Marín opts for a politician

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Series Details 13/06/96, Volume 2, Number 24
Publication Date 13/06/1996
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Date: 13/06/1996

Manuel Marín's search for a suitable chef de Cabinet has ended, with the Commissioner taking the unusual step of appointing a politician rather than a diplomat.

Luis Planas is a Spanish senator, regional agriculture minister and former MEP, and naturally enough has extremely good connections in the Spanish Socialist party.

Could that be why Marín, with one eye on a decent political career when he returns home in 1999, has ditched his efforts to find a diplomatic appointee?

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