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Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Pertierra.

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.

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Biography

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]

References

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    "Suárez Pertierra, nombrado asturiano universal por las casas de Asturias de Alcobendas y Alcalá de Henares". www.lne.es. La Nueva España. 6 March 2010.
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    "Un catedrático de derecho canónico dirigirá Educación". ABC. 13 July 1993.
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    Mateos, Abdón (2018-11-30). "La refundación de la Agrupación Socialista Universitaria (ASU) durante la transición, 1977-1986 = The Refoundation of the University Socialist Association during transition, 1977-1986". CIAN-Revista de Historia de las Universidades (in Spanish). 21 (2): 193–211. doi:10.20318/cian.2018.4474. ISSN 1988-8503.
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    "El exministro Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, nuevo presidente de UNICEF Comité Español". Europa Press. 12 February 2018.
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    Urquijo y Goitia, José Ramón de (2008). Gobiernos y ministros españoles en la edad contemporánea (in Spanish). Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. ISBN 9788400087371.
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    "Pertierra y Lerma prometieron sus cargos ante el Rey; Saavedra utilizó la fórmula del juramento". ABC. 4 July 1995.
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    Juntas Electorales Provinciales: "Cantidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1/1996, de 8 de enero" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (32): 3979. 6 February 1996. ISSN 0212-033X.
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    "VI Legislatura (1996-2000). Suárez Pertierra, Gustavo". Congress of Deputies.
  9. [9]
    "El exministro asturiano Gustavo Suárez Pertierra, nuevo presidente de UNICEF Comité Español". www.elcomercio.es. El Comercio. 12 February 2018.
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