Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja

Marcelino Oreja Aguirre

Marcelino Oreja y Aguirre, 1st Marquis of Oreja (born 13 February 1935, Madrid) is a Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician.

He served as Spanish minister of foreign affairs from 1976 to 1980, during which time he signed the Declaration of Human Rights at the United Nations and was responsible for Spain joining the Council of Europe. ^[1]

He was Secretary General of the Council of Europe from 1984 to 1989.

He was elected to the European Parliament in 1989.

In 1994 he was appointed European Commissioner for Transport and Energy and then European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy.

At the end of his mandate, he retired from political life.

He is a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (RACMP) and the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation (RAJL).

References

1. ^ "Commission Member Biographies". Independent Commission on Turkey. 2009. http://www.independentcommissiononturkey.org/members-bios.html. Retrieved 2 October 2009. 

Political offices
Preceded by The Count of Motrico	Minister of Foreign Affairs 7 July 1976 – 8 September 1980	Succeeded by José Pedro Pérez-Llorca

Persondata
Name	Oreja Y Aguirre, Marcelino
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish minister of foreign affairs and European Parliament
Date of birth	13 February 1935
Place of birth	Maadrid, Spain
Date of death
Place of death