José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes
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José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes | |
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| Minister of Culture and Sports | |
| In office 13 January 2020 – 11 July 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Pedro Sánchez |
| Preceded by | José Guirao |
| Succeeded by | Miquel Iceta |
| Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid | |
| In office 25 June 2018 – April 2019 | |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 11 June 2019 – 13 January 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1968 Valencia, Spain |
| Party | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party |
| Alma mater | University of Valencia Charles III University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Politician, university professor, philosopher of law |
José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes (born 9 October 1968) is a Spanish philosopher of law and politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) who has been serving as Minister of Culture and Sport in the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2020. He is also a member of the PSOE's federal executive board.
Rodríguez Uribes was a member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2019 to 2020. He served as Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid between 2018 and 2019.
Born in Valencia on 9 October 1968,[1][2] Rodríguez Uribes earned a licentiate degree in law at the University of Valencia (UV); he later obtained a PhD in the same field at the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M),[3] reading a dissertation in 1998 titled Los discursos democrático y liberal sobre la opinión pública (dos modelos, Rousseau y Constant) and supervised by Gregorio Peces Barba.
Early career
Rodríguez Uribes was appointed Director General in Support of the Victims of Terrorism in September 2006.[4] He held the post until December 2011,[5][6] when Mariano Rajoy became prime minister.
Rodríguez Uribes has worked as tenured professor both at the UV and the UC3M.
