Miguel Ángel Moratinos
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| Miguel Ángel Moratinos | |
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Minister for Foreign Affairs
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| In office April 2004 – incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Ana Palacio |
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| Born | June 8, 1951  Madrid |
| Political party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Occupation | Ambassador |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé (b. June 8, 1951 in Madrid) is a Spanish diplomat and politician, a member of the Socialist Workers' Party and member of Congress where he represents Cordoba.
He currently serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (since April 18, 2004).
Between 1996 and 2003, Moratinos was the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process.
In 2007, Moratinos was the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
On December 3, 2007, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos stated that Spain will be “happy” if dual Spanish-Filipino citizen Paco Larrañaga spends his life sentence in a jail here as the Treaty on the Exchange of Sentenced Persons comes into force: “We don’t know when this will happen. We have no time period. We feel happy that Mr. Larranaga can come back with this treaty.” The treaty, which will allow convicted persons of either country to return to his home country and spend his sentence there, was ratified by the Philippine -- 17 affirmative and two abstentions -- on November 26. Larranaga is the son of former Basque pelotari Manuel Larrañaga and Filipino Margarita Gonzalez and is a member of the influential Osmeña clan of Cebu. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said that "Larranaga's case could be covered by the treaty only if the Supreme Court issued a final ruling on his conviction, which remained on appeal before the high tribunal". [1]
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