Curriculum

He studied Secondary Education at Tirso de Molina School in Ferrol (1945-1952). He took a degree and a doctor’s degree in Law at the University of Salamanca (1952-1958). He was a Professor of Political Law at the Universities of Oviedo and Alcalá de Henares as well at the Spanish Open University and Complutense University (1976-2005). Together with E. Tierno Galván, he was the founder and general secretary of the ‘Partido Socialista Popular’ up to 1978 and deputy (1977-1979). He held the following offices: chancellor of Menéndez y Pelayo University (1980-1983), Spanish ambassador in the UNESCO (1983-1985), deputy in the European Parliament (1987-1994), Spanish ambassador in Lisbon (1995-1999) and Spanish ambassador in Venezuela (2004 - ).