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Pedro Morenés
Morenés in September 2012
Minister of Defence of Spain
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 December 2011
MonarchsH.M. Juan Carlos I
H.M. Felipe VI
Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy Brey
Preceded byCarme Chacón Piqueras
Personal details
Born (1948-09-17) 17 September 1948 (age 76)
Las Arenas
Political partyIndependent, (vinculated to the People's Party)
SpouseGoretti Escauriaza Barreiro
ChildrenRamón, Isabela and Sofía
Alma materUniversity of Navarra
University of Deusto
Bremen Institute of Shipping Economics
OccupationLawyer, professor

Pedro de Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate (born 17 September 1948) is a Spanish politician. On 21 December 2011, he was named Spanish Minister of Defence.[1]

Early life and education

Morenés was born in Las Arenas, province of Vizcaya, on 17 September 1948.[1][2] He is the second son of Don José María de Morenés y Carvajal, 4th Viscount of Alesón (son of the Count and Countess of the Asalto, Grandees of Spain) and Doña Ana Sofía Álvarez de Eulate y Mac-Mahón. He studied law at the University of Navarra and business administration at the University of Deusto.[1] He obtained a master’s degree in ship Management and economics at the Bremen Institute of Shipping Economics.[2]

Career

Morenés began his career as lawyer in 1979. After working private law firms, he became the head of the Legal Services branch of the Shipbuilding Division in the National Industry Institute (INI) in 1991.[2] He also became a professor of vessel chartering and shipping freight in the Spanish Maritime Institute of Madrid and in the European Institute for Maritime Studies. In 1994, he was named as the managing director of the commercial branch of the Shipbuilding Division in the National Industry Institute (INI) and member of its Steering Committee.[2] Next, he was appointed secretary of State for Defence in the Ministry of Defence in May 1996. Four years later, in May 2000, he was appointed secretary of State for Security in the Ministry of the Interior. His tenure lasted two years, and in August 2002, he became secretary of State for Scientific and Technological Policy in the Ministry of Science and Technology.[2] His tenure lasted until March 2005. He served as the secretary general of the Businessmen Association from March 2005 to June 2010. In January 2009, he was also appointed chairman of the Board of Directors of Construcciones Navales del Norte, and served there until January 2011.[2] Then he began to serve as the chairman of MBDA Spain, a missile systems firm, in June 2010[3] and of Segur Ibérica, a private security firm, in January 2011.[4][5] His tenure lasted until December 2011. He was appointed Defence Minister on 21 December 2011.

Morenés labelled the mission in Afghanistan as war, breaking a taboo in 2012.[5]

Honours

Ancestry

Family of Pedro Morenés
16. Antonio de Morenés, 3rd Baron of the Cuatro Torres
8. Carlos de Morenés, 4th Baron of the Cuatro Torres
17. Antonia de Tord y Crell
4. Ramón de Morenés, 8th Count of the Asalto
18. Carlos García-Alesón, 6th Count of the Asalto
9. María Fernanda García-Alesón, 7th Countess of the Asalto
19. María Dolores Pardo-Rivadeneyra y Ruiz de Trocóniz
2. José María de Morenés, 4th Viscount of Alesón
20. Ángel María de Carvajal, 8th Duke of Abrantes
10. Vicente de Carvajal, 16th Marquess of Aguilafuente
21. María Manuela Téllez-Girón y Pimentel
5. María Inmaculada de Carvajal y Hurtado de Mendoza
22. Esteban Hurtado de Mendoza, 7th Lord of Jausoro
11. Ramona Hurtado de Mendoza y Ruiz de Otazu
23. María Manuela Ruiz de Otazu y Balencegui
1. Pedro de Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate
24. Rafael Álvarez de Eulate y Acedo
12. Vicente Álvarez de Eulate y Moreda
25. María Josefa de Moreda y Murúa
6. Joaquín Álvarez de Eulate y de la Mata
26. Felipe de la Mata y Fernández de Arnedo
13. María Dolores de la Mata y Barrenechea
27. María Felipa de Barrenechea, 5th Countess of San Cristóbal
3. Ana Sofía Álvarez de Eulate y Mac-Mahón
28. Pedro Mac-Mahón y Jane
14. Pedro Mac-Mahón, 1st Marquess of Mac-Mahón
29. Josefa de Aguirre y Cucullu
7. Elena Mac-Mahón y Jacquet
30. Carlos Hipólito Jacquet
15. Sofía Micaela Jacquet y La Salle
31. Carolina Luisa de La Salle

References

  1. ^ a b c "Pedro Morenés, ministro de Defensa: un empresario vasco "protagonista" con Rajoy". RTVE. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "D. PEDRO MORENÉS EULATE". Defence Ministry. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. ^ "MBDA Appoints Executive Chairman and General Manager to Strengthen its Position in Spain" (Press Release). MBDA Missile Systems. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  4. ^ "New Spanish Defence Minister has cluster bomb past". Typicallty Spanish. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Every redeployment must be orderly". El País. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  6. ^ Revista Hidalguía número 256-257. Año 1996. 22 December 2011. p. 377. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  7. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
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Preceded by Defence Minister of Spain
2011–present 		Incumbent

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