Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra studied at University of Oviedo, University of Valladolid and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The recorded working language is Spanish. Places of work recorded in the authority are Madrid. Employment is recorded with Complutense University of Madrid. Positions recorded include Defence Minister of Spain and Member of the Congress of Deputies. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, Grand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration and Grand Cross of the Aeronautical Merit - White Decoration.

• Name — Gustavo Suárez Pertierra • Office1 — Minister of Defence • Term Start1 — 1995 • Term End1 — 1996 • Office2 — Minister of Education and Science • Term Start2 — 1993 • Term End2 — 1995 • Office3 — Member of the Congress of Deputies • Constituency3 — Asturias • Term Start3 — 1996 • Term End3 — 2000 • Born — 27 February 1949 • Birthplace — Cudillero, Spain • Party — Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Gustavo Suárez Pertierra (born 1949) is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González.

Born on 27 February 1949 in Cudillero, he earned a PhD in Law at the University of Valladolid. He lectured in canon law at the University of Oviedo and the University of Valladolid, later holding the Chair of Canon Law at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). He briefly served as President of the University Socialist Grouping (ASU) in the 1980s. He served as Undersecretary of Defence from 1984 to 1990 and as Secretary of State of Military Administration from 1990 to 1993. He was appointed Minister of Education and Science in 1993. In 1995, after a cabinet reshuffle, he changed portfolio and assumed the post of Minister of Defence on 3 July, in replacement of Julián García Vargas. He ran as candidate to deputy 2nd in the PSOE list in Asturias for the 1996 general election and became a member of the 6th term of the Congress of Deputies (1996–2000). He presided over the Elcano Royal Institute from 2005 to 2012. In 2018, Suárez Pertierra was appointed President of the UNICEF's Spanish committee in replacement of Carmelo Angulo Barturen.

He was employed by Complutense University of Madrid. Recorded positions include Defence Minister of Spain, Member of the Congress of Deputies, subsecretary of Defense and chairperson. He belonged to Real Academia de Doctores de España. He worked at Madrid. Formation and teaching. Pertierra studied at University of Oviedo, University of Valladolid and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The record notes the qualification Doctor.