Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Member of Spanish Congress of Deputies
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Place of Birth: Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain
About Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín
- Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín (Valladolid, Spain, 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 University of Valladolid 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 Jose Maria Aznar, 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 Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valladolid Province.
- 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 Government of Spain. 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.
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