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Ángel Gabilondo
Ángel Gabilondo
	Official portrait, 2022.
Ombudsman of Spain
	Incumbent
	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 (age 75); San Sebastián, Spain
Political party	Independent; (linked to PSOE)
Alma mater	Autonomous University of Madrid

Ángel Gabilondo Pujol (born 1 March 1949) is a Spanish university professor, currently serving as the 6th Ombudsman of Spain.

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.

References

^ Iparraguirre, Antton (April 8, 2009). "El filósofo que quiso ser futbolista". El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved February 13, 2018.
^ "Ángel Gabilondo, Medalla de Oro de la Universidad de Málaga". Universidad de Málaga (in Spanish). November 6, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ "El Ministro Ángel Gabilondo recibe la Medalla de Oro de la Universidad de Málaga". Universidad de Málaga (in Spanish). June 20, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
^ R., Juan Carlos; Rajoy, Mariano (December 31, 2011). "Real Decreto 2088/2011, de 30 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III a don Ángel Gabilondo Pujol" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 315. p. 147479.
^ R., Felipe; Wert Ortega, José Ignacio (December 27, 2014). "Real Decreto 1120/2014, de 26 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio a don Ángel Gabilondo Pujol" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). No. 313. p. 105935.
^ Castro, Irene (February 2, 2015). "Ángel Gabilondo, proclamado definitivamente candidato del PSOE a la presidencia de la Comunidad de Madrid". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Sanz, Luis Ángel (February 11, 2015). "Ángel Gabilondo acepta el ofrecimiento para ser el candidato del PSM a la Comunidad de Madrid". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial Información General S.L.U. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Castro, Irene (October 4, 2016). "El PSOE se queda sin tiempo para celebrar primarias si hay terceras elecciones". El Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Romero, Juanma (October 6, 2016). "Ángel Gabilondo y Javier Fernández lideran las quinielas del PSOE si hay elecciones". El Confidencial (in Spanish). Titania Compañía Editorial, S.L. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Sánchez, Luis Ángel (January 5, 2018). Jiménez, David (ed.). "Sánchez quiere que Ángel Gabilondo presida Madrid". El Mundo (in Spanish). Madrid: Unidad Editorial S.A. ISSN 1697-0179. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Gil, Pablo (October 20, 2017). Jiménez, David (ed.). "Ángel Gabilondo se postula como candidato del PSOE madrileño para las elecciones de 2019". El Mundo (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial S.A. ISSN 1697-0179. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ "Gabilondo se ofrece como candidato a presidente de la Comunidad de Madrid". Telemadrid (in Spanish). Madrid. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
^ elDiario.es (2021-10-21). "Gobierno y PP acuerdan que Ángel Gabilondo sea el nuevo defensor del pueblo". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-27.
^ Marcos, José (2021-10-27). "Ángel Gabilondo luce su perfil institucional y subraya que no será "partidista ni sectario" como Defensor del Pueblo". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-27.

External links

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Academic offices
Preceded by Raúl Villar Lázaro	Rector of the Autonomous University of Madrid 2002-2009	Succeeded by José María Sanz Martínez
Political offices
Preceded by Mercedes Cabrera	Minister of Education 2009-2011	Succeeded by José Ignacio Wert
Preceded by Francisco Fernández Marugán (acting)	Ombudsman of Spain 2021-present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by José Manuel Franco	Leader of the Socialist Group in the Assembly of Madrid 2015–2021	Succeeded by Hana Jalloul