100 Notable alumni of
University of Santiago de Compostela
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The University of Santiago de Compostela is 348th in the world, 121st in Europe, and 6th in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Santiago de Compostela sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mariano Rajoy
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- politicianland registrar
- Biography
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Mariano Rajoy Brey is a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain from 2011 to 2018. A member of the People's Party, he served as the party's president from 2004 to 2018. At a total of nearly 15 years, Rajoy was the longest-serving politician in the Spanish government since the transition to democracy, having held ministerial offices continuously from 1996 to 2004 and from 2011 to 2018.
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Yolanda Díaz
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with law degree
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Yolanda Díaz Pérez is a Spanish politician and labour lawyer, currently serving as Second Deputy Prime Minister since 2021, and Minister of Labour and Social Economy of the Government of Spain since 2020. A longtime member of the Communist Party of Spain, in 2023 she founded the electoral alliance Sumar, as well as its instrumental party Movimiento Sumar, resigning as the leader of the alliance in 2024. She has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016, having previously been a Ferrol municipal councillor (2003–2012) and member of the Parliament of Galicia (2012–2016). She was also the National Coordinator of Esquerda Unida (EU) from 2005 to 2017.
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Alberto Núñez Feijóo
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- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Alberto Núñez Feijóo is a Spanish politician who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies and as president of the People's Party. He served as the President of the Autonomous Government of Galicia from 2009 to 2022. Feijóo was appointed government formateur following the 2023 election, however his investiture ultimately failed.
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Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
- Occupations
- writerplaywrightpoetnovelist
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Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña was a Spanish dramatist, novelist, and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. His work has been described by literary critics as radical in its subversion of traditional Spanish theatre in the early 20th century. He influenced later generations of Spanish dramatists and is honored on National Theatre Day with a statue in Madrid.
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Manuel Fraga
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- writerdiplomatuniversity teacherpolitician
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Manuel Fraga Iribarne was a Spanish professor and politician during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, and one of the founders of the People's Alliance (Alianza Popular; AP). Fraga was the Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975 and 1976.
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Abel Caballero
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- writereconomistuniversity teacherpolitician
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Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez is a Spanish professor of Economics and since June 2007, the current mayor of Vigo, representing PSdeG-PSOE. Since 19 September 2015, he has also served as the president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
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Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
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- politicianpainterwritercaricaturistphysician
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Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor. He is one of the fathers of Galician nationalism, promoting Galician identity and culture, and was one of the main names behind the cultural movement Xeración Nós. He was also one of the founders and president of the Galicianist Party and had a great influence on the renovating group of Galician art known as Os renovadores. Castelao is considered to be the most important figure in Galician culture of the 20th century.
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Carlota Corredera
- Occupations
- journalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Elisa Carlota Corredera Llauger, better known as Carlota Corredera, is a Spanish presenter, director, television collaborator, and journalist, known for having directed several Telecinco programs.
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Cándido Conde-Pumpido
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- lawyerjudgemagistrate
- Biography
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Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón is a Spanish judge who has served as President of the Constitutional Court since January 2023.
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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
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- playwrightnovelistjournalistliterary critictranslator
- Biography
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Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
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Nancho Novo
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Venancio Manuel Jesús Novo Cid-Fuentes, known as Nancho Novo, is a Spanish actor.
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José Vicente Rangel
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- lawyerjournalistdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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José Vicente Rangel Vale was a Venezuelan politician. He ran for president three times in the 1970s and 1980s and later supported Hugo Chávez. He served under Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2001, as Minister of Defense from 2001 to 2002, and as the vice president from 2002 to 2007.
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Manel Loureiro
- Occupations
- lawyerwriter
- Biography
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Manel Loureiro is a Spanish author.
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Ángela Rodríguez
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- 2008-2012 graduated with licentiate in philosophy
- Occupations
- politicianphilosopher
- Biography
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Ángela Rodríguez Martínez, commonly known as Pam, is a Spanish politician. She is a member of the Podemos political party in Galicia. In the XI and XII legislatures, she served as a deputy in the Cortes Generales representing Pontevedra. From October 2021 until November 2023, she was the Secretary of State for Equality and Gender Violence. Her focus is on feminist legislation and devising the most effective strategies to combat violence against women.
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Alfonso Rueda
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- civil servantpolitician
- Biography
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Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. Elected to the Parliament of Galicia in 2009, he succeeded Alberto Núñez Feijóo as president of the People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG) and President of the Regional Government of Galicia in 2022. In the 2024 election, he led the party to another absolute majority.
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Ana Pontón
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- 1994-2000 graduated with licentiate in political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ana Belén Pontón Mondelo is a Spanish political scientist and politician for the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG). She has served in the Parliament of Galicia since 2004, and in 2016 was the first woman to be elected spokesperson of the BNG. She has been leader of the opposition to the region's People's Party government since the 2020 election, and led the BNG to its best-ever result in 2024.
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Álvaro Cunqueiro
- Occupations
- novelistgastronomistwriterjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Álvaro Cunqueiro Mora was a Galician novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist. He is the author of many works in both Galician and Spanish, including Merlín e familia ("Merlin and family"). He was a cofounder of the Galician Writers Association. In 1991, Galician Literature Day was dedicated to him.
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Xela Arias
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- poetwritertranslator
- Biography
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Xela Arias Castaño was a Spanish Galician-language poet and translator.
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Miguel Anxo Bastos
- Occupations
- economistpolitical scientistuniversity teacherconferencier
- Biography
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Miguel Anxo Bastos Boubeta is a Spanish economist of the Austrian School. He is a professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Administration at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
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Ricardo Carballo Calero
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- writerphilologistuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Ricardo Carballo Calero, self-styled as Ricardo Carvalho Calero from 1981 onward, was a Spanish philologist, academic and writer. He was the first Professor of Galician Language and Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela. He was a member of the Royal Galician Academy, the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, and also an honorary member of the Galician Language Association. He was one of the main theorists of contemporary Galician reintegrationism and his works on this field are considered a primary reference. Many consider Carballo Calero as one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century Galician intelligentsia.
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Xosé Manuel Beiras
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
- Biography
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Xosé Manuel Hixinio Beiras Torrado is a Galician politician, economist, writer and intellectual. He is professor of Structural Economy at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Santiago de Compostela. He is a former member of the National Council of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG in the Galician acronym), he is currently the leader of Renewal–Nationalist Brotherhood, an independentist political party. He formerly had representation in the Galician parliament.
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Eduardo Pondal
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- poetwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Eduardo María González-Pondal Abente was a Galician poet, who wrote in both Galician and Spanish.
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Xerardo Fernández Albor
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Gerardo Fernández Albor, also Xerardo Fernández Albor, was a Spanish physician and president of the autonomous community of Galicia. He lost a motion of no confidence in 1987. He was a member of People's Alliance, and later the People's Party.
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Juan Vázquez de Mella
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- philosopherwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Vázquez de Mella y Fanjul was a Spanish politician and a political theorist. He is counted among the greatest Traditionalist thinkers, at times considered the finest author of Spanish Traditionalism of all time. A politician active within Carlism, he served as a longtime Cortes deputy and one of the party leaders. He championed an own political strategy, known as Mellismo, which led to secession and formation of a separate grouping.
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Carlos Casares
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- secondary school teacherpoliticianwriterjournalisttranslator
- Biography
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Carlos Casares Mouriño was born in Ourense on 24 August 1941 and died in Nigrán on 9 March 2002. He was a Galician language writer.
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José Manuel Romay Beccaría
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- juristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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José Manuel Romay Beccaría is a Spanish lawyer and politician. During his political life, he has been regional minister in several occasions in the Regional Government of Galicia, Member of the Congress of Deputies and Senator. The highest and most important offices that he held were Health Minister of Spain and two times President of the Council of State.
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César Antonio Molina
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- literary criticpoetjuristwriterpolitician
- Biography
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César Antonio Molina Sánchez is a Spanish writer, translator, university professor, cultural manager and politician. He served as Minister of Culture of Spain from July 2007 until April 2009.
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Emilio Pérez Touriño
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Emilio Pérez Touriño is a Spanish politician and economist. He is the former secretary general of the Socialists' Party of Galicia and, from August 2005 to March 2009, former president of the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain). Namely, he was president of the executive branch, the Xunta de Galicia. His political views are social democratic and Galicianist.
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Vicente Risco
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- writerjournalistintellectualpolitician
- Biography
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Vicente Martínez Risco Agüero was a Galician intellectual of the 20th century. He was a founder member of Xeración Nós, and among the most important figures in the history of Galician literature. He is well regarded for his writings on Galician nationalism, as well as a contributor to the Galician New Narrative. He is also the father of Spanish novelist and critic Antonio Risco.
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Mabel Rivera
- Occupations
- stage actorfilm actor
- Biography
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María Isabel Rivera Torres better known as Mabel Rivera is a Spanish actress from Galicia.
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Manuel Portela Valladares
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- historianjuristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Manuel Portela y Valladares was a Spanish political figure during the Second Spanish Republic. He served as the 43rd Attorney General of Spain between 1912 and 1913.
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Mariano Rajoy Sobredo
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- In 1943 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- magistratejurist
- Biography
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Mariano Rajoy Sobredo, was a Spanish jurist and magistrate, president of the provincial court of Pontevedra, and father of former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
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Antonio Fraguas Fraguas
- Occupations
- anthropologistethnographergeographerhistorian
- Biography
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Antonio Fraguas Fraguas was Galicianist historian, ethnographer, anthropologist, and geographer. In 1923, he cofounded the Sociedade da Lingua, whose main goals were the defense of the Galician language and the creation of a dictionary. He was a member of Irmandades da Fala and Seminario de Estudos Galegos and was high school professor after the Spanish Civil War broke out. He was part of the Father Sarmiento Institute for Galician Studies and the Royal Galician Academy, and was director and president of the Museum of the Galician People, member of the Council of Galician Culture, and a chronicler of Galicia. He spent his life studying Galician culture and its territory from different perspectives, with a special focus and mastery on anthropology.
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Vicente Álvarez Areces
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- mathematicianpolitician
- Biography
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Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces, also known as Tini Areces, was a Spanish politician. He served as the sixth President of the Principality of Asturias in Spain, and he was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party political party. He was also a member of the Committee of the Regions, working as a vice-president of the Party of European Socialists Group.
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Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores is a Spanish medical doctor and since July 1999, the current mayor of Pontevedra, representing Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG).
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Eugenio Montero Ríos
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterjuristmagistrate
- Biography
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Eugenio Montero Ríos was a leading member of the Spanish Liberal Party before being part of a 1903 schism that divided it. He also served briefly as Prime Minister of Spain. He played a role in the 1898 Treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish–American War as he was then President of the Senate of Spain.
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Marta Irene Lois González
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- In 2000 graduated with doctorate in political science
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitical scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Marta Irene Lois González is a Spanish associate professor, political scientist and former politician of Sumar who served as its spokesperson in the Congress of Deputies between August 2023 and January 2024. Later, in December 2023, she was selected as the platform's candidate for the 2024 Galician regional election. After failing to obtain any seats for Sumar Galicia, she returned to university lecturing.
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Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín
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- pedagoguephilologistopinion journalistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín is a Galician writer and poet and is widely considered the highest representative of contemporary Galician literature. A doctor in philology, he studied philosophy at the University of Santiago de Compostela and Romanic philology at the University of Madrid.
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Suso de Toro
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- writerchildren's writer
- Biography
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Xesús Miguel "Suso" de Toro Santos is a Spanish writer. A modern and contemporary arts graduate, he has published more than twenty novels and plays in Galician. He is a television scriptwriter and regular contributor to the press and radio. Suso de Toro writes in Galician and sometimes translates his own work into Spanish.
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Anxo Quintana
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anxo Manuel Quintana González, commonly known as Anxo Quintana, is the former leader of the Galician Nationalist Bloc, the main nationalist party in Galicia. From 2005 to 2009 he was a partner in the Galician Government, holding the positions of Vice-President and Minister for Social Affairs.
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Agustín Fernández Mallo
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- writerpoetphysicistessayist
- Biography
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Agustín Fernández Mallo is a physicist and Spanish writer. He lives in Palma de Mallorca. He is a member of the so-called Nocilla Generation.
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Darío Villanueva
- Occupations
- literary theoristwritercomparatistphilologistprofessor
- Biography
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Francisco Darío Villanueva Prieto is a Spanish literary theorist and critic. He has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy (Spanish: Real Academia Española) since 2007, and he occupies the chair corresponding to the letter D. Secretary of the Academy from December 2009, he was elected director in 2014, post he held until January 2019.
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José Ramón Gómez Besteiro
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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José Ramón Gómez Besteiro is a Spanish politician for the Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE). He is the PSdeG–PSOE candidate for the 2024 Galician regional election.
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Susana Fortes
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- writernovelistjournalistscreenwriter
- Biography
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Susana Fortes is a Spanish writer and columnist.
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Luís Seoane
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- printmakerlithographerwriterpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Luis Seoane was a Galician artist and writer. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on June 1, 1910, of Galician immigrants, he spent much of his childhood and youth in Galicia (Spain). He was educated in A Coruña. His first exhibition was held in 1929. He is usually included in the group of Os renovadores, the renovators of Galician art in the first third of the 20th century.
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Eva Herzog
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- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Eva Herzog is a Swiss politician who has represented the Basel-Stadt canton in the Council of States since 2019 and served as President of the Council in 2023–2024. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS).
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Corina Porro Martínez
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- politician
- Biography
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María Corina Porro Martínez is a Spanish politician. She was a member of the Vigo local government with the Galician People's Party between 1995 and 1999. She was Chief Director of Social Services between 1999 and 2001. She became a deputy in the Parliament of Galicia and Councillor of Social Services in the 2002-2003 period. In 2003 Corina Porro was elected mayor of Vigo in 2003 after a censure motion against the socialist Ventura Pérez Mariño approved by 10 members from Galician People's Party and seven from Bloque Nacionalista Galego and rejected by eight members of Socialists' Party of Galicia and two from Progresistas Vigueses.
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José María Castellano
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- businesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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José María Castellano Ríos was a Spanish businessman.
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Francisco Caamaño Domínguez
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- juristlawyerprofessorpolitician
- Biography
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Francisco Caamaño Domínguez is a Spanish politician, who served as justice minister from 2009 to 2011. He is a member of the Spanish Parliament.
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Elena Espinosa
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Elena Espinosa is a Spanish politician in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She was the Spanish Minister of the Environment until 20 October 2010 when she was replaced by Rosa Aguilar. She currently represents Ourense in the Spanish Congress.
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Ana Miranda Paz
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Studied law
- Occupations
- juristlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Ana Maria Miranda Paz is a Galician politician of the Galician Nationalist Bloc. She has served thrice in the European Parliament.
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Marta González Vázquez
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- historianpolitician
- Biography
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Marta González Vázquez is a Spanish historian and politician, member of the Spanish Parliament for La Coruña during the X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV and XV legislatures.
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Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas
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- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas is a Spanish historian who specializes in nationalism studies, the cultural history of war and violence, and migration studies.
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Valentín Paz-Andrade
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- politicianlawyerjournalisteconomistpoet
- Biography
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Valentín Paz Andrade was a Galician lawyer, writer, politician, journalist, poet, businessman and economist.
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José Manuel Barreiro
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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José Manuel Barreiro Fernández is a Spanish politician and senator. Barreiro is a member of the People's Party of Spain. He was elected senator to represent the Lugo district. He has been senator in the Cortes Generales of Spain since 1 April 2008.
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María Xosé Queizán
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- writernovelistliterary criticwomen's rights activist
- Biography
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María Xosé Queizán is a Spanish writer and feminist.
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Antonio Villar Ponte
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- publicistwriterpolitician
- Biography
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Antón Villar Ponte. He was one of the most important galicianists before the civil war. As a journalist he worked in A Nosa Terra, Nós, La Voz de Galicia, El Pueblo Gallego, and El Noroste.
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José Miñones Conde
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- In 1990 graduated with licentiate in pharmacy
- In 1997 graduated with doctorate in pharmacy
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianpharmacist
- Biography
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José Manuel Miñones Conde is a Spanish politician and university professor of the Spanish Socialist Party who served as minister of Health between March and November 2023. Previously, he served as delegate of the Government in the Galicia region from 2021 to 2023.
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José Manuel Rey Varela
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- politician
- Biography
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José Manuel Rey Varela is a Spanish People's Party (PPdeG) politician as well as a solicitor, former mayor of Ferrol the industrial city and naval station of Galicia and (Spain). He is also the current president of the Galician Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEGAMP) and is married to María Casal Pereira.
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Xosé Quiroga Suárez
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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José Quiroga Suárez was a Spanish politician and the second president of the pre-autonomic community of Galicia before reaching its Statute of Autonomy in 1981.
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José Luis Comellas
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with degree in History
- Occupations
- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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José Luis Comellas García-Llera was a Spanish astronomer, historian, and academic.
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Marina Mayoral
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- novelistcolumnistwriter
- Biography
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Marina Mayoral Díaz is a Galician writer in Galician and Spanish.
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Florentino López Cuevillas
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- archaeologistanthropologistpolitician
- Biography
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Florentino López Alonso-Cuevillas was a Spanish anthropologist and prehistorian, although in the course of his life, he also became involved in writing, primarily essays and fiction. Like several other Galician intellectuals of his generation, he was a member of Xeración Nós, of the Seminar of Galician Studies and the Irmandades da Fala, combining the cultural and linguistic activities he carried out in those institutions with a discrete participation in pro-Galician politics. However, his social and political activities were profoundly disrupted by the victory of nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, although in the 1940s he returned to his commitment to the spread of Galician culture as a full member of the Royal Galician Academy, and of the Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento.
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Camilo Nogueira Román
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Camilo Nogueira Román is a Spanish politician and engineer. He was a Member of the European Parliament between 1999 and 2004. He was part of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) and the Democratic Party of the Peoples of Europe, which took part in the Greens–European Free Alliance.
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Antonio Losada Diéguez
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- writerauthor
- 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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Xosé Filgueira Valverde
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- intellectualhistorianjuristliterary historianpolitician
- Biography
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Xosé Fernando Filgueira Valverde, or sometimes José Filgueira Valverde, was a Spanish writer, intellectual, researcher, scholar and critic in Galician language and Spanish. He was known as "O vello profesor" ("The old professor") to Galician intellectuals.
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Olga Novo
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- essayistpainterwriterdocentpoet
- Biography
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Olga Novo is a Galician poet and essayist.
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Nicomedes Pastor Díaz y Corbelle
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- writerpoetdiplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Nicomedes Pastor Díaz Corbelle was a Spanish politician, journalist and author of the Romanticism and the Rexurdimento. He contributed to the renewal of the Galician language.
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Chus Pato
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- poetwritersecondary school teacher
- Biography
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María Xesús Pato Díaz, most commonly known as Chus Pato, is a Galician writer.
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Lara Méndez López
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lara Méndez López is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. She was a councillor in Cervo (2003–2015) and Lugo (2015–2024), as well as the first woman to be mayor of the latter. In 2024, she was elected to the Parliament of Galicia.
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María José Alonso Fernández
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- In 1985 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in pharmacy
- Occupations
- university teacherpharmacologistresearcher
- Biography
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María José Alonso Fernandez is a full professor of biopharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela. The laboratory she leads is specialized in pharmaceutical nanotechnology and nanomedicine, and her research is oriented to the development of nanostructures for targeted delivery of drugs and vaccines. Her discoveries have led to significant clinical advances in the development of potential new treatments for cancer, ocular diseases, skin diseases, diabetes, obesity and other autoimmune pathologies, as well as new vaccines.
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Pilar Cancela Rodríguez
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- politician
- Biography
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Pilar Cancela Rodríguez is a Spanish politician who has been serving as Secretary of State for International Cooperation in the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2021.
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Begoña Vila
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- astrophysicistengineerastronomer
- Biography
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María Begoña Vila Costas is a Spanish astrophysicist specializing in the study of spiral galaxies. She currently resides in Washington, D.C. and works as a systems engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She is the lead engineer for the Fine Guidance Sensor and Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (FGS-NIRISS) on the James Webb Space Telescope – the Hubble's successor – in addition to being in charge of the final cold test of the group of instruments before their integration with the telescope. She is now working on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
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Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández
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- anthropologistwriter
- Biography
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Xaquín Lorenzo Fernández, Xocas, was a Spanish educator. He was born and died in Ourense, where he also studied. His teacher was Ramón Otero Pedrayo. He studied philosophy and letters in Santiago de Compostela and Zaragoza.
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Valentina Martínez Ferro
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with Licentiate in Political and Administration Science
- Occupations
- political adviserpolitician
- Biography
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María Valentina Martínez Ferro is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP) who has been a member of the 10th, 12th and 13th terms of the Congress of Deputies.
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Susana Martínez-Conde
- Occupations
- neuroscientist
- Biography
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Susana Martinez-Conde is a Spanish-American neuroscientist and science writer. She is a professor of ophthalmology, neurology, physiology, and pharmacology at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, where she directs the Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience. She directed laboratories previously at the Barrow Neurological Institute and University College London. Her research bridges perceptual, cognitive, and oculomotor neuroscience. She is best known for her studies on illusions, eye movements and perception, neurological disorders, and attentional misdirection in stage magic.
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Alejandro Pérez Lugín
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- film directorjournalisttheatre criticwar correspondentmusic critic
- Biography
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Alejandro Pérez Lugín was a Spanish writer and film director. He attended university in Santiago de Compostela, and a number of his books have Galician themes. His 1921 novel Currito of the Cross, which uses bullfighting as its backdrop, has been adapted into film four times. Pérez Lugin himself directed successful film adaptations of two of his works during the silent era.
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Luís Pimentel
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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Luís Vázquez Fernández-Pimentel was a Galician poet.
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Alberto Cairo
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- journalistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Alberto Cairo is a Spanish information designer and professor. Cairo is the Knight Chair in Visual Journalism at the School of Communication of the University of Miami.
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Oscar Horta
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- In 2007 graduated with doctorate
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherprofessor
- Biography
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Oscar Horta is a Spanish animal activist and moral philosopher. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a co-founder of the nonprofit organisation Animal Ethics. Active in vegan and antispeciesist advocacy since the mid-1990s, Horta has worked with several Spanish animal rights groups and has served on the advisory boards of international organisations concerned with animal ethics and suffering.
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Fermín Bouza-Brey
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- juristwriteranthropologist
- Biography
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Fermín Bouza-Brey was a Spanish writer, ethnographer and historian who mainly wrote on the Galician language.
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Martiño Noriega Sánchez
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- politicianphysician
- Biography
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Martiño Noriega Sánchez is a Spanish physician and politician.
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Antía Cal
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- pedagogue
- Biography
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Antía Cal Vázquez was a Spanish writer and autobiographer. She was born on April 18, 1923, in Havana and died in Meira on March 30, 2022.
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Carmen Blanco
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- poet
- Biography
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Carmen Blanco is a Spanish feminist writer and activist. She is Professor of Galician Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela. With Claudio Rodriguez Fer she coordinates the intercultural and libertarian journal Unión Libre. Cadernos de vida e culturas and the Asociación para a Dignificación das Vítimas do Fascismo.
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Valentín Lamas Carvajal
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- journalistpoet
- Biography
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Valentín Lamas Carvajal was a Spanish journalist. He was one of the founders of Royal Galician Academy.
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Rosa Quintana
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- politician
- Biography
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Rosa Quintana Carballo is a Spanish civil servant and politician who has been the Galician government's Minister of the Sea since 2015, serving in the equivalent predecessor posts since 2009.
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José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquis of Rodil
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- ministermilitary personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Don José Ramón Rodil y Campillo, 1st Marquis of Rodil and 3rd Viscount of Trobo was a Spanish Liberal general and statesman. Originally a law student at the University of Santiago de Compostela, he enlisted in the Spanish army and went to Peru in 1817 as one of the commissioned officers in the fight against the pro-independence nationalist forces. He also served as Prime Minister of Spain from 17 June 1842 to 9 May 1843.
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Francisco Jorquera
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- politician
- Biography
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Francisco Xesús Jorquera Caselas is a Spanish politician of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG). He was a Senator (2005–08) and a member of the Congress of Deputies (2008–2012), and led his party in the Parliament of Galicia from 2012 to 2016.
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Edelmira Barreira
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- politician
- Biography
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Edelmira Barreira Diz is a Spanish politician born in 1978 in Verín. She has served as the 1st Government Commissioner for the Demographic Challenge from 2017 to 2018 and previously as Senator for the Province of Ourense from 2015 to 2017.
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Amparo Alonso Betanzos
- Enrolled in the University of Santiago de Compostela
- Graduated with doctorate in chemical engineering
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- computer scientistartificial intelligence researcheruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Amparo Alonso-Betanzos is a Spanish computer scientist and was president of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (2013-2021).
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Pilar García Negro
- Occupations
- writerpolitician
- Biography
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Pilar García Negro is a Galician/Spanish politician, writer, sociolinguist, teacher, and campaigner in support of Galego, the Galician language, which is spoken in the northwest of Spain and the extreme north of Portugal.
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Luís Villares
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- judgepolitician
- Biography
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Luis Villares Naveira is a Spanish jurist and En Marea candidate for President of the Xunta of Galicia in the 2016 Galician parliamentary election.
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Pilar Pallarés García
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- writerpoetuniversity teachersecondary school teacher
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Pilar Pallarés García is a Galician poet. She won the National Poetry Award, a prize awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture of Spain, in 2019 for her book of poems Tempo fósil; English translation: Fossil Time.
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Camilo Lorenzo Iglesias
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- Catholic priestscientistCatholic bishoptheologian
- Biography
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Camilio Lorenzo Iglesias was a Spanish Catholic bishop.
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Lupe Gómez
- Occupations
- literary criticwriterjournalist
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Lupe Gómez is a Galician poet and journalist born in 1972 in Fisteus, Curtis. She studied journalism in Santiago de Compostela, and collaborated with El Correo Gallego and Galicia Hoxe, in addition to writing articles and book and theater reviews. Her books meant a bath of naturality, courage and freshness for Galician literature of the late 20th century.
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Augusto González Besada
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Augusto González Besada was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as President of the Congress of Deputies, Minister of Finance, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Development during the reign of King Alfonso XIII.
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Xosé Ramón Barreiro
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- historianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Xosé Ramón Barreiro Fernández was a Spanish historian. He was president of the Royal Galician Academy from 2001 to 2009.
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Ofelia Rey Castelao
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- historianwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ofelia Rey Castelao is a Galician historian, writer, and university professor. Focusing her research on women's history, she studies female migration and the insertion of Galician women in the literate culture. Rey Castelao was awarded the Premio Nacional de Historia de España (National History Prize of Spain) in 2022.
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José Diéguez Reboredo
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- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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José Diéguez Reboredo was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest who served as bishop of Osma-Soria (1984–1987), Ourense (1987–1996) and Tui-Vigo (1996–2010).
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José Luis Meilán Gil
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- university teacherjuristpolitician
- Biography
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José Luis Meilán Gil was a Spanish lawyer, university professor and politician. He was a member of parliament, participated in the making of the Spanish constitution, and was rector of Universidade da Coruña.
