Charles Tito Powell CMG (born 1960) is a Spanish-British historian who studied History and Modern Languages at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. His D. Phil. thesis was on Spain's transition to democracy. He was a Junior Research Fellow at

St Antony's College, Oxford St Antony's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1950 as the result of the gift of French merchant Sir Antonin Besse of Aden, St Antony's specialises in international relations, economi ...

, a lecturer in History at

Corpus Christi College, Oxford Corpus Christi College (formally, Corpus Christi College in the University of Oxford; informally abbreviated as Corpus or CCC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1517, it is the 12t ...

, and an J. A. Pye Research Fellow at

University College, Oxford University College (in full The College of the Great Hall of the University of Oxford, colloquially referred to as "Univ") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. It has a claim to being the oldest college of the unive ...

. On moving to Spain in 1997, he was appointed deputy director of the Ortega y Gasset Foundation's Centro Español de Relaciones Internacionales (CERI). In 2002 he joined the recently created

Elcano Royal Institute The Elcano Royal Institute for International and Strategic Studies (Spanish: ''Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estratégicos''; RIE) is a think tank based in Madrid, Spain. It was created on 26 November 2001 as private foundat ...

, Spain's leading international relations think-tank, of which he is currently Director. Since September of that year he is also Professor of Contemporary Spanish History at the CEU San Pablo University (Madrid). Additionally, in 2007 he took part in the creation of the Fundación Transición Española and was appointed its first Director (he is currently its 2nd Vice President). Powell has published six books and dozens of academic articles, including: ''El piloto del cambio'' (Planeta, 1991), a study of the role of the king and the monarchy in Spain's transition to democracy; the biography ''Juan Carlos of Spain. Self-made monarch'' (Macmillan, 1996); and ''España en Democracia'', 1975-2000 (Plaza & Janes, 2001), a general history of Spain since Franco's death which is widely regarded as the standard text on the period. His latest book is ''El Amigo Americano. España y Estados Unidos: de la dictadura a la democracia'', a study of Spanish-US relations from Nixon to Reagan (1969-1989), which was published by Galaxia Gutenberg in April 2011. In the course of his academic career, he has lectured in over thirty countries in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia. Powell was appointed

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

(CMG) in the

2017 Birthday Honours The 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as pa ...

for services to UK/Spanish relations.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Powell, Charles 1960 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford Place of birth missing (living people) Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British historians Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy