Pilar del Castillo

Pilar del Castillo
Pilar del Castillo in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
for Spain
Assumed office
20 July 2004
Minister of Education, Culture and Sport
In office
27 April 2000 – 17 April 2004
Prime MinisterJosé María Aznar
Preceded byMariano Rajoy
Succeeded byMaría Jesús San Segundo
Director of the Centre for Sociological Research
In office
24 May 1996 – 27 April 2000
Prime MinisterJosé María Aznar
Preceded byJoaquín Arango Vila-Belda
Succeeded byRicardo Montoro
Personal details
Born
Pilar del Castillo Vera

(1952-07-31) 31 July 1952 (age 72)
Nador, Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Political partyPeople's Party (2000–present)
Other political
affiliations
OCE-BR (1970–1974)
SpouseGuillermo Gortázar
Children2
Alma materTechnical University of Madrid
Ohio State University
Complutense University of Madrid

Pilar del Castillo Vera (pronounced [piˈlaɾ ðel kasˈtiʎo]; born 31 July 1952) is a Spanish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2004. She previously served as Minister for Education, Culture and Sport in the government of Prime Minister José María Aznar from 2000 to 2004.