Santiago FISAS AYXELA

D-MXDelegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee

CULTCommittee on Culture and Education
DCARDelegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee
DLATDelegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

DEVECommittee on Development
DACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

• Graduate in law from the University of Barcelona (1971). Senior management business programme (IESE Business School, Barcelona).
• Vice-President of the company SATI S.A. Chairman of the External Trade Committee for Fomento del Trabajo (a business development association). Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organisations (CEOE).
• Vice-President of the youth wing of the Catalan Centrists (1977-1978). Member of the National Executive of the Partido Popular (1999-2003). Member of the National Executive Bureau of the Partido Popular (2003-2007).
• Member and Chair of the Catalan PP group on Barcelona City Council (1999-2002).
• Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism in the Community of Madrid (2003-2009).
• Vice-President of the National Sports Council (CSD) (1996-1998); Secretary of State for Sport (1998-1999).
• Member of the European Golf Association. Member of the European League for Economic Cooperation (ELEC).
• First Vice-President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (2002-2003). President of the Foundation of the Gran Teatro del Liceu (Barcelona). Patron of the Teatro Real in Madrid (since 2003).
• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit (Spain) (1999). Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (1999). Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France) (2008).