Party People\'s Party Role Spanish Politician | Name Pedro Morenes | |
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Monarch H.M. Juan Carlos IH.M. Felipe VI Political party Independent, (vinculated to the People\'s Party) Children Ramon, Isabela and Sofia Alma mater University of NavarraUniversity of DeustoBremen Institute of Shipping Economics Spouse Goretti Escauriaza Barreiro Similar People Jose Garcia‑Margallo y Marfil, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, Fernando Garcia Sanchez, Irene Lozano, Jorge Fernandez Diaz | ||
Preceded by Carme Chacon Piqueras | ||
Secretary of defense ash carter and spain mod pedro morenes joint press conference 10 5 2015
Pedro de Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate (born 17 September 1948) is a Spanish politician. On 21 December 2011, he was named Spanish Minister of Defence.
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Spain and the Situation in Catalonia: A Conversation with Spanish Ambassador Pedro Morenés
Early life and education
Morenés was born in Las Arenas, province of Vizcaya, on 17 September 1948. He is the second son of Don José María de Morenés y Carvajal, 4th Viscount of Alesón (son of the Count and Countess of the Asalto, Grandees of Spain) and Doña Ana Sofía Álvarez de Eulate y Mac-Mahón. He studied law at the University of Navarra and business administration at the University of Deusto. He obtained a master’s degree in ship Management and economics at the Bremen Institute of Shipping Economics.
Career
Morenés began his career as lawyer in 1979. After working private law firms, he became the head of the Legal Services branch of the Shipbuilding Division in the National Industry Institute (INI) in 1991. He also became a professor of vessel chartering and shipping freight in the Spanish Maritime Institute of Madrid and in the European Institute for Maritime Studies. In 1994, he was named as the managing director of the commercial branch of the Shipbuilding Division in the National Industry Institute (INI) and member of its Steering Committee. Next, he was appointed secretary of State for Defence in the Ministry of Defence in May 1996. Four years later, in May 2000, he was appointed secretary of State for Security in the Ministry of the Interior. His tenure lasted two years, and in August 2002, he became secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy in the Ministry of Science and Technology. His tenure lasted until March 2005. He served as the secretary general of the Businessmen Association from March 2005 to June 2010. In January 2009, he was also appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of Construcciones Navales del Norte, and served there until January 2011. Then he began to serve as the chairman of MBDA Spain, a missile systems firm, in June 2010 and of Segur Ibérica, a private security firm, in January 2011. His tenure lasted until December 2011. He was appointed Defence Minister on 21 December 2011.
Morenés labelled the mission in Afghanistan as war, breaking a taboo in 2012.
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