José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes
José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes is a Spanish philosopher of law and politician, Minister of Culture and Sport of the Government of Spain since 2020. A member of the Federal Executive Board of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he was member of the Assembly of Madrid from 2019 to 2020. He served as Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid between 2018 and 2019.Biography
Born in Valencia on 9 October 1968, he earned a licentiate degree in law at the University of Valencia ; he later obtained a PhD in the same field at the Charles III University of Madrid, reading a dissertation in 1998 titled Los discursos democrático y liberal sobre la opinión pública and supervised by Gregorio Peces Barba.
, the National Police Corps and the Madrid Municipal Police Corps.
He was appointed Director General in Support of the Victims of Terrorism in September 2006. He held the post until December 2011, when Mariano Rajoy became Prime Minister.
He has worked as tenured professor both at the UV and the UC3M.
He joined the Federal Executive Board of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party led by Pedro Sánchez in June 2017, tasked in the area of Laicity.
Following the investiture of Sánchez as Prime Minister in June 2018, Rodríguez Uribes was chosen to replace Concepción Dancausa at the helm of the Government Delegation in the Community of Madrid. His appointment was sanctioned through an 18 June royal decree, swearing in the post on 25 June.
He remained in office until April 2019 as he was included then in the 3rd place of the PSOE list for the 2019 Madrilenian regional election led by Ángel Gabilondo.
Elected member of the 11th term of the regional legislature, he became the attached spokesperson of the Socialist Parliamentary Group.
Appointed as Minister of Culture and Sport of the Sánchez II Government, he assumed office on 13 January 2020.Works
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