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

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Biography

Born on 27 February 1949 in

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. He earned a PhD in Law at the

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. He lectured in canon law at the

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and the University of Valladolid, later holding the Chair of Canon Law at the

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(UCM). He briefly served as President of the University Socialist Grouping (ASU) in the 1980s. He served as Undersecretary of Defence from 1984 to 1990 and as Secretary of State of Military Administration from 1990 to 1993. He was appointed Minister of Education and Science in 1993. In 1995, after a cabinet reshuffle, he changed portfolio and assumed the post of Minister of Defence on 3 July, in replacement of Julián García Vargas. He ran as candidate to

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2nd in the PSOE list in

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for the 1996 general election and became a member of the 6th term of the

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(1996–2000). He presided over the

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from 2005 to 2012. In 2018, Suárez Pertierra was appointed President of the

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's Spanish committee in replacement of .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suarez Pertierra, Gustavo Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Defence ministers of Spain Academic staff of the Complutense University of Madrid 1949 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Valladolid University of Valladolid alumni Academic staff of the University of Oviedo