title: Carlos Robles Piquer
text: # Carlos Robles Piquer
  
  Carlos Robles Piquer (13 October 1925 – 8 February 2018) was a Spanish diplomat and politician.
  
  ## Political career
  
  His political career started in 1962, when he was named director general of information. Robles was then appointed director general of the popular culture and entertainment. He served as minister of education between 1975 and 1976, before assuming the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. After a stint as Director General of RTVE, Robles was elected to the Congress of Deputies from Madrid. He left the national legislature in 1987, and became a member of the European Parliament for Spain until 1999.
  
  Robles' marriage to Elisa Fraga Iribarne, the sister of Manuel Fraga Iribarne, produced a son, José María Robles Fraga, who is also a politician.
  
  