john, cortes, gibraltarian, politician, american, politician, john, cortes, florida, politician, john, emmanuel, cortes, ecologist, zoologist, justice, peace, gibraltarian, member, gibraltar, socialist, labour, party, married, children, john, emmanuel, cortesm. For the American politician see John Cortes Florida politician John Emmanuel Cortes MBE is an ecologist zoologist Justice of the Peace and Gibraltarian MP member of the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party He is married and has two children 1 The Hon John Emmanuel CortesMPJohn Cortes pictured in 2015Minister for Education Heritage the Environment and Climate ChangeIncumbentAssumed office 2011Personal detailsBornGibraltarNationalityBritish Gibraltarian Political partyGibraltar Socialist Labour Party GSLP SpouseValerieChildrenZoe and MarkAlma materUniversity of OxfordOccupationZoologistPoliticianWebsiteJohn Cortes at the Government of Gibraltar website Contents 1 Biography 2 Academic life 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditCortes founded the Gibraltar Union of Students 1 In 1976 he became the first General Secretary of the Gibraltar Ornithological amp Natural History Society GONHS and since 1991 Director of the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens positions he held until taking government office in 2011 2 Between 1983 and 1991 he was also a civil servant having reached the post of General Manager of the Gibraltar Health Authority 2 He was also a Magistrate for 17 years and was elected President of the Gibraltar Magistrates Association in 2009 2 In December 2011 with his election to the Gibraltar Parliament Cortes resigned from all his other public duties 3 and was appointed Minister of Health and Environment by Chief Minister Fabian Picardo 4 Academic life EditCortes graduated in Ecology in London and received his D Phil from Oxford University in 1983 2 References Edit a b GSLP ed John Cortes Archived from the original on 8 May 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012 a b c d UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum ed Profiles of UKOTCF Council Members and other Officers PDF Retrieved 26 September 2012 Pepe Martinez Campo de Gibraltar ed John Cortes nuevo candidato a las listas del GSLP de Picardo in Spanish Archived from the original on 1 July 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012 Gibraltar Chronicle ed 13 December 2011 Picardo Announces New Govt Ministerial Portfolios Archived from the original on 29 April 2012 Retrieved 26 September 2012 External links EditMinister for Health and Environment Government of Gibraltar Information Services Ministry for Health and Environment Government of Gibraltar Information Services with brief profile This biographical article relating to politics in Gibraltar is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a British botanist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Cortes Gibraltarian politician amp oldid 1083151816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
