Carlos Robles Piquer

Carlos Robles Piquer
Member of the European Parliament
In office 1986 – 19 July 1999
Senator
In office 13 June 1983 – 6 July 1987
Constituency	Assembly of Madrid
Director General of RTVE
In office 1981–1982
Preceded by	Fernando Castedo
Succeeded by	Eugenio Nasarre
1st Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 1979–1981
Succeeded by	Gabriel Manueco
Minister of Education and Science
In office 12 December 1975 – 5 July 1976
Preceded by	Cruz Martínez Esteruelas
Succeeded by	Aurelio Menéndez
Director general of popular culture and entertainment
In office December 1967 – November 1969
Succeeded by	Enrique Thomas de Carranza
Director general of information
In office July 1962 – December 1967
Preceded by	Vicente Rodríguez Casado
Personal details
Born	(1925-10-13)13 October 1925 Madrid
Died	8 February 2018(2018-02-08) (aged 92) Madrid
Political party	People's Alliance

Carlos Robles Piquer (13 October 1925 – 8 February 2018) was a Spanish diplomat and politician.

Political career

His political career started in 1962, when he was named director general of information. Robles was then appointed director general of the popular culture and entertainment. He served as minister of education between 1975 and 1976, before assuming the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. After a stint as Director General of RTVE, Robles was elected to the Congress of Deputies from Madrid. He left the national legislature in 1987, and became a member of the European Parliament for Spain until 1999.

Robles' marriage to Elisa Fraga Iribarne, the sister of Manuel Fraga Iribarne, produced a son, José María Robles Fraga, who is also a politician.