Miguel Ángel Moratinos

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EducationEdit

Born in 1951, Moratinos graduated in Law and Political Sciences at the University Complutense in Madrid, and then in Diplomatic Studies at the Diplomatic School of Spain.<ref>Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé of Spain - High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations United Nations, press release of October 20, 2018.</ref>

Political careerEdit

Working with Javier Solana, who was then Spanish foreign minister, Moratinos helped prepare the Euro-Mediterranean dialogue launched in November 1995 in Barcelona.<ref>Troubleshooter for peace European Voice, June 7, 2000.</ref>

EU Special RepresentativeEdit

Between 1996 and 2003, Moratinos was the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East,<ref>EU strives to keep Middle East peace talks alive European Voice, February 3, 1999.</ref> based in Cyprus and Brussels.<ref>Troubleshooter for peace European Voice, June 7, 2000.</ref> In this capacity, he attended most meetings of EU foreign ministers.<ref>Troubleshooter for peace European Voice, June 7, 2000.</ref> During his time in office, the European Union – which had already been the biggest financial contributor to the region – also became increasingly vocal about Israeli-Palestinian relations.<ref>Mark Turner (July 16, 1997 Israel under fire on peace commitment European Voice.</ref>

Minister of Foreign AffairsEdit

Moratinos served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero from 18 April 2004 until 21 October 2010, when he was replaced by Trinidad Jiménez.

By the end of 2009, Moratinos was mentioned by news media as a potential candidate for the position of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; the post later went to Catherine Ashton instead.<ref>Stephen Castle (November 17, 2009), Blair’s Chances for Europe Presidency Said to Fade International Herald Tribune.</ref>

Relations with Gibraltar

In September 2006, Moratinos joined UK Minister for Europe Geoff Hoon and Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana in signing the Cordoba Agreement, an agreement to establish a Tripartite forum for co-operation on Gibraltar.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As part of the agreement, he attended talks in Gibraltar in July 2009, making him the first Spanish minister to ever make an official visit to the British Overseas Territory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Transatlantic relations

In September 2006, Moratinos became the first government official to appear before the European Parliament's committee investigating CIA activity in Europe.<ref>Judith Crosbie (September 6, 2006), Moratinos to appear before ‘CIA’ committee European Voice.</ref>

In 2009, Moratinos sent a confidential note to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning that Spanish public opinion could turn anti-American if Spain disclosed a study on contamination caused by the 1966 Palomares B-52 crash, according to a note contained in the WikiLeaks documents and published at the time by the newspaper El País.<ref>Raphael Minder (June 20, 2016), Even Without Detonation, 4 Hydrogen Bombs From ’66 Scar Spanish Village New York Times.</ref>

In 2010, Moratinos announced that Spain was willing to take in five inmates from the American military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.<ref>Spain Agrees to Accept 5 Guantánamo Inmates New York Times, February 15, 2010.</ref>

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Miguel Ángel Moratinos accompanying His Majesty King Juan Carlos I in his 2009 state visit to Estonia, being greeted by the prime minister of Estonia Andrus Ansip.

OSCE chairmanship

In his capacity as minister, Moratinos was the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2007. On 17 August 2007, he appointed Croatian diplomat and ex-minister Miomir Žužul, "to be his personal representative in a mission to Georgia on (a) missile incident that took place on 6 August," alleged to be a Russian missile strike on Georgian territory.<ref>OSCE Chairman appoints personal representative for mission to Georgia on missile incident. The OSCE Press release. 17 August 2007.</ref><ref>OSCE Appoints Envoy To Probe Georgia Missile. Defensenews.com. 17 August 2007.</ref>

Relations with Latin America

Following the Bolivian general election in December 2005, Moratinos summoned the Vatican's envoy to Spain after a comedian for conservative radio station Cadena COPE held a five-minute telephone conversation with the newly elected president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, while claiming to be the Spanish prime minister.<ref>Renwick McLean (December 23, 2005), Official Call to New Leader of Bolivia Is Spanish Hoax New York Times.</ref>

In October 2006, Moratinos announced that EADS CASA, a division of the European defense company EADS, had decided to cancel a deal on selling 12 military transport planes to Venezuela because American government objections made it unfeasible.<ref>Renwick McLean (October 19, 2006), U.S. Objections Lead Spain to End Venezuela Deal New York Times.</ref>

In 2007, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Spain for not doing more to support dissidents in communist Cuba, after Moratinos chose not to meet with Cuban dissidents during a visit to the United States in April 2007. In 2010, he took part in the tripartite negotiations with Cuban President Raúl Castro and Roman Catholic bishop Jaime Ortega that resulted in pardons being granted to 52 Black Spring prisoners on the condition that they go into exile in Spain.<ref>Raphael Minder (June 1, 2012), Exiled Cubans Living in Spain Feel Abandoned as Benefits Dry Up New York Times.</ref>

In late 2009, Moratinos was at the forefront of efforts to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras.<ref>Nicholas Casey and David Luhnow (December 2, 2009), Honduran Election Gains Backing Wall Street Journal.</ref>

Later careerEdit

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Moratinos together with Turkish and Brazilian foreign ministers Davutoğlu and Amorim

In 2010, Moratinos was given a new mission as a special envoy trying to defuse a row between Israel and Egypt that threatened to derail, for the second time, a summit of the Union for the Mediterranean.<ref>Defeated again European Voice, November 17, 2010.</ref>

Since 2011, Moratinos has been teaching at Sciences Po Paris. Also in 2011, he was nominated by the Spanish government as a candidate for the position of director general of FAO;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Official Web Site to his candidature Template:Webarchive</ref> as part of his election campaign, he visited 90 countries.<ref>Raphael Minder (June 24, 2011), Amid Criticism, U.N. Food Agency to Elect Chief International Herald Tribune.</ref> However, on June 26 he lost to Brazilian José Graziano da Silva.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He received 88 votes out of 180 cast in the second round, while Graziano da Silva won 92.<ref>Defeated again European Voice, November 17, 2010.</ref>

In mid-2012, Moratinos was among the candidates at the United Nations for a possible replacement of Kofi Annan as UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy for Syria.<ref>Louis Charbonneau (August 8, 2012), Doubts arise about replacing Annan as Syria war worsens Reuters.</ref>

From 2012 to 2013, Moratinos was a member of the High-Level Advisory Council of the President of the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Serbia's then foreign minister Vuk Jeremić.<ref>Associate Fellow: Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).</ref>

Following consultations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Moratinos as his High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations in 2018, succeeding Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser.<ref>Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé of Spain - High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations United Nations, press release of October 20, 2018.</ref>

Other activitiesEdit

In addition, Moratinos has held various paid and unpaid positions, including:

Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (DERASAT), member of the international advisory board<ref>International Advisory Board Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies (DERASAT), Manama.</ref>
British University in Egypt, member of the board of trustees<ref>Board of Trustees British University in Egypt, Cairo.</ref>
Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), member of the board of advisors<ref>Board of Advisors Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), Belgrade.</ref>
Fundación Onuart, chairman of the board of trustees<ref>About the foundation Template:Webarchive Fundación Onuart, Barcelona.</ref>
Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), associate fellow<ref>Associate Fellow: Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).</ref>
Graduate School for Global and International Studies, University of Salamanca, member of the advisory board<ref>Advisory Council Graduate School for Global and International Studies, University of Salamanca.</ref>
Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen (IPEMED), chairman of the Political Sponsorship Committee<ref>Governance Institut de Prospective Economique du Monde Méditerranéen (IPEMED), Paris.</ref>
Spanish Network of Sustainable Development (REDS), founder and chairman<ref>Alejandra Agudo (November 30, 2015), Spanish politicians hash out sustainability goals EurActiv.</ref>
The Earth Institute at Columbia University, senior advisor of Sustainable Development Solutions Network<ref>Associate Fellow: Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).</ref>
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), member of the leadership council<ref>Associate Fellow: Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP).</ref>

RecognitionEdit

National honorsEdit

Honorary citizen of Belgrade (2009)<ref name="Belgrade">Template:Cite news</ref>
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (2007)
Order of Ouissam Alaouite

Honorary degreesEdit

Honorary doctorate of the University of Malta
Honorary doctorates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Honorary doctorates of Al-Quds University
Honorary doctorates of Tel Aviv University

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