José Manuel Otero Novas (born 20 March 1940) is a Spanish politician from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) who served as Minister of Education from April 1979 to September 1980 and previously as Minister of the Presidency from July 1977 to April 1979. References 1940 births Living people University of Oviedo alumni Government ministers of Spain 20th-century Spanish politicians Education ministers of Spain