17 Notable alumni of
University of Malaga
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The University of Malaga is 1751st in the world, 596th in Europe, and 29th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from the University of Malaga sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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María Teresa Campos
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- 1974-1979 graduated with Licenciatura degree
- Occupations
- politicianjournalisttelevision presenterwritertelevision director
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María Teresa Campos Luque was a Spanish journalist, radio and television presenter with a long professional career spanning over five decades. She was considered a pioneer of Spanish journalism, and received numerous accolades throughout her career, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Spanish Television Academy in 2013.
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Vanesa Martín
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- Graduated with music education in pedagogy
- Occupations
- composersingerpoet
- Biography
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Vanesa Martín Mata is a Spanish singer, poet, and songwriter. Her first appearance on an album was on the CD called El búho real. Her first album was titled Agua and was released in 2006. In 2009, she signed with the multinational Warner Music. To date, she has released seven studio albums: Agua (2006), Trampas (2009), Cuestión de piel (2012), Crónica de un baile (2014), Munay (2016), Todas las mujeres que habitan en mí (2018), Siete veces sí (2020).
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Alberto Garzón
- Occupations
- politicianministereconomist
- Biography
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Alberto Carlos Garzón Espinosa is a Spanish former politician and economist. He was the Minister of Consumer Affairs from 2020 to 2023. He has been a member of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and United Left (Izquierda Unida, IU) since 2003. In the 2011 general election, he was elected as an MP within that coalition. He has been the Secretary of Constituent Process in IU from 2014 to 2016, and in 2015, he was elected as an IU candidate for that year's general election. He is a researcher at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.
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Pablo Pineda
- Occupations
- psychopedagoguefilm actoractorschool teacher
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Pablo Pineda is a Spanish actor who received the Concha de Plata Award at the 2009 San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance in the film Yo, también. In the film, he plays the role of a university graduate with Down syndrome, which is quite similar to his real life.
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Kate Scott
- Occupations
- media consultanttelevision presenterjournalistsports journalist
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Kate Scott is a British sports broadcaster who works primarily for CBS Sports. She is noted for her coverage of association football, and has anchored CBS's coverage of the UEFA Champions League since August 2020. Throughout her career, she has worked internationally in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, and the United States.
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Elías Bendodo Benasayag
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- Studied law
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elías Bendodo Benasayag is a Spanish politician serving as a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2023. From 2022 to 2023, he was a member of the Senate. From 2011 to 2019, he served as president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga.
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Elvira Roca Barea
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- In 1989 graduated with licentiate in classical philology
- In 1995 graduated with doctorate
- In 1999 graduated with licentiate in Spanish philology
- Occupations
- columnistwriter
- Biography
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María Elvira Roca Barea is a Spanish academic and writer. She studied philology, and specialized in the literature of the Middle Ages and early modern Europe. Her research work has primarily focused on narrative strategies in different literary periods, but she became famous for her work on the Spanish Black Legend.
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Juan Jesús Vivas Lara
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- Graduated with licentiate in economics and business science
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Jesús Vivas Lara is a Spanish politician who is the current Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta, since 8 February 2001. He is a member of the People's Party (PP).
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Bernadino Leon
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
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Bernardino León Gross is a Spanish diplomat and politician and former United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Prior to this appointment by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, he served as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) for the Southern Mediterranean. León is a former Secretary General at the office of the Spanish Prime Minister, Sherpa for the G20 and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. His diplomatic career has mainly been devoted to the Arab world.
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Erich Hackl
- Occupations
- translatorwriter
- Biography
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Erich Hackl is an Austrian novelist and short story writer. His works have been translated into 25 languages though he is significantly better known in the German-speaking world. Many of his works, notably Sara und Simón, bear resemblance to Latin-American testimonial literature, and as such have been the focus of scholarly research by Latin Americanists.
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Antonio Vázquez Romero
- Occupations
- businessperson
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Antonio Vázquez Romero is a Spanish airline executive. He is the Chairman of International Airlines Group since May 2010.
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Chantal Maillard
- Occupations
- translatorpoetuniversity teacherwriterphilosopher
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Chantal Maillard is a contemporary Belgo-Spanish poet and philosopher.
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Pamela Palenciano
- Occupations
- artist
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Pamela Palenciano is a Spanish monologist, communicator and feminist activist, recognized for her theatrical monologue No solo duelen los golpes (Not only the blows hurt), an autobiographical story about gender violence through humor and irony.
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Alhambra Nievas
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- Graduated with laurea in telecommunications engineering
- Occupations
- rugby union match officialrugby union playerrugby sevens match officialtelecommunications engineer
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Alhambra Nievas González is a former Spain women's rugby union international and a current rugby union referee. Nievas refereed the women's final at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2016 she also served as an assistant referee at a men's international between Tonga and the United States. This saw her become the first woman to officiate in a men's rugby union international. In 2017 Nievas refereed a Rugby Europe Conference match between Finland and Norway. This saw her become the first woman to referee a men's rugby union international in Europe. In 2016 Nievas, along with Rasta Rasivhenge, was jointly named World Rugby Referee of the Year. She is the first woman to win the award. She was previously nominated for the award in 2015.
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Miguel Ángel Heredia Díaz
- Occupations
- politician
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Miguel Ángel Heredia is a Spanish politician and senator. He is a Deputy in the Congress of Deputies of Spain representing Malaga in the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th legislatures of Spain respectively.
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Eduardo Garzón
- Enrolled in the University of Malaga
- 2007-2011 graduated with licentiate in business administration and management and economics
- Occupations
- science communicatoruniversity teachereconomist
- Biography
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Eduardo Garzón Espinosa is a Spanish economist and university professor.
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Brahim Mojtar
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brahim Mokhtar Boumakhrouta is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Minister of Cooperation. He is a prominent member of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) diplomatic corps. He has had several postings around the world, both as Polisario representative and SADR ambassador. He has also held two positions in the SADR government, Secretary General of Government (cabinet position) 2001-2003 and Director of Protocol 2003-2007 of the President Mohamed Abdelaziz.
