 2004 ) was a Spanish economist and high - ranking civil servant .