Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé
| Miguel Ángel Moratinos | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation | |
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In office 18 April 2004 – 21 October 2010 |
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| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Ana Palacio |
| Succeeded by | Trinidad Jiménez |
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| Born |
8 June 1951 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | Complutense University |
| Website | www.blogdemoratinos.es |
Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé (born 8 June 1951 in Madrid) is a Spanish diplomat and politician, a member of the Socialist Workers' Party and member of Congress, where he represents Córdoba.
Working with Javier Solana, who was then Spanish foreign minister, Moratinos helped prepare the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue launched in November 1995 in Barcelona.
Between 1996 and 2003, Moratinos was the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East, based in Cyprus and Brussels. In this capacity, he attended most meetings of EU foreign ministers. During his time in office, the European Union – which had already been the biggest financial contributor to the region – also became increasingly vocal about Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Moratinos served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero from 18 April 2004 until 21 October 2010, when he was replaced by Trinidad Jimenez.
By the end of 2009, Moratinos was mentioned by news media as a potential candidate for the position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; the post later went to Catherine Ashton instead.
Relations with Gibraltar
In September 2006, Moratinos joined UK Minister for Europe Geoff Hoon and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana in signing the Cordoba Agreement, an agreement to establish a Tripartite forum for co-operation on Gibraltar. As part of the agreement, he attended talks in Gibraltar in July 2009, making him the first Spanish minister to ever make an official visit to the British Overseas Territory.
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