Federico Mayor Zaragoza

Federico Mayor Zaragoza ( born January 27, 1934 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish biologist and politician, he was Director-General of UNESCO on 15 November 1987 to 1999. Currently he is the Head of the Culture of Peace Foundation in Spain.

Life

Scientific career

Mayor graduated with a degree in biochemistry at the University Complutense of Madrid. He taught at the universities of Granada and Madrid, he was rector of the University of Granada (1968-1972) and co-founder of molecular biology center. In particular, because of his work on brain metabolism in Newborn Mayor is an internationally renowned biochemist and molecular biologist.

Political action

Mayor in Spain was Secretary of State (1970-1976), Minister for Education and Science (1981-1982), member of the Spanish (1977) and the European Parliament (1987). He was a member of the Unión de Centro Democrático. Between 1978 and 1984 Mayor was first deputy, and later advisor to the UNESCO Director-General, from November 1987 to 1999 15. -General. The inauguration of Mayor fell into one of the most difficult phases of UNESCO, his tenure was essentially characterized by the end of bipolarity and the political and intellectual upheavals associated.

Socio- scientific commitment

Mayor was a member of the Club of Rome, was or is a member of numerous scientific societies, he is an honorary member of the Club of Budapest and a member of the Patronage Committee of the International Coalition for the Decade, which occurs for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World. The Seville Statement on the question of violence (1986 ) he was one of the first signatories.

At present Mayor is head of the Culture of Peace Foundation in Spain. In many publications, he has dealt with social issues to science and research.