Jorge Fernández Díaz
| Jorge Fernández Díaz | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Interior | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2011 |
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| 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) 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 on 6 April 1950 in Valladolid, Spain, as the son of a Franquist member of the military, and the 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]
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 2011–present |
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Barcelona
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- Spanish engineers
- Members of the Parliament of Catalonia
- Government ministers of Spain
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- People from Valladolid
- Members of the fourth Congress of Deputies (Spain)
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- Members of the sixth Congress of Deputies (Spain)
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- Members of the eighth Congress of Deputies (Spain)
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