Luis Blanco

Luis Blanco holds a PhD in Political Science from Bielefeld University (Germany) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a Master’s degree in International Politics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

In 2018, after several years working with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in the implementation of projects on political dialogue and democracy promotion in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe, he joined the European People’s Party in Brussels as the chief of cabinet of the EPP secretary general, a position he held until June 2022.

In October 2021 he was appointed by the Executive Committee of the Centrist Democrat International (IDC-CDI) as the organisation’s general coordinator. In November 2025, his mandate was renewed for another four-year term.

Luis Blanco is an elected member of the board of the Spanish Partido Popular in Belgium.

He speaks Spanish, German, English, Portuguese and French.