Background
Galán, Saúco Víctor was born on December 5, 1946 in Cádiz, Spain. Son of Juan Galán Pérez and Isabel Saúco Gabaldón.
Galán, Saúco Víctor was born on December 5, 1946 in Cádiz, Spain. Son of Juan Galán Pérez and Isabel Saúco Gabaldón.
Degree in Agronomy Engineering, University Madrid, 1970. Master of Science in Horticultural, University Honolulu, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cordoba, Spain, 1981.
Researcher Centro Regional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Agratio II-Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, La Lagun Tenerife, Spain, 1971—1973, researcher, head department horticultural, 1974—1978, researcher, head department fruit culture, 1978—1980, Centro de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria, La Lagun Tenerife, 1980—1984, researcher, head department tropical fruits, 1984—1995, Instituto Canariode Investigaciones Agrarias, 1995—2005. Chairman Commission on Tropical and Subtropical Horticultural ISHS, 1998—2002, chairman section tropical and subtropical fruits, since 2002. Coordinator Mediterranean Selected Fruits Network/Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations), 1995—1998, Red Mundial de Frutos Tropicales/Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/United Nations, 1999—2000.
With Spanish Military, 1970.
Member of Spanish Society Horticultural Science (president 1996—2003, vice president since 2003).
Married Ana Luisa González Reimers. Children: Victor, Laura.