Pilar del Castillo Vera

Pilar del Castillo Vera (born 31 July 1952, Nador) is an MEP from the Spanish People's Party (PP) since 20.07.2004.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Pilar del Castillo Vera, accessed 15 September 2010.
==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 SciencesEuropean Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Pilar del Castillo Vera, 08 January 2009, accessed 29 April 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
==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: 
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==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.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Pilar del Castillo Vera, accessed 15 September 2010.
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