Diego López Garrido

Diego López Garrido (born 8 September 1947) is a Spanish politician, university professor and Secretary of State for the European Union in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, He was also Minister of the Spanish government.^[1]

Biography

Born in Madrid (Spain), he comes from a big family of thirteen siblings, López Garrido attended the Colegio Santa María del Pilar, the Complutense University of Madrid and the Pontifical University of Comillas, where he graduated in Law and Economics. He later researched at the International Institute of Human Rights.^[2] In 1981 he obtained a Ph.D. in law from the Autonomous University of Madrid.

In 1993 he was elected to the Congress of Deputies as a deputy for Madrid for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). Diego López Garrido was spokesman for the PSOE group in the Parliament and held several positions within his party. He holds an academic position as a specialist in Constitutional and European Law.

References

1. ^ "Diego López Garrido". Wikipedia. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_L%C3%B3pez_Garrido. Retrieved 30 September 2009. 
2. ^ "Diego López Garrido lecture: Spain's policy in the light of the challenges facing the European Union". Fundación CIDOB. http://www.cidob.org/en/actividades/europa/conferencia_de_diego_lopez_garrido_la_politica_de_espana_ante_los_retos_de_la_union_europea. Retrieved 15 August 2009. 

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Name	López Garrido, Diego
Alternative names
Short description	Policitian
Date of birth	8 September 1947
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death
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