Andrés Ortega
Director, Foreign Policy Spanish edition
Andrés Ortega is Director of Foreign Policy Spanish Edition, published by FRIDE, and Editorialist and Columnist in the Spanish newspaper, EL PAÍS. From 1994 to 1996, Andrés Ortega was General Director of the Policy Planning Unit at the Prime Minister’s Office, where he had been Advisor since its conception in 1990.
In 1989, he was Interim Executive Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Fernández Ordónez. From 1980 to 1988, Andrés Ortega worked in EL PAÍS as London Correspondent (1980-1982), Brussels Correspondent during the negotiations for Spanish EC membership (1983-1986), and Correspondent on international relations (1987-1988). In addition, he was Director of Analytical Services and Debate Forum at the Newsgroup PRISA (1996-2000).
Andrés Ortega is a graduate of Political Science from Universidad Complutense of Madrid and holds a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
He is the author of three books: El purgatorio de la OTAN (Madrid 1986), La Razón de Europa (Madrid 1994) and Horizontes cercanos: Guía para un mundo en cambio (Madrid 2000). In 2002, Andrés Ortega received the Salvador de Madariaga Prize for European journalism. Areas of Expertise: Globalisation; European Integration; International Security; Spanish Foreign Policy.
He is member of the Advisory Committee of FRIDE.
Spoken languages
English, Spanish
Written languages
English, Spanish
