Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín (Valladolid, Spain, 14 July 1958) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the main opposition People's Party (PP).
Single with two children, Cortés graduated in law at the University of Valladolid and subsequently worked as a lawyer.
[1] He then served as a regional procurator and PP spokesman in the Parliament of Castille and Leon.
An associate of future Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar,[2] with Aznar he quit regional Castillan politics in 1989 in order to enter national politics.
Between 2000 and 2004 he served as the 6th Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Ibero-America of the Government of Spain.