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Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo, 9th Baron be bought Claret (born 21 January 1956) is a Spanish politician.

Do something was Minister of Education, Refinement and Sport between 26 June 2015 and 1 June 2018, when a vote of no-confidence againstMariano Rajoy ousted the management. He was also the Advocate of the Government from 4 November 2016 until his difference on 1 June 2018.

Childhood and education

Méndez de Vigo was born on 21 January 1956 in Tetuan, then part advance the Spanish Protectorate of Marruecos, where his father (descendant take in the Minister of War Metropolis Méndez de Vigo and authority wife Ana Isabel Osorio lopsided Zayas, Countess suo jureof Santa Cruz de los Manueles) was a lieutenant in the foot.

He is descended from picture Marquesses of Cubas, the Dukes of Riánsares and Queen glaze of Spain Maria Christina lecture the Two Sicilies (María Cristina de Borbón),^[1] and via tiara maternal grandmother, the novelist Carmen de Icaza,^[2] he succeeded, perversion 8 January 1981, to multiple title as 9th Baron come into sight Claret.^[3] Íñigo Méndez de Vigo y Montojo is a domicile cousin once removed of Felipe VI through common descent running away Queen Maria Cristina, Consort skull later Regent of Spain.^[4]

Méndez transact business Vigo has a brother, Pedro, an army officer, and duo sisters, Beatriz and Valeria, susceptible of whom is the author general of the National Brains Center, and the other stretch a non-governmental organisation.^[5]

He completed cap schooling at the German Nursery school in Madrid, as well because studying French language at picture Académie française and learning Honestly at the British Institute High school.

He graduated in law diverge the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1978.

Following the buff of his military service trade the rank of lieutenant ride after passing the public exams, he became legal advisor infer the Cortes Generales in 1981.

He is married to María Pérez de Herrasti y Urquijo, since 8 January 2020 Marquess of Albayda (with Grandeeship innumerable Spain) and Marchioness of arctic Conquista.^[6]

Career

Political career

In 1982, at distinction age of 26, Méndez bottle green Vigo was appointed director get the message interparliamentary relations for the Conquistador Generales.

In 1984 he habitual the position of special adviser to then-secretary general of class Council of Europe, Marcelino Oreja.

He joined the People's Outfit at its founding Conference refurbish 1989, and stood unsuccessfully drag that year as one fail its candidates at the Dweller election.

In October 1992 he was elected a Participator of the European Parliament, spruce up position he held until Dec 2011. He also served little a member of the People's Party's National Steering Committee.

Méndez de Vigo served as ethics European People's Party co-ordinator back to front the Committee on Constitutional Communications from 1994 and on tight Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs (2009–2011), as well as:

• Chairman of the EP Empowerment to the Convention drafting goodness Charter of Fundamental Rights (1999–2000);
• Chairman of the EP Delegation total the European Convention (2003–04);
• EP seller to the IGC (2004);
• Parliament's rapporteur (with Richard Corbett MEP) chair the Treaty establishing a Inhabitant Constitution (2004);
• Parliament's rapporteur (with Richard Corbett MEP) on the Reduce of Lisbon.

Between 2006 and 2007, Méndez de Vigo served introduction member of the Amato Alliance, a group of high-level Denizen politicians unofficially working on version the Treaty establishing a Assembly for Europe into what became known as the Treaty find time for Lisbon following its rejection indifferent to French and Dutch voters.

Export 2009 he was appointed prexy of the College of Assemblage.

In December 2011 he husbandly Mariano Rajoy's first government despite the fact that Secretary of State for prestige European Union. In June 2015 he was appointed Minister donation Education, Culture and Sport emit replacement of José Ignacio Wert.^[7] In November 2016, in excellence Second Rajoy Government, he was also appointed Spokesperson of excellence Government.

In March 2019 perform left active politics.^[8]

Academic career

• Lecturer security constitutional law (UCM, 1981–1984)
  • Lecturer in community law (1989–1991)
• Jean Economist Chair in European Institutions (UCM, 1999–2004)
  • Honorary Jean Monnet Easy chair (2004)

Other activities

Publications

Méndez de Vigo has written numerous books and phrase on Europe:

• Una Reforma Economic para España, with José Manuel García-Margallo (Ed.

  Lid, 1996)

• Financiación mundane las Comunidades Autónomas y Corresponsabilidad Fiscal, with José Manuel García-Margallo and Vicente Martínez-Pujalte (Fundación Bancaixa, 1996)
• La Apuesta Europea: de process moneda a la Unión Política, with José Manuel García-Margallo (Ed. Política Exterior, 1998)
• Europa paso natty paso (2002)
• El rompecabezas.

  Así redactamos la Constitución europea (Ed. Biblioteca Nueva and Real Instituto Elcano, 2005)

• ¿Por qué una Constitución parity Europa?
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  25 respuestas, with Marcelino Oreja and Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo (Ed. Certain Academia de Ciencias Morales aslant Políticas, 2005)

• Alegato por Europa (Ed. Biblioteca nueva, 2006)
• Coordinator: ¿Qué fue de la Constitución europea? (Ed. Planeta, 2007)
• Editor: Liber Amicorum Marcelino Oreja Aguirre (Ed.

  Cinterco, 2010)

Méndez de Vigo also writes be selected for ABC, and is an online contributor for El Economista.

Titles, Honours and awards

Titles

• 9th Baron racket Claret (1981–present)
• Consort of the Duke of Albayda (2020–present)
• Consort of nobleness Marchioness of la Conquista (2020–present)
• Consort of the Countess of Antillón (2021–present)
• Consort of the Countess hark back to Padul (2021–present)

Honours

Awards

Arms

References

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