JAVIER RUPÉREZ
Member of the Board of Directors, Abengoa Bioenergy, LLC.
Senior Adviser, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- B.A. in Law from the Universidad Complutense (1963)
- Spanish Foreign Service (1965)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Ambassador of Spain to the United States (2000-2004)
- Ambassador to the Madrid session of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (1979-1982)
- Ambassador to NATO (1982-1983)
- Assistant to the Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee at the UN Security Council in New York (2004-2007)
- Diplomat of Spain in: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)(1967-1969) | Warsaw (Poland)(1969-1971) | Helsinki (Finland)(1972-1973) | Geneva (Switzerland)(1973-1975)
- Participation in the negotiation and agreement of the Helsinki Final Act
- Head of Cabinet of the Under-Secretary and Minister in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1975-1977)
- Retired from Diplomatic Career as Consul General in Chicago
- Active member of the Christian Democrat Movements during the Franco opposition
- Secretary for International Relations and member of the UCD Executive Committee
- Member of Congress (1979) and re-elected several times until 2000
- Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Defence Committee of the House of Representatives (1996-2000)
- Secretary General and President of the Christian Democratic International (1998-2000)
- President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)
- President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (1998-2000)
- President of the Christian Democratic Party of Spain (1986-1988)
- Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of the People's Party (1989-2000)
- President of the NGO "Fundación Humanismo y Democracia" (1989-2000)
- Publication of books on: Foreign Policy | International Relations | Fight Against Terrorism
- Collaborator in ABC and El Imparcial
- Editor in: Revista de Occidente | Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político | Política Exterior | Boletín del Real Instituto Elcano | Cuenta y Razón | Nueva Revista
- Member of the Board of Directors of Abengoa
- Senior Advisor to the CSIS Europe Programme
- Member of Spanish foundations: FAES | Civic Opinion Circle | Foundation for Freedom
- Member of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
- Participation in seminars, conferences and courses in: Universidad Complutense | CEU San Pablo | Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca | Universidad de Valladolid | Universidad de Córdoba | ESADE | UIMP | Columbia University | New York University | Loyola University in Chicago | Bingham Young in Utah | Eastern Michigan University | Madison University in Wisconsin | Central Connecticut University | New Hampshire Institute of Politics | Beloit College in Illinois | Georgetown University
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2011). Memoria de Washington. Embajador de España en la capital del Imperio. La Esfera de los Libros. Madrid.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (1996). Continuidad y cambio en la política exterior española. INCIPE. Madrid.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (1991). Secuestrado por ETA. Temas de hoy.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (1979). Un diseño para la política exterior española: opciones y prioridades. Fundación Humanismo y Democracia. Madrid.
- DÍEZ-ALEGRÍA GUTIÉRREZ, M. y RUPÉREZ, J. (1976). Europa entre el miedo y la esperanza. Edicusa. Madrid.
ARTICLES
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2019). El ruiseñor sigue vivo. Harper Lee también. Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político FAES. ISSN 1696-8441. Nº 64.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2019). España en el LXX aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos. Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político FAES. ISSN 1696-8441. Nº 61.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2018). El lobby americano del separatismo catalán. Revista Tribuna Norteamericana. ISSN-e 1889-6871. Nº 27, pp. 10-17.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2017). Donald Trump y el mundo: una relación conflictiva. Revista Tribuna Norteamericana. ISSN-e 1889-6871. Nº 24, pp. 10-19.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2016). Elecciones presidenciales "USA 2016": inciertas perspectivas. Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político FAES. ISSN 1696-8441. Nº 50.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2016). Obama en "su" política exterior: a la búsqueda del legado. Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político FAES. ISSN 1696-8441. Nº 49.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2016). La política exterior USA bajo Donald. J. Trump. Datos dispersos, múltiples incertidumbres. Nueva revista de política, cultura y arte. ISSN 1130-0426. Nº 160, pp. 2-10.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2015). Europeos y americanos ante un tiempo incierto. Cuadernos de Estrategia. ISSN 1697-6924. Nº 177, pp. 9-24.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2014). Los Estados Unidos de América: ¿todavía la nación indispensable? Nueva revista de política, cultura y arte. ISSN 1130-0426. Nº 150, pp. 76-90.
- RUPÉREZ, J. (2013). La reencarnación de Barack Obama (y otros frutos agridulce). Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político FAES. ISSN 1696-8441, Nº 38, pp. 167-180.