Gabriel MATO ADROVER

PECHCommittee on Fisheries

CPCOConference of Committee Chairs
AGRICommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development
DACPDelegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

CRIMSpecial committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering

• Graduate in law from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1984).
• Assistant judge at the Court in Santa Cruz de la Palma (1986-1988). Legal adviser to the La Palma Island Council (since 1985).
• Chairman of the Partido Popular in La Palma (2001-2004). Deputy Secretary-General of the Partido Popular in the Canary Islands (2004-2007). Member of the National Executive Bureau of the Partido Popular (since 2000).
• Deputy mayor of Santa Cruz de La Palma (1991-1995). Member responsible for education, culture, youth and sport.
• Member of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament (4th parliamentary term); spokesman for the PP parliamentary group. Member of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament (5th parliamentary term). President of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament (6th parliamentary term). Member of the Canary Islands Regional Parliament (7th parliamentary term).
• Minister for Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Fisheries and Food in the Canary Islands Government (1997-2000).
• Member and Second Secretary of the Congress of Deputies (7th parliamentary term). Member (9th parliamentary term).
• International tennis official (since 1995). Member of the Canary Islands Sports Committee.
• Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (Spain).