Juan Manuel Suárez Japón

Professor of Human Geography. Pablo de Olavide University. Seville, Spain.

Professor of Human Geography at the Universities of Cádiz and Pablo de Olavide (Seville). Grand Rector of the International University of Andalusia (2005-2013). Dean of Humanities at the University of Pablo Olavide (1999-2001). Minister of Culture and Environment of the Junta de Andalucía (1990-1994). President of the Andalusian Council of Biosphere Reserves, UNESCO (2000-2013). Founder and Executive Vice President of the Spanish-Japanese Friendship Association (since 1997). Decorated with the ”Orden del Sol Naciente", granted by the Government of Japan, on behalf of the Emperor.