Notable Alumni of University of Oviedo [Sorted List]

1. Conrado Escobar Las Heras

1964-. (aged 62)

lawyer politician

Conrado Escobar Las Heras is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician, serving as mayor of Logroño in La Rioja since 2023. He has held elected office at municipal and regional level, and served as a minister in the government of La Rioja. He has sat in both houses of the Cortes Generales, namely the Congress of Deputies and the Senate...

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2. Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana, 10th Viscount of Barrantes

1818-1883 (aged 65)

diplomat politician journalist

Don Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana y Guerrero, 10th Viscount of Barrantes was a Spanish noble, politician and journalist who served as Minister of State from 1868 to 1869, in a cabinet headed by Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre.

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3. Antonio Arrúe Zarauz

1903-1976 (aged 73)

anthropologist historian songwriter poet lawyer

Antonio Arrúe Zarauz was a Spanish politician and a Basque cultural activist. Politically he was a Carlist militant throughout all of his life; in the 1950s and 1960s Arrue informally led the Gipuzkoan branch of the party, and from 1957 to 1959 he held the official Traditionalist jefatura in the province. From 1967 to 1971 he served in the Cortes...

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4. Rosa María Cid López

1956-. (aged 70)

historian university teacher

Rosa María Cid López is a Spanish academic. Specializing in the study of women and gender, she served as President of the Asociación Española de Investigación de Historia de las Mujeres (Spanish Association Investigating the History of Women).

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5. Eva Hevia

1976-. (aged 50)

researcher chemist

Eva Hevia is a Professor of Organometallic Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the University of Bern.

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6. María Teresa Mallada

1973-. (aged 53)

mining engineer politician

María Teresa Mallada de Castro is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. A mining engineer, she was the first woman and youngest person to be president of the public mining corporation Hunosa (2012–2018). She led her party in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias from 2019 to 2022, and the following year was elected to the Senate of...

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7. Xaviel Vilareyo

1967-2015 (aged 48)

poet writer

Xaviel Vilareyo y Villamil was an Asturian writer born in Mieres in the Province of Asturias, Spain in 1967. He is associated with the Asturian literary group of the 1990s.

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8. Joaquín Fernández Prida

1863-1942 (aged 79)

jurist diplomat university teacher politician

Joaquín Fernández Prida was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served as Minister of State in 1922, during the reign of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.

9. Juan González-Castelao

1969-. (aged 57)

musicologist conductor

Juan González-Castelao is a Spanish musicologist, translator, arts manager and conductor.

10. Santiago Vera-Rivera

1950-. (aged 76)

composer

Santiago Vera-Rivera is a Chilean composer, teacher and musical researcher.

11. Ángel Díaz de Entresotos

1927-2009 (aged 82)

politician

Ángel Díaz de Entresotos y Mier was a Spanish politician and former President of Cantabria between 1984 and 1987.

12. José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez

1931-. (aged 95)

lawyer politician

José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish politician and former president of Cantabria between 1982 and 1984.

13. Ana Cano

1950-. (aged 76)

university teacher philologist

Ana María Cano González is a Spanish philologist. She was dean of the faculty of Philology of the University of Oviedo and chair of romance philology. She received her master's degree in primary education in 1967, after exerting this profession, a license in philosophy and letters from the University of Oviedo in 1972, and a doctorate at the same institution...

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14. Antonio Flores de Lemus

1876-1941 (aged 65)

university teacher politician writer jurist economist

Antonio Flores de Lemus was a Spanish politician and economist.

15. José Luis Meilán Gil

1933-2018 (aged 85)

university teacher jurist politician

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.

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16. Salvador García-Bodaño

1935-2023 (aged 88)

poet

Salvador García-Bodaño was a Spanish poet. He was a member of the Royal Galician Academy from 1992 until his death.

17. Lisardo Lombardía

1955-. (aged 71)

culture personality

Lisardo Lombardía Yenes is a Spanish cultural organizer.

18. Estefanía Torres

1982-. (aged 44)

politician

Estefanía Torres Martínez is a Spanish politician. She served as Member of the European Parliament between 2015 and 2019.

19. Luis Martinez Noval

1948-2013 (aged 65)

politician economist

Luis Martínez Noval was a Spanish economist and politician who was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and served from 1990 to 1993 as Spain's Minister of Labor.

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20. Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez

1852-1920 (aged 68)

Catholic priest university teacher

Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez J.C.D. was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and an archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain.

21. Antón de Marirreguera

1605-. (aged 421)

Catholic priest writer

Antón González Reguera, better known as Antón de Marirreguera was the author of the first preserved literary works written in the Asturian language, the «Pleitu ente Uviéu y Mérida pola posesión de les cenices de Santa Olaya» (Dispute between Oviedo and Mérida over Saint Eulalia's Ashes), of 1639, that takes the first prize in a poetical contest dedicated to Saint...

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22. Isidro Manuel Martínez Oblanca

1956-. (aged 70)

politician

Isidro Manuel Martínez Oblanca is a Spanish nurse and politician.

23. Empar Pineda i Erdozia

1944-. (aged 82)

politician

Empar Pineda i Erdozia is a Spanish feminist activist, winner of the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2008.

24. Aurelio González Ovies

1964-. (aged 62)

children's writer poet writer

Aurelio González Ovies is a Spanish writer and poet from Asturias. He has a Ph.D in Classical Philology and he is a Professor of Latin Philology at the University of Oviedo. In words of the writer Victor Alperi:

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25. Ignacio Blanco Urizar

1971-. (aged 55)

economist lawyer politician

Ignacio Blanco Urizar is a Spanish politician, lawyer and economist. He has been a member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias since 2019 for the Vox party.

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26. José Manuel Castañón

1920-2001 (aged 81)

writer jurist

José Manuel Castañón was a Spanish writer born in Pola de Lena, Asturias. Although he fought in Francisco Franco’s 1936 military uprising, he later distanced himself from Franco's regime and in 1957 left for a 20-year exile to Venezuela. His best-known novel Moletu-Voleva, published in Madrid in 1956, a story about lust for money.

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27. Daniel Ripa

1982-. (aged 44)

psychologist

Daniel Marí Ripa is a Spanish politician, deputy in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias and member of Podemos.

28. Alicia Miyares

1963-. (aged 63)

writer professor philosopher activist

Alicia Miyares Fernández is a Spanish philosopher, feminist, researcher, and women's rights activists. She has served as the spokesperson for several feminist organizations including anti-womb renting (Spanish: alquiler de vientres) No Somos Vasijas and Recav. She has been involved with the efforts to keep abortion legal, writing the manifesto for the 2014 Tren de la Libertad. Miyares Fernández was active...

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29. Álvaro Flórez Estrada

1766-1853 (aged 87)

economist lawyer politician

Álvaro Flórez Estrada, a Spanish economist, lawyer and politician.

30. Cristina Coto

1970-. (aged 56)

lawyer politician

Cristina Coto de la Mata is a Spanish politician who was president of the Asturias Forum (2015–2018) and was a deputy in the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias (2003–2011; 2012–2018) and in the Oviedo City Council (2011–2019). Prior to being elected to office, she was a lawyer and a People's Party regional official.

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31. Berta Piñán

1963-. (aged 63)

poet writer politician

Berta Piñán Suárez is an Asturian writer, professor of Spanish Language and Literature, full member of the Academy of the Asturian Language, and since July 25, 2019, Minister of Consejería de Cultura, Política Lingüística y Turismo del Principado de Asturias (Culture, Linguistic Policy and Tourism of the Principality of Asturias).

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32. Riay Tatary

1948-2020 (aged 72)

imam

Riay Tatary Bakry was a Syrian religious leader, chairman of the Union of Islamic Communities of Spain. He was imam of the Central Mosque in Madrid, Spain, as well as president of the Islamic Commission of Spain.

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33. Paul Dujardin

1963-. (aged 63)

art historian director

Paul Dujardin is an art historian and between 2002 and 2021, director-general of BOZAR in Brussels.

34. Luis Menéndez Pidal

1861-1932 (aged 71)

painter

Luis Menéndez Pidal was a Spanish painter; primarily of genre scenes.

35. Ramón María Aller Ulloa

1878-1966 (aged 88)

mathematician Catholic priest astronomer

Ramón María Aller Ulloa was a Galician astronomer, mathematician and Catholic priest, professor of geometry and mathematical analysis at University of Santiago de Compostela, in 1944 the University created and assigned to him the first chair in astronomy, as well he was a member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. Aller Ulloa was a specialist in Double stars discovering...

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36. Manuel Rico Avello

1886-1936 (aged 50)

politician

Manuel Rico Avello y García de Lañón was a Spanish politician, lawyer, and journalist who served as Minister of the Interior, Spanish High Commissioner in Morocco, and Minister of Finance during the Second Spanish Republic. Imprisoned by the Republican authorities at the start of the Spanish Civil War, he was later killed—along with a number of other political prisoners—by anarchist...

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37. Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel

1785-1862 (aged 77)

historian military personnel politician

Evaristo José Fernández San Miguel y Valledor, Duke of San Miguel was a Spanish soldier, politician and writer.

38. Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata

1626-1691 (aged 65)

military personnel politician

Don Melchor de Navarra y Rocafull, jure uxoris Duke of Palata, Prince of Massalubrense was a Spanish politician. From November 20, 1681 to August 15, 1689 he was viceroy of Peru.

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39. Sergio Marqués Fernández

1946-2012 (aged 66)

lawyer politician

Sergio Marqués Fernández was a Spanish politician and lawyer. Marques served as the President of the Principality of Asturias from 1995 to 1999. He is the only member of the People's Party (PP) to have held the presidency of Asturias to date. In 1999, Marques founded Unión Renovadora Asturiana (URAS), a regional political party based in Asturias.

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40. Luz Pozo Garza

1922-2020 (aged 98)

poet literary critic writer

Luz Pozo Garza, was a Spanish poet and a member of the Royal Galician Academy.

41. José Manuel Campa

1964-. (aged 62)

economist banker businessperson politician

José Manuel Campa Fernández is a Spanish economist, economy professor and politician who has been serving as the chairperson of the European Banking Authority since May 2019. Prior to this, he has been a senior member of Santander Bank and has previously served as the 10th Secretary of State for Economy in the Government of Spain.

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42. Sara Torres

1991-. (aged 35)

novelist researcher poet

Sara Torres Rodríguez de Castro is a Spanish poet and novelist. In 2014, she won the Gloria Fuertes Prize for children's poetry. For her first novel, Lo que hay, she received the "Javier Morote" Award, awarded by CEGAL (Confederación Española de Gremios y Asociaciones de Libreros) (Spanish Confederation of Booksellers' Guilds and Associations), for the best new author in 2022....

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43. Alejandro Mon y Menéndez

1801-1882 (aged 81)

diplomat jurist politician

Alejandro Mon y Menéndez was a Spanish politician and jurist who was prime minister of Spain in 1864, during the reign of Queen Isabella II.

44. Pedro de Silva

1945-. (aged 81)

lawyer writer politician

Pedro de Silva Cienfuegos-Jovellanos is a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer. He served as the second President of the Principality of Asturias from 17 June 1983, until 10 July 1991.

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45. Enrique López López

1963-. (aged 63)

university teacher politician judge jurist magistrate

Enrique López López is a Spanish judge and politician serving as Cabinet Minister of Justice, Interior and Victims of the Community of Madrid since August 2019.

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46. Carmen Moriyón

1966-. (aged 60)

oncologist politician

María del Carmen Moriyón Entrialgo is a Spanish surgeon and politician.

47. Juan Hormaechea

1939-2020 (aged 81)

lawyer politician

Juan Hormaechea Cazón was a Spanish politician who served as President of Cantabria between 1987 and 1990, and again from 1991 to 1995. He was also Mayor of Santander between 1977 and 1987. Hormaechea founded the Union for the Progress of Cantabria (UPCA) political party in 1991 after a split from the larger People's Party of Cantabria (PP). The UPCA...

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48. Víctor García de la Concha

1934-. (aged 92)

linguist writer Catholic priest university teacher philologist

Víctor García de la Concha is a Spanish philologist. He is a past director of the Cervantes Institute and a past director of the Royal Spanish Academy. He served three four-year terms in that position, from 1998 to 2010. Directors usually serve no more than two terms.

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49. Sofía Castañón

1983-. (aged 43)

writer film director journalist politician

Sofía Fernández Castañón is a Spanish poet, writer, audiovisual producer, and politician. She has worked in print, television, and radio, and received several poetry prizes. Since January 2016 she has been a member of the Spanish Congress of Deputies for Podemos, representing Asturias, and since 2020 she has served as deputy spokesperson for the Unidas Podemos Confederal Parliamentary Group. In...

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50. Álvaro de Albornoz

1879-1954 (aged 75)

lawyer writer politician

Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana was a Spanish lawyer, writer, and one of the founders of the Second Republic of Spain.

51. Agustín Argüelles

1776-1844 (aged 68)

diplomat politician

Agustín Argüelles was a Spanish liberal politician. He served as the 81st and 94th president of the Congress of Deputies.

52. José María Fernández-Ladreda y Menéndez-Valdés

1885-1954 (aged 69)

chemist military personnel politician

José María Fernández-Ladreda y Menéndez-Valdés was a Spanish general who served as Minister of Public Works of Spain between 1945 and 1951, during the Francoist dictatorship.

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53. Ignacio Prendes

1965-. (aged 61)

politician

José Ignacio Prendes Prendes is a Spanish politician and member of Congress of the Deputies with the Citizens-Party of the Citizenry party (C's). Since 21 May 2019, he has been the Fourth Vice President of the Congress of Deputies.

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54. YolanDa Brown

1982-. (aged 44)

composer saxophonist television presenter jazz musician

YolanDa Faye Brown OBE DL is a British saxophonist, composer, and broadcaster. Her musical sound is a fusion of reggae, jazz and soul. In 2022, she was appointed chair of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

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55. Ricardo Rodríguez

1974-. (aged 52)

association football player association football coach

Ricardo Rodríguez Suárez, is a Spanish football coach who is the manager of J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He was declared the best coach of the J1 League in the 2021 season, in which he won the Emperor's Cup with Urawa Red Diamonds. Also, he won the Japanese Super Cup in 2022.

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56. Ángeles Caso

1959-. (aged 67)

opinion journalist television presenter writer journalist translator

María de los Ángeles Caso Machicado is a Spanish journalist, translator and writer. She is a recipient of the Premio Planeta de Novela.

57. Lucía Pérez

1985-. (aged 41)

recording artist singer

Lucía Pérez Vizcaíno is a Spanish singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with the song "Que me quiten lo bailao".

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58. Armando Palacio Valdés

1853-1938 (aged 85)

novelist literary critic writer

Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés was a Spanish novelist and critic.

59. Melquíades Álvarez

1864-1936 (aged 72)

jurist lawyer journalist politician

Melquíades Álvarez Gónzalez-Posada was a Spanish Republican politician, founder and leader of the Reformist Republican Party (Partido Republicano Reformista), commonly known just as Reformist Party and President of the Congress of Deputies between 1922 and 1923.

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60. Javier Fernández Fernández

1948-. (aged 78)

civil servant engineer politician

Javier Fernández Fernández is a Spanish politician, mining engineer, and civil servant. He was the secretary general of the Federación Socialista Asturiana, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

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61. María Luisa Carcedo

1953-. (aged 73)

politician physician

María Luisa Carcedo Roces is a Spanish doctor, politician and former senator who belongs to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). From 2018 to 2020, she served as minister of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare after the resignation of Carmen Montón. Previously, she also served as the first High Commissioner for the Fight against Child Poverty from June to...

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62. Ramón Pérez de Ayala

1880-1962 (aged 82)

poet columnist writer novelist politician

Ramón Pérez de Ayala y Fernández del Portal was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England in London (1931–1936) and voluntarily exiled himself to Argentina via France because of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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63. Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

1744-1811 (aged 67)

economist jurist lawyer writer philosopher

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was a Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain.

64. Rafael del Riego

1784-1823 (aged 39)

military personnel military officer politician

Captain-General Rafael del Riego y Flórez was a Spanish Army officer and politician who played a key role in the Liberal Triennium (Trienio Liberal in Spanish).

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65. Leopoldo Alas

1852-1901 (aged 49)

literary critic jurist writer university teacher novelist

Leopoldo Enrique García-Alas y Ureña, also known as Clarín, was a Spanish realist novelist and journalist born in Zamora. His inflammatory articles, known as paliques (“chitchat”), as well as his advocacy of liberalism and anti-clericalism, made him a formidable and controversial critical voice. He died in Oviedo.

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66. Torcuato Fernández-Miranda

1915-1980 (aged 65)

jurist lawyer university teacher politician

Torcuato Fernández-Miranda y Hevia, 1st Duke of Fernández-Miranda was a Spanish lawyer and politician who played important roles in both the Spanish State of Francisco Franco and in the Spanish transition to democracy.

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67. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

1910-1999 (aged 89)

playwright novelist journalist literary critic translator

Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.

68. Adrián Barbón Rodríguez

1979-. (aged 47)

lawyer politician

Adrián Barbón Rodríguez is a Spanish politician. He is the secretary general of the Asturian Socialist Federation, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the current President of the Principality of Asturias.

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69. Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

1949-. (aged 77)

jurist lawyer politician musician

Gustavo Suárez Pertierra is a Spanish jurist and politician. He served as Minister of Education and as Minister of Defence during the governments of Felipe González.

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70. Luis Suárez Fernández

1924-2024 (aged 100)

university teacher medievalist politician

Luis Suárez Fernández was a Spanish historian, originally a medievalist, who has extended his studies to include modern and recent history. He belonged to a line of Spanish historians that are in full agreement with Francoism and by some is named a revisionist.

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71. Ángela Pumariega

1984-. (aged 42)

sailor

Ángela Pumariega Menéndez is a Spanish sailor. She won the gold medal in sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class, in the crew led by Támara Echegoyen and accompanied by Sofía Toro.

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72. Julián Barrio Barrio

1946-. (aged 80)

Latin Catholic priest archbishop theologian Christian minister Catholic bishop

Julián Barrio Barrio is a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela between January 1996 and April 2023.

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73. Santiago García Granda

1955-. (aged 71)

researcher crystallographer

Santiago Garcia Granda, studied chemistry and graduated in 1980, and earned his PhD in 1984 at the University of Oviedo. He completed his academic training as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nijmegen, Holland with Professor Paul T. Beurskens. He specialised in structural determination, crystallography, diffraction and methods of calculations. He is ex-president of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA)...

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74. Susana Solís Pérez

1971-. (aged 55)

engineer politician

Susana Solís Pérez is a Spanish industrial engineer and politician, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the People's Party.Education

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75. Gaspar Llamazares

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Gaspar Llamazares Trigo is a Spanish politician. He was the leader of the leftist coalition United Left (IU) from 2001 to 2008, as the General Coordinator.

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76. Adjany Costa

1989-. (aged 37)

politician environmentalist

Adjany da Silva Freitas Costa is an Angolan biologist and conservationist from Huambo who served as the Angolan Minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment from April to October 2020.

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1. Conrado Escobar Las Heras

2. Juan Álvarez de Lorenzana, 10th Viscount of Barrantes

3. Antonio Arrúe Zarauz

4. Rosa María Cid López

5. Eva Hevia

6. María Teresa Mallada

7. Xaviel Vilareyo

8. Joaquín Fernández Prida

9. Juan González-Castelao

10. Santiago Vera-Rivera

11. Ángel Díaz de Entresotos

12. José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez

13. Ana Cano

14. Antonio Flores de Lemus

15. José Luis Meilán Gil

16. Salvador García-Bodaño

17. Lisardo Lombardía

18. Estefanía Torres

19. Luis Martinez Noval

20. Victoriano Guisasola y Menéndez

21. Antón de Marirreguera

22. Isidro Manuel Martínez Oblanca

23. Empar Pineda i Erdozia

24. Aurelio González Ovies

25. Ignacio Blanco Urizar

26. José Manuel Castañón

27. Daniel Ripa

28. Alicia Miyares

29. Álvaro Flórez Estrada

30. Cristina Coto

31. Berta Piñán

32. Riay Tatary

33. Paul Dujardin

34. Luis Menéndez Pidal

35. Ramón María Aller Ulloa

36. Manuel Rico Avello

37. Evaristo Fernández de San Miguel

38. Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata

39. Sergio Marqués Fernández

40. Luz Pozo Garza

41. José Manuel Campa

42. Sara Torres

43. Alejandro Mon y Menéndez

44. Pedro de Silva

45. Enrique López López

46. Carmen Moriyón

47. Juan Hormaechea

48. Víctor García de la Concha

49. Sofía Castañón

50. Álvaro de Albornoz

51. Agustín Argüelles

52. José María Fernández-Ladreda y Menéndez-Valdés

53. Ignacio Prendes

54. YolanDa Brown

55. Ricardo Rodríguez

56. Ángeles Caso

57. Lucía Pérez

58. Armando Palacio Valdés

59. Melquíades Álvarez

60. Javier Fernández Fernández

61. María Luisa Carcedo

62. Ramón Pérez de Ayala

63. Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

64. Rafael del Riego

65. Leopoldo Alas

66. Torcuato Fernández-Miranda

67. Gonzalo Torrente Ballester

68. Adrián Barbón Rodríguez

69. Gustavo Suárez Pertierra

70. Luis Suárez Fernández

71. Ángela Pumariega

72. Julián Barrio Barrio

73. Santiago García Granda

74. Susana Solís Pérez

75. Gaspar Llamazares

76. Adjany Costa

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