negotiations of the accession of new state members to the European Union, and the approval of the Agenda 2000. He also had to manage the institutional crisis after the resignation of the Santer Commission. In the 1999 European Parliament election Gil-Robles was reelected member of the European Parliament and succeeded on 20 July by Nicole Fontaine as its president. In the 2004 elections he no longer repeated as an MEP. Gil-Robles was president of the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe between 2009 and 2014. Personal life and death He was married with Magdalena Casanueva, with whom he had four children. Gil-Robles died on 13 February 2023, at the age of 87. Honors Robert Schuman Medal, EPP Group (1995). Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2000). and the Grand Cross of Civil Merit (Spain). References External links José Maria Gil-Robles's archives at the "Fondation Jean Monnet" 1935 births 2023 deaths Presidents of the European Parliament People from Madrid People's Party (Spain) MEPs MEPs for Spain 1989–1994 MEPs for Spain 1994–1999 MEPs for Spain 1999–2004