# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-antonio-ortega-lara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:54:39.102Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-antonio-ortega-lara"
name: "José Antonio Ortega Lara"
slug: "jose-antonio-ortega-lara"
description: "José Antonio Ortega Lara is a retired Spanish prison officer who was held hostage by the Basque separatist organization ETA for 532 days between 1996 and 1997. He is a teacher and holds a law degree. He was a member of the People's Party between 1987 and 2008. He currently lives in Burgos. On January 16, 2014, he presented the political party Vox as a member of the Provisional Executive Committee, together with other former members of the People's Party."
tagline: "Spanish far right politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Ortega_Lara_(43902018740)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.500661333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "خوسيه أنطونيو أورتيغا لارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Ortega_Lara"
    title: "José Antonio Ortega Lara"
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    title: "José Antonio Ortega Lara"
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  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Ortega_Lara"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump