Ángel Gabilondo

On 30 December 2011 he received a condecoration for the Order of Charles III and also the Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio on 26 December 2014. In 2015, he was named Spanish Socialist Workers' Party's candidate for the Community of Madrid 2015 election. He returned to be a candidate for the 2016 election. Suggested by Pedro Sánchez, he was again the PSOE candidate for the 2019 election. In October 2018, he offered himself to be the president of Madrid, in order to succeed Ángel Garrido. In October 2021, after an agreement between major parties of the Cortes Generales, he was nominated to be the 6th Spanish Ombudsman. 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. He is the brother of Spanish journalist Iñaki Gabilondo.

The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Autonomous University of Madrid. Positions recorded include member of the Assembly of Madrid and Minister of Education of Spain. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.

• Name — Ángel Gabilondo • Office — Ombudsman of Spain • Monarch — Felipe VI • Term Start — 18 November 2021 • Deputy — Teresa Jiménez-Becerril • Predecessor — Francisco Fernández Marugán (acting) • Office2 — Minister of Education • Term Start2 — 7 April 2009 • Term End2 — 22 December 2011 • Prime Minister2 — José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero • Predecessor2 — Mercedes Cabrera • Successor2 — José Ignacio Wert • Office3 — Member of the Assembly of Madrid • Term Start3 — 10 June 2015 • Term End3 — 8 June 2021 • Birth Name — Ángel Gabilondo Pujol • Born — 1 March 1949 • Birthplace — San Sebastián, Spain • Party — Independent (linked to PSOE) • Alma Mater — Autonomous University of Madrid