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Spain

DIRECCION GENERAL DE BELLAS ARTES

Mr Isaac Sastre de Diego replaced Ms Maria Dolores Jiménez-Blanco as director general of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage.

In 2009, he obtained a PhD in Prehistory and Archaeology at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). As for his current public functions, he is in charge of the management and coordination of the Cultural Heritage and Fine Arts General Directorate regarding several General Subdirectorates: the management and coordination of Cultural Assets, Historic Heritage Registrations and Documentation, the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute, national museums and the National Archives.

He has a professional background in different fields such as art, history and archaeology. Between 2009 and 2018, he has been a PhD researcher and Programme coordinator for several projects, in several consortiums over Europe. Then, he worked two years for the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute General Subdirectorate (Ministry of Culture). Since June 2020, he has been a member advisor of the Culture and Sports General Secretariat Technical Cabinet.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY
The first European Heritage Summit was organised in London from April 26 to 28, 2006 by Dr Simon Thurley, former Chief Executive of English Heritage. The mission of the summit was to bring together for the first time those responsible for Europe's cultural heritage, to create an opportunity to exchange experiences in heritage management and to initiate joint action. The first summit brought together 23 European countries, who agreed in the summit's final declaration to continue to meet annually in the form of a European Heritage Heads Forum. Each year, future host countries are chosen by mutual agreement at the annual meeting, so that the tradition can continue.

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