Antonio López-Istúriz White
| Antonio López-Istúriz White | |
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Antonio López-Istúriz White
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| 5th Secretary-General of the European People's Party | |
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Assumed office 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Alejandro Agag Longo |
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| Born |
1 April 1970  Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
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| Nationality | Spaniard |
| Political party | People's Party (EPP) |
| Relations | Married |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Alma mater | CEU San Pablo Catholic University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Antonio López-Istúriz White (born 1 April 1970 in Pamplona) is a Spanish politician and Member of the European Parliament with the People's Party, Secretary-General of the European People's Party as well as member of the executive committee of the Spanish People's Party, Executive Secretary of the Centrist Democrat International and Secretary Treasurer of the Centre for European Studies, the think-tank of the EPP.
López-Istúriz was born in Pamplona, Navarre, to Spaniard father and American mother. Being still a child, his family moved to Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, where they still live.
During his youth, he went to Madrid to study law at the CEU San Pablo Catholic University, where he also received a degree in economic studies.
Besides Spanish, he speaks English, the language of his mother, French and Italian.
During his years as a college student, he began to involve in politics by becoming a member of Nuevas Generaciones (New Generations), the youth organization of the People’s Party.
Between 1996 and 1997 he worked as coordinator of the education and culture section of the People’s Party in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
In 1997 he moved to Brussels to work as an assistant to the People’s Party delegation at the European Parliament until 1999, when he was called by then President of the Spanish Government José María Aznar to become his personal assistant, due to which he stayed in Madrid for almost four years.
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