Attorney Profile
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Partner
Jose Maria Gil-Robles is the co-founder of the association, attorney at the Madrid Bar and former President of the European Parliament.
Professional Activities
- 1958: Member of the Spanish Parliament
- 1959-1964: Professor of Political Law at the Complutense University
- 1959-1997, 1999 to date : Lawyer at the Madrid Bar
- 1974 to date : Publication of various legal papers related to European construction
- 2004 : CHAIR " JEAN MONNET " at the Complutense University
- 2006 : Director of the Centre of Excellence "TRUYOL SERRA" of the University.
European Parliament
- 1989-2004 : Member of the European Parliament
- 1990: Member of the Leadership of the European People's Party
- 1990-1992: Vice-President of the Group of the European People's Party
- 1993-1994: President of the Committee on Institutional Affairs of the Parliament
- 1994-1997: Vice-President of the European Parliament
- January 1997-July 1999: President of the European Parliament
- Since July 1999: Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
- January 2002 to July 2004: President of the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee
- May 2006: President of the European Parliament Former Members Association.
GOVERNMENT AWARDS
- SCHUMAN Medal of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
- Cross of Agricultural Merit
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Grand Cross of Civil Merit
- Grand Cross of Francisco Morazan of the Central American Parliament
- Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Chile
- Grand Cross of the Liberator Order San Martin of Argentina
- Legion of Honour (France)
- Gold Medal of the European Parliament.
ACADEMIC AWARDS
- Doctor Honoris Causa of the Moscow Institute of International Relations
- Honorary Member of the Catholic University of Chile
- Doctor Honoris Causa of Sofia University (Bulgaria)