Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
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Minister of Defence | |
In office 1995–1996 | |
Minister of Education and Science | |
In office 1993–1995 | |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 1996–2000 | |
Constituency | Asturias |
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Born | (1949-02-27) 27 February 1949 (age 75) Cudillero, Spain |
Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
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Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (born 1949) is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González.
Born on 27 February 1949 in Cudillero.[1] He earned a PhD in Law at the University of Valladolid.[2] He lectured in canon law at the University of Oviedo and the University of Valladolid, later holding the Chair of Canon Law at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[2] He briefly served as President of the University Socialist Grouping (ASU) in the 1980s.[3]
He served as Undersecretary of Defence from 1984 to 1990 and as Secretary of State of Military Administration from 1990 to 1993.[4] He was appointed Minister of Education and Science in 1993.[2][5] In 1995, after a cabinet reshuffle, he changed portfolio and assumed the post of Minister of Defence on 3 July,[6] in replacement of Julián García Vargas.
He ran as candidate to deputy 2nd in the PSOE list in Asturias for the 1996 general election[7] and became a member of the 6th term of the Congress of Deputies (1996–2000).[8]
He presided over the Elcano Royal Institute from 2005 to 2012.[9]
In 2018, Suárez Pertierra was appointed President of the UNICEF's Spanish committee in replacement of Carmelo Angulo Barturen [es].[4]
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Undersecretary of State of Defence 1984–1990 |
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Secretary of State of Military Administration 1990–1993 |
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Preceded by | Minister of Education and Science 1993–1995 |
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Preceded by | Minister of Defence 1995–1996 |
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Preceded by | Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Elcano Royal Institute 2005–2012 |
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