89 Notable alumni of
University of Deusto
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The University of Deusto is 594th in the world, 218th in Europe, and 13th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 89 notable alumni from the University of Deusto sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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José Ortega y Gasset
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- translatorwriterpedagoguemathematicianuniversity teacher
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José Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish philosopher and essayist. He worked during the first half of the 20th century while Spain oscillated between monarchy, republicanism, and dictatorship. His philosophy has been characterized as a "philosophy of life" that "comprised a long-hidden beginning in a pragmatist metaphysics inspired by William James, and with a general method from a realist phenomenology imitating Edmund Husserl, which served both his proto-existentialism (prior to Martin Heidegger's) and his realist historicism, which has been compared to both Wilhelm Dilthey and Benedetto Croce."
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Mikel Oyarzabal
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- association football player
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Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger or forward for La Liga club Real Sociedad, which he captains, and the Spain national team.
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Santiago Abascal Conde
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- In 2003 graduated with Licentiate in sociology
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- politiciansociologistessayist
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Santiago Abascal Conde is a Spanish politician and since September 2014 the leader of the right-wing political party Vox. Abascal is a member of the Congress of Deputies representing Madrid since 2019. Before the creation of Vox, Abascal was long a member of the People's Party, served as legislator in the Basque Parliament, founded the Spanish nationalist Foundation for the Defense of the Spanish Nation (Spanish: Fundación para la Defensa de la Nación Española, or DENAES) and exerted the role of director of publicly funded entities of the Community of Madrid.
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Álex de la Iglesia
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- film producerfilm screenwriterwriterscreenwriterdirector
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Alejandro "Álex" de la Iglesia Mendoza is a Spanish film director, screenwriter, producer and former comic book artist.
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Anne Igartiburu
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Studied in 1987-1990
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- television presenterfilm actor
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Anne Igartiburu Verdes is a Spanish Basque television presenter and actress.
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Dolores Redondo
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- novelistwriterrestaurateur
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Dolores Redondo Meira is a Spanish writer of noir novels, author of the Baztán Trilogy, and winner of the 2016 Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize.
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Fernando Grande Marlasca
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- lawyerjuristpoliticianjudge
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Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez is a Spanish judge and politician who has served as minister of the Interior since June 2018. An independent politician close to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he has been Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2020, and during 2023, representing Cádiz.
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Carlos Sobera
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- television actoruniversity teachertelevision presenterscreenwriteractor
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Carlos Javier Sobera Pardo is a Spanish actor, television presenter and former law lecturer.
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Mario Conde
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- 1965-1971 graduated with Licentiate in law
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- bankerpoliticianbusinessperson
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Mario Antonio Conde Conde is a Spanish businessman, former banker, state lawyer and politician. He served as chairman of Banesto from November 1987 to December 1993, when he was dismissed and the firm intervened by the Bank of Spain, in what would become the first major interference of a government in a financial institution. At the peak of his career in 1987, a 38-year-old Conde controlled over 1% of Spain's GDP.
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José García-Margallo y Marfil
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- lawyerjuristeconomistpolitician
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José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil is a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2011 to 2016. Since 2019, he has been a member of the European Parliament.
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Emilio Botín
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- bankerbusinessperson
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Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), and in 1999 it merged with Banco Central Hispano creating Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH), which became Spain's largest bank, of which he was co-president with Central Hispano's José María Amusategui, until Amusategui retired in 2002. In 2004, BSCH acquired the British bank Abbey National, making BSCH the second largest bank in Europe by market capitalisation. He was known for his obsession with growth and performance as well as regularly visiting branches.
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Ana Blanco
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- 1977-1981 graduated with Licentiate in journalism and pedagogy
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- news presenterannouncerpedagoguetelevision presenter
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Ana Isabel Blanco López is a Spanish newscaster. From 1990 to 2022 she anchored Televisión Española's flagship daily newscast Telediario, on its three main editions –afternoon, evening, and weekend– in different seasons. She is the current host of Informe Semanal.
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Ángel María Villar
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- association football playersports executive
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Ángel María Villar Llona is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Iván Redondo
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- political adviser
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Iván Redondo Bacaicoa is a Spanish political advisor who served as the 11th Moncloa Chief of Staff from 2018 to 2021.
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Cuca Gamarra
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Studied economic law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Concepción "Cuca" Gamarra Ruiz-Clavijo is a Spanish politician who is Secretary-General of the People's Party
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Iñigo Urkullu Renteria
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- politicianteacher
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Íñigo Urkullu Renteria is a Basque politician from Spain, and the Lehendakari (President) of the Basque Government since 2012.
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Isabel Celaá
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- politicianhigh school teacher
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María Isabel Celaá Diéguez is a Spanish politician. In June 2018, she was appointed Minister of Education and Vocational Training and Spokesperson of the Government of Spain. Since 2022, she serves as Ambassador to the Holy See.
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Borja Sémper Pascual
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- politicianwriterdirector
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Francisco de Borja Sémper Pascual is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was a city councillor in the Basque cities of Irun (1995–2010) and San Sebastián (2019–2020) and a member of the Basque Parliament (2003–2020), serving as party spokesman in the latter chamber from 2013.
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Gerardo Diego
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- writerpoet
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Gerardo Diego Cendoya was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27.
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Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzábal
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- economistpolitician
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Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzábal is a Spanish politician serving as senator from Castile and León since 24 July 2019 and Spokesperson of the Popular Group in the Senate since 30 July.
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Eduardo Madina
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- politician
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Eduardo Madina Muñoz is a Spanish socialist politician. He was the Secretary General of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in Congress between April 2009 and September 2014.
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Espido Freire
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Studied English studies
- Occupations
- journalisttranslatorwriteressayist
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María Laura Espido Freire is a writer born in Bilbao, Spain on 16 July 1974. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.
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José Antonio Aguirre
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- association football playerpoliticianlawyer
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José Antonio Aguirre y Lecube was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during the Spanish Civil War. Under his mandate, the Provisional Government formed the Basque Army and fought for the Second Spanish Republic.
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Joseba Sarrionandia
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- lecturerchildren's writerwriterphilologisttranslator
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Joseba Sarrionandia Uribelarrea is a Basque writer who has published a large number of books of poetry and short stories, as well as novels. He has been awarded on numerous occasions for his work, and is nowadays a respected literary personality in the Basque Country.
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Aitor Esteban
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- university teacherpoliticianjurist
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Aitor Esteban Bravo is a Spanish jurist and politician who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies since 2004. He is a member of the Basque Nationalist Party and serves as the party's Spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies since 2012.
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Joaquín Almunia
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Studied law and economics
- Occupations
- university teacherinternational forum participantlawyerjuristeconomist
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Joaquín Almunia Amann is a Spanish politician and formerly, prominent member of the European Commission. During his tenure in the two Barroso Commissions, he was European commissioner responsible for economic and monetary affairs (2004–2009) and, subsequently, vice-president and the European Commissioner for Competition (2009–2014). Previously, he had been Spanish Minister for Employment (1982–1986) and Public Administrations (1986–1991). From 1997 to 2000, he was the leader of the opposition as secretary general of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, standing in and losing the 2000 Spanish general election against the then incumbent Spanish prime minister, José María Aznar.
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Manuel Marchena Gómez
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- In 1981 graduated with Licentiate in law
- Occupations
- prosecutormagistrate
- Biography
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Manuel Marchena Gómez is a Spanish judge and prosecutor. He currently serves as Magistrate of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court.
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José Manuel Albares
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- diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
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José Manuel Albares Bueno is a Spanish diplomat who has been serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2021.
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Pedro Morenés
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- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
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Pedro Morenés y Álvarez de Eulate, is a Spanish politician who was minister of defence and Ambassador of Spain to the United States of America. Prior to his appointment as minister, he was president of Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro, from 2006 to 2011.
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Antonio Garamendi
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- businessperson
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Antonio Garamendi Lecanda is a Spanish businessman, current president of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE). He previously held the position of treasurer of the CEOE and was also the president of the Spanish metal federation (ConfeMetal).
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Josu Jon Imaz
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- chemistpoliticianinternational forum participant
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Josu Jon Imaz San Miguel is a politician, executive and scientist from Zumarraga, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain, born in 1963. He is CEO of the oil company Repsol. Doctor in Chemical Sciences from the University of the Basque Country.
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Fernando Velázquez
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- film score composerconductormusiciancellistcomposer
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Fernando Velázquez is a Spanish concert, film and TV composer. Among his best known works are the film soundtracks for Juan Antonio Bayona’s films: The Orphanage, The Impossible and A Monster Calls, for which he won the Goya Film Award for Best Original Composition in 2017.
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Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza
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- politicianlawyereconomist
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Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza is a former politician from the Spanish Basque Country. He became the second elected Lehendakari (President of the Basque Autonomous Community), after José Antonio Aguirre, who had held that office in 1936-60.
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Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez was a Colombian Conservative party politician and lawyer who served as President of Colombia from November 1951 until June 1953, while President Laureano Gómez was absent due to health issues.
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José Ignacio Goirigolzarri
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- bankerbusinesspersoneconomist
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José Ignacio Goirigolzarri Tellaeche is a Spanish economist and executive. He is the current Chairman of CaixaBank since 2021 and Chairman of the state-owned holding BFA. From 2012 to 2021 he served as Chairman of Bankia and from 2001 to 2009 as chairman and COO of BBVA.
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Jon Juaristi
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- university teacherlinguistwriterpoliticiantranslator
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Jon Juaristi Linacero is a Spanish poet, essayist and translator in Spanish and Basque, as well as a self-confessed former ETA militant. He lives in Madrid.
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Ángel Herrera Oria
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- Catholic priestlawyerCatholic bishopjournalistpolitician
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Ángel Herrera Oria was a Spanish journalist and Roman Catholic politician and later a cardinal. He established the Instituto Social León XIII (later renamed Fundación Pablo VI) to promote the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church and named it in honor of Pope Paul VI who elevated him to the rank of cardinal in 1965.
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Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Graduated with Bachelor in Economics
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún was a Spanish politician and businessman as well as being a doctor in economics and law who was best known as being the mayor of Madrid from 1989 to 1991.
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José Antonio Ardanza
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- politicianbusinessperson
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José Antonio Ardanza Garro is a former Spanish politician that became the second elected Lehendakari (President of the Basque Autonomous Community, Spain after the approval of the Statute of Autonomy. He was in office between 1985 and 1999.
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Idoia Mendia Cueva
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- politicianlawyer
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Idoia Mendia Cueva is a Spanish politician and since 2014 general secretary of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left. Since 2020, she serves as the Second Vice President and the Regional Minister of Labour of Employment in the Basque Government led by Iñigo Urkullu. Previously, from 2009 to 2012, she was the Regional Minister of Interior, Justice and Public Administration, and spokesperson of the Basque Government led by Patxi López.
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Maite Pagazaurtundúa
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- politicianwriter
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María Teresa "Maite" Pagazaurtundúa Ruiz, better known as Maite Pagazaurtundúa or Maite Pagaza, is a Spanish politician, activist and writer. She is currently a Member of the European Parliament, and former spokesperson of Union, Progress and Democracy in the European Parliament.
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Santiago Manuin Valera
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- environmentalisthuman rights activistindigenous leader of the Americasteacher
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Santiago Manuin Valera was a Peruvian human rights activist and indigenous leader.
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Víctor Pradera Larumbe
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- lawyerengineerhistorianpolitician
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Juan Víctor Pradera Larumbe was a Spanish political theorist and a Carlist politician.
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Josu Erkoreka Gervasio
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- politicianjurist
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Josu Erkoreka is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque Nationalist Party.
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Juan María Aburto
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- politicianjurist
- Biography
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Juan María Aburto Rike is a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was elected mayor of Bilbao in 2015.
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Alfredo Sáenz Abad
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- economistbanker
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Alfredo Sáenz Abad is a Spanish businessman who was the CEO and Vice-Chairman of the Spanish bank Santander Group, the largest bank in the Eurozone and one of the largest banks in the world in terms of market capitalisation. He obtained his degree in Law from the University of Valladolid, and in Economics from the Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao.
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Jaime del Burgo
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- politician
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Jaime Ignacio del Burgo Tajadura Doctor in Law from the University of Deusto (Bilbao, Spain), he is a jurist, historian and politician from Navarra, which is a Foral or autonomous Community, integrated into the Kingdom of Spain. In 1977 he was elected Senator (1977–1982 and 1986–1989) and had an active participation in the drafting of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. In 1979 he was elected member of the Parliament of Navarra, provincial deputy for the city of Pamplona and president of the first Provincial Council or Government of Navarra. In 1989 he was elected Deputy of Navarra in the Spanish Congress of Deputies, a position he held until 2008. He was president of the Constitutional Commission of Congress (2002–2004). Throughout his political life he defended the freedom of Navarra and the right of the Navarrese people not to be integrated into the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country [Euskadi or Euskalherria]. Likewise, he is considered the “intellectual author” of the Improvement of the regional [or autonomous] regime of Navarra, which reflects the historical rights of Navarra, protected and respected by the Constitution. He is a corresponding Academician of the Royal Academy of History, of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation. He was a professor of Public Foral Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Navarra. He is a member of the Order of Constitutional Merit and the Cross of Honor of the Order of the Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort. He is the author of 44 books, including “Origin and foundation of the Foral Regime in Navarra” (Pamplona, 1968), “Foral Law Course of Navarra”. (Pamplona, 1996.), “Navarra is freedom” (2 volumes, Madrid, 1999); “Cánovas and the Economic Agreements. Death and resurrection of the Basque Fueros” (Pamplona, 2010); “History of Navarre”. Joint work with Jaime del Burgo. (Pamplona, 2013), “11-M, the attack that changed the history of Spain” (Madrid, 2014), “The epic of the Basque and Navarrese forality. Beginning and end of the regional question, 1808‐1979-1082” (Bilbao, 2016), “Navarra in history”, Madrid, 2017), “Charles V, emperor of the West and peacemaker of Navarre”, (Madrid, 2022); “Assault on democracy” (Madrid, 2022) and “The Improvement of the Jurisdiction. The house of the Navarrese people” (Bilbao, 2023).
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Javier Zarzalejos
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- politicianlawyer
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Francisco Javier Zarzalejos Nieto is a Spanish civil servant and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
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Jesús María de Leizaola
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- politicianlawyer
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Jesús María de Leizaola Sánchez was a Spanish politician and was named President of the Basque Government in exile after José Antonio Aguirre's death in 1960.
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Íñigo Cavero
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- politicianlawyerjurist
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Íñigo Cavero Lataillade, Marquis of el Castillo de Aysa, Baron of Carondelet, Baron of la Torre was a Spanish aristocrat, lawyer and politician.
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Alauda Ruiz de Azúa
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- film directordirectorscreenwriter
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Alauda Ruiz de Azúa is a Spanish filmmaker. Her full-length debut Lullaby (2022) earned critical acclaim, and won her the Goya Award for Best New Director.
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Carlos Dívar
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- magistrate
- Biography
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José Carlos Dívar Blanco was a Spanish magistrate. He served as the 46th President of the Supreme Court and 6th President of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 to June 2012.
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Esteban de Bilbao Eguía
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- politicianlawyer
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Esteban de Bilbao Eguía, 1st Marquess of Bilbao Eguía was a Spanish politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
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Manuel de Irujo Ollo
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- politicianlawyer
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Manuel de Irujo Ollo was a lawyer and politician from Navarre, Spain, who became the leader of the Basque Nationalist Party during the Second Spanish Republic. He was a liberal democrat with a profound faith in Christianity. He was Minister of Justice in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). He went into exile after the Republican defeat. He returned from exile in 1977 and was elected to the Senate.
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José Joaquín Martínez Sieso
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- politicianlawyer
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José Joaquín Martínez Sieso is a Spanish politician and former President of Cantabria between 1995 and 2003.
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Antonio Losada Diéguez
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- authorwriter
- Biography
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Antón Losada Diéguez was a writer, Galician politician, member of the Irmandades da Fala of Ourense, promoter of the magazine Nós and correspondent of the Royal Galician Academy. He was author of half a dozen books of poetry, seven books, two political writings, the incomplete work A domeadora and the speech Ouservacións encol da prosa galega. He became a member in the Seminar of Galician Studies. He was honoured on the Day of the Galician Letters of 1985.
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Carlos Martínez Gorriarán
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- writerpoliticianuniversity teacherphilosopher
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Carlos Martínez Gorriarán is a Spanish scholar, born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain. After being a member of marxist and basque nationalist movements, he became one of the founding members and spokespersons of ¡Basta Ya! association and head of the Plataforma Pro from which the Union, Progress and Democracy party emerged in September 2007. In ¡Basta Ya! he was opposed to ETA, and also to the "obligatory nationalism" that he considered to be occurring in the Basque Country. He is a member of the Directing and Political counsels of the party.
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Joan Mari Torrealdai
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- journalistwriterlibrariansociologist
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Joan Mari Torrealdai Nabea was a Basque writer, journalist and sociologist. He was a member of Euskaltzaindia (the Royal Academy of the Basque Language). He was born in Forua, Biscay, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.
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Cruz Martínez Esteruelas
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- politician
- Biography
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Cruz Martínez Esteruelas was a Spanish politician who served as Minister of Education and Science of Spain between 1968 and 1973, during the Francoist dictatorship.
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Mikel Lejarza Ortiz
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Graduated with Licentiate in Geography and History
- Occupations
- university teachertelevision producerfilm producermedia proprietorjournalist
- Biography
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Mikel Lejarza Ortiz is a Spanish audiovisual producer. He became the president of A3 Films (later Atresmedia Cine) in 2010.
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Fernando Maura
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- lawyerwriterpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Fernando Maura Barandiarán is a Spanish lawyer, politician and writer.
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Maider Etxebarria
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- politician
- Biography
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Maider Etxebarria García is a Spanish politician. A member of the Socialist Party of the Basque Country, she has served as mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz since 2023.
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María Asunción Quiñones
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- association football player
- Biography
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María Asunción "Mariasun" Quiñones Goikoetxea is a Spanish Basque professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga F club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain women's national team.
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Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano
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- university teacherpoliticiansociologist
- Biography
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Iñaki Ruiz de Pinedo Undiano is a Basque sociologist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He was previously a member of the Basque Parliament.
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Joseba Arregi
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- university teacherpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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Joseba Arregui Aramburu was a Spanish Basque politician, theologian, and academic.
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Unai Hualde
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- legal counselorpolitician
- Biography
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Unai Hualde Iglesias is a Navarrese politician from the Basque National Party and a leading member of the coalition Geroa Bai. He is the president of the Basque National Party in Navarre, as well as a Member of the Parliament of Navarre since 2015. He served as the First Vice-president of the Parliament of Navarre from 2015 to 2019, during its 9th term. In 2019 he was elected as the President of the Parliament of Navarre for its 10th term. He was re-elected in 2023.
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Juan Manuel Eguiagaray
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- politicianprofessoreconomist
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Eguiagaray is a Spanish economist, academic, businessman and retired politician. He served as the minister of industry and energy from 1993 to 1996.
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Álvaro Bermejo
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- journalistanthropologistwriter
- Biography
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Álvaro Bermejo Marcos is a Spanish writer.
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Jan Emanuel Abras
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- musicologistcomposerconductor
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Abras Contel is a classical music composer, conductor, musicologist and historian from Sweden. Born in Stockholm to a European family (French, Italian, etc.) that moved around the world, Abras became a cosmopolitan artist and scientist.
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Antonio Iturmendi Bañales
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- politician
- Biography
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Antonio Iturmendi Bañales was a Spanish Carlist and Francoist politician. He is best known as the Minister of Justice, serving in 1951–1965, as the Cortes speaker, serving in 1965–1969; he held the parliamentarian ticket between 1949 and 1976. He is also noted as briefly a civil governor and Tarragona and Zaragoza provinces in 1939. Though not counted among key decision-makers of the Francoist regime, he is considered instrumental in thwarting the Falangist attempt to re-define the system in the mid-1950s, and in the process of implementing the Alfonsist restoration in the 1960s.
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Luis María Atienza Serna
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Luis María Atienza Serna is a Spanish politician and businessman. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from May 1994 to May 1996. During his time as Agriculture Minister, the National Parks Autonomous Agency (OAPN) was created.
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María Isabel Pozueta Fernández
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- sexologistactivistpoliticiansociologist
- Biography
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Maria Isabel Pozueta Fernández is a Basque sexologist, activist, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
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Miren Azkarate Villar
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- writerpoliticianuniversity teacherlinguistphilologist
- Biography
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Miren Karmele Azkarate Villar is a politician, professor of Basque philology, university lecturer and full member of the Royal Academy of the Basque Language. She was Minister of Culture and spokesperson for the Basque Government.
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Gotzon Garate
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- Catholic priestwriteruniversity teacherlinguist
- Biography
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Gotzon Garate Goihartzun was a Basque and Spanish writer and linguist, collector of Basque dialects, Jesuit theologian.
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Manuel Garcia-Duran
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- businessperson
- Biography
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Manuel García-Durán was the chairman and CEO of Grupo Ezentis, a business group with more than 50 years of experience in the technology, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors, listed on the Madrid stock exchanges.
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Julio Urquijo Ibarra
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- university teacherhistorianwriterpoliticianphilologist
- Biography
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Julio de Urquijo e Ibarra, Count of Urquijo, in Basque self-styled as Julio Urkixokoa, was a Basque linguist, cultural activist, and a Spanish Carlist politician. As a Traditionalist deputy he twice served in the Cortes, during the terms of 1903-1905 and 1931-1933, though the climax of his political activity fell on the late Restoration period. As a scientist he was the moving spirit behind setting up numerous vascologist institutions, especially Revista Internacional de Estudios Vascos (1907) and Sociedad de Estudios Vascos (1918). Himself he specialized in Basque paremiology and bibliography. He opposed academy-driven unification of Basque dialects and preferred to wait until standard Basque emerges naturally.
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Vicenç Capdevila
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- In 1959 graduated with licentiate degree in law
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- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Vicenç Capdevila i Cardona was a Spanish lawyer and politician.
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Federico Moyúa Salazar
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Federico de Moyúa y Salazar was a Spanish politician who served as the mayor of Bilbao.
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Leixuri Arrizabalaga
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Leixuri Arrizabalaga Arruza is a Basque lawyer and politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. She started her political career at a young age as town councillor in her hometown Gatika. She was a member of the Basque Parliament for Biscay from 2012 to 2023, and also served as mayor of Gatika from 2015 to 2021. She was her party's leading candidate for Biscay in the 2020 Basque Parliament election. In 2023 she was appointed to the Provincial Council of Biscay, serving as foral deputy of Basque Language, Culture and Sport and government spokesperson under Deputy General (president) Elixabete Etxanobe.
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Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola
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- economistpolitician
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Manuel Ayerdi Olaizola is a Basque economist, politician, Minister of Economic Development and Business of Navarre and a member of the Parliament of Navarre. He was previously First Vice President of Navarre.
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Joseba Agirreazkuenaga
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- historian
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Joseba Agirreazkuenaga is a researcher and historian. He is specialist in the history of the Basque Country particularly: the crisis of the Ancien Régime; the fueros, self-governance, the economic concert between Spain and the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country and its fiscal system, and the social movements both in Bilbao and in the Basque Country as a whole.
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Fernando Gomez-Bezares
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
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- economist
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Fernando Gómez-Bezares is an economist, professor in several universities, and author of numerous publications (books, chapters and articles) in his field. In the 1980s he developed a method of selection of risky investments called Penalized present value (PPV).
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Marcial Solana González-Camino
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- lawyerhistorianpoliticianphilosopher
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Marcial Augusto Justino Solana González-Camino was a Spanish scholar, writer and politician. In science he is best known as historian of philosophy and author of a monumental work on 16th century Spanish thinkers, though he contributed also to history, theory of law and theology. In politics he is recognized chiefly as a Traditionalist theorist of state, apart from his rather modest militancy within Integrism and Carlism. Throughout all his life he was also active in various lay Catholic organizations.
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Joanes Urkixo
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- poettranslatorwriterscreenwriter
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Joanes Urkixo Beitia is a Basque language writer, and film and television writer.
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Francisco González Bree
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- In 2010 graduated with master's degree in innovation
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- researcherartistteacher
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Francisco González Bree, also known as Paco Bree, is a corporate executive, professor, writer, researcher, artist and a professional in the field of creativity and innovation. In addition to his academic contribution, he is business advisor and regular collaborator in different media such as El Español, on matters related to innovation and creativity, and the importance of these issues in companies, people and society.
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Xabier Benito
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- politiciansocial worker
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Xabier Benito Ziluaga, is a Spanish politician, who, since November 2015 has been a Member of the European Parliament, representing Spain as a member of Podemos.
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Joxe Austin Arrieta
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- poettranslatorwriteruniversity teacher
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Joxe Austin Arrieta Ugartetxea is a Basque writer and translator.
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Olatz Garamendi
- Enrolled in the University of Deusto
- Studied law
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- politiciancivil servant
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Olatz Garamendi Landa is a Spanish politician affiliated with the Basque National Party. As of 8 September 2020, she serves as Minister of Public Governance and Self-Government in the Third Urkullu Government led by Iñigo Urkullu.
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Daniel Irujo
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- politicianlawyer
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Alejandro María Daniel Irujo Urra was a Spanish lawyer. In popular discourse he is known as father of Manuel Irujo Ollo, a Basque political leader. In scholarly historiographic realm he is acknowledged mostly as defense attorney of Sabino Arana during his trials of 1896 and 1902. Politically Irujo is considered a typical case of an identity located in-between Carlism and emerging Spain's peripheral nationalisms, in this case the Basque one.
