12 Notable alumni of
University of Cadiz
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The University of Cadiz is 2383rd in the world, 770th in Europe, and 40th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from the University of Cadiz sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Teresa Rodríguez
- Occupations
- high-school teachertrade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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María Teresa Rodríguez-Rubio Vázquez is a Spanish politician. Active in United Left in her youth within the platform Espacio Alternativo, in 2008 the organization split from IU. She then participated in the creation of Izquierda Anticapitalista, later renamed as Anticapitalistas. She was a Member of the European Parliament representing Podemos from 2014 to 2015, and was the party's presidential candidate for the 2015 and 2018 Andalusian parliamentary elections. She left Podemos in 2020 and founded the Adelante Andalucía party, being elected to the Parliament of Andalusia in 2022 and leaving her seat at the end of the year.
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José María González Santos
- Enrolled in the University of Cadiz
- Graduated with Licentiate in Geography and History
- Occupations
- activisthigh-school teacherpoliticiancomparsistatrade unionist
- Biography
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José María González Santos, mononymously known as Kichi, is a Spanish politician and teacher, Mayor of Cádiz from 2015 to 2023.
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Juan Carlos Campo Moreno
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- judgemagistratewriterpolitician
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Juan Carlos Campo Moreno is a Spanish judge and politician who served as minister of Justice and ex officio First Notary of the Kingdom from 2020 to 2021 and as Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2016 to 2020 representing Cádiz. Previously, he served as the 7th Secretary of State for Justice from 2009 to 2011 and as member of the General Council of the Judiciary from 2001 to 2008.
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Bibiana Aído
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- United Nations officialpoliticiancivil servanteconomist
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Bibiana Aído Almagro is a Spanish politician who served as minister of equality. She became the first person to hold the post on 14 April 2008, at the beginning of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's second term as Prime Minister of Spain.
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José Antonio Monago
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- politicianfirefighterlawyer
- Biography
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José Antonio Monago Terraza is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP) who served as President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, the Extremaduran regional administration, from 2011 to 2015. Outside of political life, Monago received a Doctorate in Law from the University of Salamanca He became Extremaduran regional leader of the PP in 2007 and served as a city councillor in Badajoz and as a PP deputy in the Extremaduran Assembly. The Extremaduran Assembly appointed him to the Spanish Senate in 2008.
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Antonio Sanz
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Antonio Sanz Cabello is a lawyer and politician.
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Inmaculada Nieto Castro
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- politicianpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Inmaculada Nieto Castro is a Spanish politician of the United Left (IU). She has been a deputy in the Parliament of Andalusia since 2012, and spokesperson of her party in parliament since 2019, within the coalitions of Adelante Andalucía (2018), Unidas Podemos and Por Andalucía.
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Leonor Rodríguez
- Enrolled in the University of Cadiz
- 2015-2017 graduated with master's degree in dietetics
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Leonor del Pilar Rodríguez Manso is a Spanish international basketball player for Perfumerías Avenida and the Spanish national team.
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Lourdes Ortega
- Occupations
- university teacherlinguist
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Lourdes Ortega is a Spanish-born American linguist. She is currently a professor of applied linguistics at Georgetown University. Her research focuses on second language acquisition and second language writing. She is noted for her work on second language acquisition and for recommending that syntactic complexity needs to be measured multidimensionally.
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Andrea Benítez
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- singerskateboarder
- Biography
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Andrea Claudia Benítez Rivera is a Spanish professional skateboarder, recognized in that sport at the national level.
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María José García-Pelayo Jurado
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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María José García-Pelayo Jurado is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She has served on the city council of her hometown of Jerez de la Frontera since 1995, with three spells as mayor (2003–2005; 2011–2013; 2023–). She has also sat in both houses of the Cortes Generales including three spells in the Senate (2011–2015; 2022–2023; 2023–), and in the Parliament of Andalusia (1996–2011).
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Anna Corbella
- Enrolled in the University of Cadiz
- Studied in 2002-2003
- Occupations
- sailorveterinarianfirefighter
- Biography
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Anna Corbella i Jordi is a Spanish sailor. She was the first Spanish woman to sail non-stop around the world and the third woman to do it twice.
