Spain´s candidate: Miguel Arias Cañete, 64. He has been Mariano Rajoy´s agriculture minister since 2012. He already held the post during Jose Maria Aznar´s government between 2000 and 2014. Cañete was the Partido Popular´s leading candidate for the May European elections. He studied law and worked as a public prosecutor and law professor beforel he started his political career in Andalusia in 1982.
Personal details : Married, three children. He prefers to be called Miguel Arias.
Portfolio: Climate action and…