Ángel Gabilondo
Spanish politician and professor
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Ángel Gabilondo Pujol (born 1 March 1949) is a Spanish university professor, currently serving as the 6th Ombudsman of Spain.
Ángel Gabilondo | |
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 Official portrait, 2022. | |
| Ombudsman of Spain | |
| Assumed office 18 November 2021 | |
| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Deputy | Teresa Jiménez-Becerril |
| Preceded by | Francisco Fernández Marugán (acting) |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 7 April 2009 – 22 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| Preceded by | Mercedes Cabrera |
| Succeeded by | José Ignacio Wert |
| Member of the Assembly of Madrid | |
| In office 10 June 2015 – 8 June 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ángel Gabilondo Pujol 1 March 1949 |
| Party | Independent (linked to PSOE) |
| Autonomous University of Madrid | |
Between 2009 and 2011, he was Minister of Education in José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's Cabinet.[1]
In June 2011, he received the Medalla de Oro for the Universidad de Málaga.[2][3] On 30 December 2011 he received a condecoration for the Order of Charles III[4] and also the Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio on 26 December 2014.[5]
In 2015, he was named Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's candidate for the Community of Madrid 2015 election.[6][7] He returned to be a candidate for the 2016 election.[8][9] Suggested by Pedro Sánchez,[10] he was again the PSOE candidate for the 2019 election.[11]
In October 2018, he offered himself to be the president of Madrid, in order to succeed Ángel Garrido.[12]
In October 2021, after an agreement between major parties of the Cortes Generales, he was nominated to be the 6th Spanish Ombudsman.[13] The Cortes Generales Joint Committee on Relations with the Ombudsman ratified the nomination on 27 October 2021 and it sent the candidacy to the Plenary for a final voting.[14]
He is the brother of Spanish journalist Iñaki Gabilondo.
Publications
- Dilthey: Vida, expresión e historia. Madrid: Editorial Cincel. 1988.
- El discurso en acción (Foucault y una ontología del presente). Barcelona: Editorial Anthropos. 1990.
- Trazos del eros: del leer, hablar y escribir. Madrid: Editorial Tecnos. 1997.
- Menos que palabras. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. 1999.
- La vuelta del otro. Diferencia, identidad y alteridad. Madrid: Trotta and UAM. 2001.
- Mortal de necesidad. Madrid: Abada. 2003.
- Alguien con quien hablar. Madrid: Editorial Aguilar. 2007.
- Contigo. Madrid: Editorial Aguilar. 2009.
- Palabras a mano. Madrid: Editorial Seix Barral. 2009.
- Sin fin. Editorial Aguilar. 2010.
- Darse a la lectura. Madrid: Editorial RBA. 2013.
- El Salto del Ángel. Palabras para comprenderse. Madrid: Aguilar. 2013.
- Por si acaso: Máximas y mínimas. Madrid: Editorial Espasa. 2014.
- Aranzueque, Gabriel, ed. (2015). Ser de palabra. El lenguaje de la Metafísica. Madrid: Gredos.
- Puntos Suspensivos. Madrid: Editorial Círculo de Tiza. 2015.
