Miguel Arias Cañete (born 24 February 1950) is a Spanish

Spain

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 politician

Politician

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. He is a member of the Partido Popular

People's Party (Spain)

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.

Born in Madrid

Madrid

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, he studied at the in the Jesuit college in the Chamartín

Chamartín

Chamartín is an administrative district of Madrid, Spain and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Viso, Prosperidad, Ciudad Jardín, Hispanoamérica, Nueva España, and Pza...

 district of Madrid. Cañete received a Bachelor of Law degree from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid and subsequently worked for the State Prosecution Service. He served as a deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia

Parliament of Andalusia

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 from 1982 until 1986, resigning upon being elected to the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 where he served until 1989. He then served in the Spanish senate

Spanish Senate

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 from 1993 until 2000 and was Minister of Agriculture and Fishing in the governments of José María Aznar

José María Aznar

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. He served as a deputy for Cadiz

Cádiz (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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 in the 2004-2008 Spanish congress before being elected at the 2008 election for Madrid Region

Madrid (Spanish Congress Electoral District)

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which he currently represents.