- Abel Matutes
M. Abel Matutes is a Spanish politician who served as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs from
May 6 ,1996 to 2000. Matutes was born inIbiza onOctober 31 ,1941 and his early political life was in that region. He wasMayor of Ibiza in 1970 and 1971 and became Senator for Ibiza andFormentera in 1977. In 1982 Matutes left the Senate and became a member of theSpanish Parliament , representing the Balearic Islands until 1985.In 1989 Matutes became a member of the Commission of the European Community (the
Delors Commission ), where he was in charge of the departments of Credit and Investment, Financial Engineering and Policy for Small and Medium Enterprises, North-South relations, Mediterranean Policy ,and Relations with Latin America and Asia. In 1993 his brief changed to Transportation, Energy and the Supply Agency for Euratom.He was a member of the
European Parliament and spokesman for thePartido Popular at the European Parliament from 1994 onwards. As a Founder Chairman of the Balaerics' "Unió Liberal" Party. He was also deputy chairman of Alianza Popular and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Partido Popular.Outside of politics Matutes is married and a father of four children. He holds a degree in Law and Economics and has been a
professor ofPublic Finance , and is also a member of theEconomics and Finance Academy . He isEmeritus professor at theUniversity of Santiago de Chile and of theComplutense University of Madrid a member of the Honor Committee of theRoyal Institute for European Studies , an honorary member of theFilipino Academy of Spanish Language . As a business man, he has been involved in tourism, aviation, biotechnology and banking companies, and is Deputy chairman of the Ibiza and Formentera Tourism Employers Organisation.References
Basic biographical information from [http://www.nato.int/cv/mfa/sp/matutes.htm NATO who's who] . "Note that this article is dated
8 September 2002 - the above information may be out of date..."
* [http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Diputados/BusqForm?_piref73_1333155_73_1333154_1333154.next_page=/wc/fichaDiputado&idDiputado=68&idLegislatura=2 Biography at Spanish Congress site]
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