Jorge Fernández Díaz
| Jorge Fernández Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Interior | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Antonio Camacho Vizcaíno |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1950 Valladolid, Spain |
| Political party | Partido Popular |
| Alma mater | Technical University College of Barcelona |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jorge Fernández Díaz (born 6 April 1950 in Valladolid, Spain) is a Spanish politician and a member of the Partido Popular (PP).[1] Since November 2011 he has been Minister of the Interior of Spain.
Early life and education
He was born in Valladolid on 6 April 1950 as son of a Franquist member of the military and was second of ten children.[2] He moved to Barcelona at the age of 3 and studied industrial engineering at the Technical University College of Barcelona.[3] He is the brother of Alberto Fernández Díaz, a former PP leader in Catalonia.[4] Jorge holds an industrial engineering degree.[3] He was the chairman of the Catalan PP from 1989 to 1991 and under-minister from 1996 to 2004. He is also a member of Opus Dei.[5]
Career
Díaz started his career working as an engineer and civil servant.[3] He is a member of the People's Party and has been a member of the Spanish parliament since 1989.[4] In 1983, he became the elected leader of Alianza Popular's Barcelona regional branch.[3] The following year Díaz began to serve as a deputy in the Catalan Parliament for Alianza Popular.[3] From 1986 to 1989 he was also a senator.[3] In 1988 he was again elected to the Catalan Parliament, but for the newly founded People's Party.[3] In 1989 he left regional political offices and he was elected to the congress of deputies as a representative of Barcelona in the 1989 general elections.[3] He served as deputy minister in all cabinets headed by José María Aznar.[4] From 2008 to 2011 he was one of the vice presidents of congress.[3] He was the top candidate on the party's Barcelona list in the November 2011 general election.[4]
Díaz was appointed minister of interior to the cabinet led by prime minister Mariano Rajoy in December 2011.[6]
Views
Díaz is a conservative and religious politician. In March 2013, Díaz argued that the law on gay marriage is not acceptable due to religious concerns but due to rational concerns.[7]
References
- ↑ "Minister of the Interior" (in English and Spanish). La Moncloa, Office of the Spanish Prime Minister. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ↑ "Jorge Fernández Diaz, the Catalayud Minister" (in Spanish). ABC. 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Fourth European Summit on Private Security Services" (PDF). CoESS. 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Coll, Gaspar Pericay (8 November 2011). "The main Catalan candidates for the Spanish elections". Catalan News Agency (Barcelona). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ "PP backs away from minister’s "personal opinions" on gay marriage". El País. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ↑ "Spain names ex-Lehman executive as economy minister". BBC. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ↑ Govan, Fiona (4 March 2013). "Spanish interior minister says 'survival of species' at stake in gay marriage row". The Telegraph (Madrid). Retrieved 27 April 2013.
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| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Antonio Camacho Vizcaíno |
Minister of the Interior 2011–present |
Incumbent |