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Curriculum Vitae
1964: Born, Malaga
1987: Degree in law, Universidad de Málaga
1988: Master's degree in international relations, Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Barcelona
1990-91: Worked in Spain's embassy in Liberia
1992-95: Worked in Spain's embassy in Algeria
1995-98: Worked in Spain's embassy in Greece
1998-2001: Personal adviser to the EU's Special Representative for the southern Mediterranean
2001-04: Head of Three Cultures of the Mediterranean Foundation, Seville
2003: Co-founded Barenboim-Said Foundation
2004-08: Secretary of state for foreign affairs
2008-11: Secretary-general in the office of the Spanish prime minister
2011-: EU's Special Representative to the southern Mediterranean
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