14 Notable alumni of
University of the Balearic Islands
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The University of the Balearic Islands is 2457th in the world, 787th in Europe, and 41st in Spain by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from the University of the Balearic Islands sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mateu Alemany Font
- Enrolled in the University of the Balearic Islands
- In 1985 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyersporting director
- Biography
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Mateu Alemany Font is a Spanish executive and former president of Mallorca during two tenures. Between 2017 and November 2019 was the General Director at Valencia, and was most recently director of football at Barcelona.
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Maria de la Pau Janer
- Occupations
- university teacherwriternovelistannouncer
- Biography
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Maria de la Pau Janer is a writer from Spain who works in Spanish and Catalan. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela and the Ramon Llull Novel Award.
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Joan Miquel Oliver
- Enrolled in the University of the Balearic Islands
- Studied philosophy
- Occupations
- guitaristsingersongwriter
- Biography
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Joan Miquel Oliver Ripoll is a Majorcan musician who sings and writes songs in the Catalan language. As well as being the songwriter and guitarist of the group Antònia Font, he has also embarked on a solo musical career and has published a novel and a book of poetry.
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Francesc Antich Oliver
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Francesc Antich Oliver was a Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, who was the President of the Balearic Islands between 1999 and 2003, and 2007 and 2011. He also was the Secretary General of the Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands, a branch of the SSWP. Antich was born in Caracas on 28 November 1958, to Spanish emigrants from Venezuela. He died from cancer on 2 January 2025, at the age of 66.
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Ricardo Galli
- Occupations
- computer scientistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Dr. Ricardo Adolfo Galli Granada, also known as gallir, is a doctor of computer science at the University of the Balearic Islands, where he teaches operating system design. He is a speaker for the Free Software Foundation and a free software activist.
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Gabriel Janer Manila
- Occupations
- anthropologistwriter
- Biography
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Gabriel Janer Manila is a Spanish university professor, translator and writer. He is well-known across Spain for being a prolific author who has worked in almost every genre.
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Rosa Estaràs
- Enrolled in the University of the Balearic Islands
- 1983-1987 graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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María Rosa Estaràs Ferragut is a Spanish politician and current Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is a member of the People's Party.
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Antonio Pallas Valencia
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Antumi Pallas, also known as Antumi Toasijé, is a Spanish-Colombian historian and advocate for Pan-Africanism of about half African descent (Afro-Spaniard). A Global History lecturer at the University of New York in Madrid as well as professor in other Universities in Spain, he is a specialist in African History and culture, racism, and Pan-African political philosophy. He is also the President of the Council for the Elimination of Racial or Ethnic Discrimination (CEDRE), a consultative body of the Spanish Ministry of Equality.
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Aina Calvo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aina Calvo i Sastre, is a Spanish academic and politician, former Mayor of Palma de Mallorca and current Delegate of the Government in the Balearic Islands since February 2020. She also served as Director of Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, from 2018 to 2020.
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Sebastià Alzamora i Martín
- Occupations
- writerpoetnovelistphilologist
- Biography
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Sebastià Alzamora i Martín is a writer, literary critic and cultural manager from Majorca. He is a self-proclaimed member of the poetic group called Imparables ("Unstoppables").
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Cristòfol Soler
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Cristòfol Soler i Cladera is a Spanish politician. He served as President of the Balearic Islands from July 1995 to June 1996, when his own party (People's Party) forced him to resign. He previously had served as president of the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 19 June 1991 to 21 July 1995. On 1 September 2014 he left the party. In April 2015 he was named president of the Assemblea Sobiranista de Mallorca (Souverainist Assembly of Mallorca), position he held until 12 April 2018 when a new president was elected.
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Gabriel Company Bauzá
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gabriel Company Bauzá, mostly known as Biel Company, is a Spanish politician and President of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands since March 2017. He served as Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Territory of the Balearic Islands in the Bauzá government from 2011 to 2015, his first political role.
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Nicolau Mir
- Occupations
- artistic gymnast
- Biography
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Nicolau Mir Rosselló is a Spanish artistic gymnast who represented Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Rosa Planas Ferrer
- Occupations
- literary criticpoetcuratorwriterphilologist
- Biography
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Rosa Planas Ferrer is a writer, philologist, literary critic and history researcher.
