OREJA AGUIRRE (Marcelino)

- Born on 13 February 1935 in Madrid (Spain)
- Nationality: Spanish
- Doctor of Law
- Member of the Spanish Diplomatic Service (since 1960)
- Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1976‒1980)
- Senator by royal appointment in the Constituent Assembly(1977‒1979)
- Member of Parliament for Guipúzcoa (1979)
- Secretary General of the Council of Europe (1984)
- Chairman of the Joint Congress‒Senate Committee for European Affairs in the Spanish Parliament (1993)
- Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Institutional Affairs (1993)
- Member of the European Commission with special responsibility for Transport and Energy (1994‒1996)
- European Commission Representative at the Intergovernmental Conference for the revision of the Maastricht Treaty (1996)
- Secretary (2001‒2009) and President (since 2009) of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
- In the private sector, has served as President of the FCC, Advisor for Acerinox and Repsol, and is currently Advisor for FCC and Barclays Bank