Born in 1951. San Sebastián. Agronomist Engineer. Regional Minister for Tourism at the pre-autonomous Basque Government, 1980. Delegate of the Government of the Basque Country, 1982. Party leader and Spokesman of ‘Coalición Popular’ in the Basque Parliament, 1984-1986. Member of National Parliament for the PP in the I, IV, VI, VII and VIII Terms. Member of the National Executive Committee of the Partido Popular, 1989. Partido Popular's Candidate for the Presidency to the Basque Country, 1990-1994. Leader and spokesman of this party in the Basque Parliament throughout this period. Deputy secretary general, PP, 1996- 2002. Minister of Internal Affairs, 1996-2001. PP's Candidate for the Presidency to the Basque Country 2001-2004. Deputy Secretary-General and Honorary President of the PP in the Basque Country. First Vice-President of the EPP Group and Head of the Spanish Delegation in the EP. President of EIN;Member of the Robert Schuman Foundation; www.jaimemayororeja.eu MEP since 2004.