Pilar del Castillo Vera

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Pilar del Castillo Vera, MEP

Pilar del Castillo Vera (born 31 July 1952, Nador) is an MEP from the Spanish People's Party (PP).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Member, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
• Substitute, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Investigation and counselling in the area of Social Sciences

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Law degree (Universidad de Complutense: 1974).
• Fulbright scholarship (Ohio State University 1981-1982).
• Masters Degree in political science (Ohio State University, 1982).
• PhD in law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid 1983).
• Associate Professor of constitutional law (Universidad Española de Educación a Distancia, UNED, 1986).
• Professor of political science (1994).
• Editor of the Director of the New Magazine of Politics, Culture and Art (Nueva Revista de Política, Cultura y Arte) 1995-1996.
• President of the Sociological Research Centre (Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas) (1996-2000).
• Minister of Education, Culture and Sport, 2000-2004.
• Member of Parliament for the constituency of Granada (March- July 2004).
• Vice-coordinator of the EPP-ED group in the ITRE committee.
• Member of the "Board of Governors” of the European Internet Foundation.
• Award for PhD given by the Sociological Research Centre (1984).
• Member of various national and international political science and sociology associations.

Publications

Author of publications on such topics as comparative electoral behaviour, political parties and political and public behaviour. Among the publications:

• "La financiación de partidos y candidatos en las democracias occidentales", Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 1985.
• "Comportamiento político y electoral" (Ed), Madrid, Centro de Investigaciones sociológicas, 1994.
• "Cultura y política" (Ed), Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 1997.
• "La Financiación de la Política en Iberoamérica" (Ed), San José de Costa Rica, Instituto Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral, 1998.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11E254

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45982

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49982

Email:

pilar.delcastillo@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Pilar del Castillo Vera, 08 January 2009, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Pilar del Castillo Vera, accessed 29 April 2009.