Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez

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Spanish politician (1913-2009)

Spain PoliticiansLived 1913 to 2009 · aged 96

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Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez (1983), then Spanish Ombudsman

Ruiz-Giménez in 1954

Awards 10

2001honorary doctorate of the University of Jaén

1997honorary doctorate of Carlos III University

1997Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de la Solidaridad Social

1991Order of Constitutional Merit

1988Saint George's Cross

1956Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise

1953Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction

1947Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort

honorary doctorate of the University of Caen (France)

Connected to Joaquín 6

María Blasco MarhuendaAlso won honorary doctorate of Carlos III University

Jon JuaristiAlso won Order of Constitutional Merit

Joan Massagué SoléAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Caen (France)

Paquita SauquilloAlso won Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de la Solidaridad Social Luís Lindley CintraAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction Fernando Herrero TejedorAlso won Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort

About this person

Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés 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. 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.

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Spain