Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín (

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, 14 July 1958) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party (PP). Single with two children, Cortés graduated in law at the

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and subsequently worked as a lawyer. He served as a local councillor in his hometown of Valladolid. He then served as a regional procurator and PP spokesman in the Parliament of Castille and Leon. An associate of future Prime Minister

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, with Aznar he quit regional Castillan politics in 1989 in order to enter national politics. At the 1989 General Election he was elected to the

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representing

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. He was re-elected at the subsequent elections in 1993, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008. At both the 2004 and 2008 elections he headed the PP list in a district where the PP and predecessors had won at least two seats since 1982, effectively guaranteeing him a seat. Between 2000 and 2004 he served as the 6th Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Ibero-America of the

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. In Congress he has served as PP spokesman on Information Technologies. He has also served as a member of the Foundation for Analysis and Social Studies.Biography at Spanish Congress site
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