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Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez

Spanish politician and jurist

Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés (2 August 1913 – 27 August 2009) was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was minister of Education under Franco (1951-1955) but he drifted apart from the Francoist State since 1956 and, adopting a Christian Democrat position, steadily started to promote a quiet transition to democracy, especially through Cuadernos para el Diálogo magazine.²

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Born Aug 2, 1913, died Aug 27, 2009.¹

About

He was considered one of the most relevant figures of the moderate inner opposition to Francoism. Failing to play a relevant role during the 1977 democratic elections, he was later elected as the first Spanish Ombudsman. He was a member of the National Catholic Association of Propagandists.

From Wikipedia’s article on Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Editorial Cuadernos para el DiálogoFounder²⁶

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversidad Central PhD in Law^{3 4}

Early life

Ruiz-Giménez was born in Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid on 2 August 1913. He was son of Joaquín Ruiz Jiménez, Liberal politician who was minister twice under Alfonso XIII and mayor of Madrid. While student at the University of Madrid, he participated actively in the students' catholic organizations and in 1935 he was elected secretary-general of the National Catholic Students Confederation. After the Civil War broke out he was imprisoned several times, but finally released he sought asylum at the Panamanian embassy, and thus he was evacuated to Marseille via Valencia. Then, he joined the Nationalist Army and served in the front of Segovia, Teruel and Maestrazgo.

After the war, he graduated in Arts and held a doctorate in Law. He was appointed councilor at the Madrid city council and the same time he was Law professor at the University of Madrid. He was elected president of the Pax Romana organization between 1939 and 1946. He collaborated actively in the redaction of the Fuero de los Españoles, i.e. a sort of bill of rights promulgated by Franco in 1945. He was appointed director of the Hispanic Culture Institute (1946-1948) and ambassador to the Holy See (1948-1951), where he negotiated the terms of the 1953 Concordat.

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Career

Occupation: philosopher, writer, minister, politician, diplomat, university teacher, jurist.¹⁷

1982 to 1987Spanish Ombudsman⁸
1982 to 1987Chair, Spanish Ombudsman¹⁶
1964 to 1967Procurador en Cortes^{8 14}
1961 to 1964Procurador en Cortes^{8 13}
1958 to 1961Procurador en Cortes^{8 12}
1955 to 1956Procurador en Cortes^{8 11}
1952 to 1955Procurador en Cortes^{8 10}
1951 to 1952Procurador en Cortes^{8 9}
1951 to 1956Minister of National Education⁸
1948 to 1951Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See⁸
Date not recordedWorked at University of Salamanca⁵
Date not recordedWorked at University of Seville⁵

More of their career (4)

Date not recordedWorked at University of Madrid⁵
Date not recordedFounded Editorial Cuadernos para el Diálogo⁶
Date not recordedFounded Cuadernos para el Diálogo⁷
Date not recordedChair, Democratic Left¹⁵

Personal life

BornAug 2, 1913, Hoyo de Manzanares¹⁸
DiedAug 27, 2009, Madrid¹⁹
CitizenshipSpain²⁰

Awards

2001honorary doctorate of the University of Jaén²¹
1997Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de la Solidaridad Social^{21 25}
1997honorary doctorate of Carlos III University²¹
1991Order of Constitutional Merit^{21 24}
1988Saint George's Cross^{21 23}
1956Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise²¹
1953Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction^{21 22}
1947Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic²¹
Date not recordedGrand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort²¹
Date not recordedhonorary doctorate of the University of Caen (France)²¹

Sources

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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Worked at University of Salamanca, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Founded Editorial Cuadernos para el Diálogo, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Founded Cuadernos para el Diálogo, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See, on Wikidata
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WikidataProcurador en Cortes, as reported
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WikidataProcurador en Cortes, as reported
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WikidataProcurador en Cortes, as reported
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WikidataProcurador en Cortes, as reported
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WikidataProcurador en Cortes, as reported
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Chair, Democratic Left, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: Chair, Spanish Ombudsman, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataEditorial Cuadernos para el Diálogo, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsJoaquín Ruiz-Giménez photo by Unknown Unknown, Public domain