[2] In1982 he received his doctorate in physical sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, with a thesis on the limits of methodology directed by Javier Muguerza.
[2] He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE, within the faction led by Alfonso Guerra.
At the 1991 PSOE national congress he joined the party's Permanent Executive Commission and he became Training Secretariat.
[5] He was a professor of graduate courses on Latin American politics at the Ortega y Gasset University Research Institute.
He directed the Latin American Program of the José Ortega y Gasset University Research Institute, since May 2008.