John Emmanuel Cortes | |
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![]() John Cortes, pictured in 2014 | |
Minister for Education, the Environment & Climate Change, Heritage, Transport & Traffic and Technical Services | |
Assumed office 2011-present | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gibraltar |
Nationality | British ( Gibraltarian) |
Political party | Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) |
Spouse | Valerie |
Children | Zoe and Mark |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation |
Zoologist Politician |
Website | John Cortes at the Government of Gibraltar website |
John Emmanuel Cortes is an ecologist, zoologist, Justice of the Peace and Gibraltarian MP, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. He is married and has two children. [1]
Cortes founded the Gibraltar Union of Students. [1] In 1976, he became the first General Secretary of the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS), and since 1991, Director of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, positions he held until taking government office in 2011. [2]
Between 1983 and 1991, he was also a civil servant, having reached the post of General Manager of the Gibraltar Health Authority. [2]
He was also a Magistrate for 17 years, and was elected President of the Gibraltar Magistrates' Association in 2009. [2]
In December 2011, with his election to the Gibraltar Parliament, Cortes resigned from all his other public duties, [3] and was appointed Minister of Health and Environment by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. [4]
Cortes graduated in Ecology in London, and received his D.Phil. from Oxford University, in 1983. [2]
John Emmanuel Cortes | |
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![]() John Cortes, pictured in 2014 | |
Minister for Education, the Environment & Climate Change, Heritage, Transport & Traffic and Technical Services | |
Assumed office 2011-present | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gibraltar |
Nationality | British ( Gibraltarian) |
Political party | Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP) |
Spouse | Valerie |
Children | Zoe and Mark |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Occupation |
Zoologist Politician |
Website | John Cortes at the Government of Gibraltar website |
John Emmanuel Cortes is an ecologist, zoologist, Justice of the Peace and Gibraltarian MP, member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party. He is married and has two children. [1]
Cortes founded the Gibraltar Union of Students. [1] In 1976, he became the first General Secretary of the Gibraltar Ornithological & Natural History Society (GONHS), and since 1991, Director of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, positions he held until taking government office in 2011. [2]
Between 1983 and 1991, he was also a civil servant, having reached the post of General Manager of the Gibraltar Health Authority. [2]
He was also a Magistrate for 17 years, and was elected President of the Gibraltar Magistrates' Association in 2009. [2]
In December 2011, with his election to the Gibraltar Parliament, Cortes resigned from all his other public duties, [3] and was appointed Minister of Health and Environment by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. [4]
Cortes graduated in Ecology in London, and received his D.Phil. from Oxford University, in 1983. [2]