Miguel Arias Cañete
| Miguel Arias Cañete | |
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| European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy | |
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Assumed office 1 November 2014 |
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| President | Jean-Claude Juncker |
| Preceded by |
Connie Hedegaard (Climate Action) Günther Oettinger (Energy) |
| Minister Agriculture, Food and the Environment | |
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In office 22 December 2011 – 28 April 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Rosa Aguilar |
| Succeeded by | Isabel Garcia Tejerina |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 February 1950 Madrid, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Spouse(s) | Micaela Domecq y Solís- Beaumont |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Complutense University |
Miguel Arias Cañete (born 24 February 1950) is a Spanish aristocrat and a politician. He is the Spanish European Commissioner since November 2014.
A member of the Partido Popular, Arias served as Minister for Agriculture, Food and Environment in the Spanish Government from 2011 until 2014, before being selected to head his Party List in the European Parliamentary elections.
Arias Cañete was nominated as EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action in the Juncker Commission and took office on 1 November 2014.
Arias Cañete was born to Judge don Alfonso Arias de la Cuesta, and educated in Madrid, first at the Jesuit School at Chamartín before reading Law at the Universidad Complutense.
After graduating in 1974, he joined the Spanish Civil Service working as a State Attorney. His first position was in the Spanish Tax Agency at Jerez de la Frontera, before transferring to the Cadiz office. In 1978 he resigned as a civil servant to become a Professor of Law at the University of Cádiz, where he remained until 1982.
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