Lawyer degree, University CEU of San Pablo, Madrid. International Secretariat of Nuevas Generaciones (youth movement), Partido Popular, 1994. PP Coordinator for Education and Culture. Spokesperson of the Spanish Delegation to the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, 1997-1999. Personal adviser of José María Aznar, former Spanish Prime Minister, 1999-2002. Secretary General, European People’s Party (EPP), 2002-2022. Executive Secretary, International Center Democrat (CDI). Executive-Secretary of Fondation d’ Etudes Européennes. Secretary-General and Treasurer of the Centre for European Studies (CES), Belgium. MEP since 2004.