Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros
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Sergio Rodríguez y López-Ros | |
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Assumed office 1 September 2019 | |
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Born | Barcelona, Spain | 21 November 1970
Children | 1 |
Education | Salesian College of Sarrià |
Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona (PhD) |
Occupation | Academician and diplomat |
Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros (born 21 November 1970) is a Spanish academic and diplomat.[1][2][3] He serves as the current Pro-Rector of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU of Barcelona.[4]
Education[]
Rodríguez was born in Barcelona to a Portuguese family that had settled in Spain since the 18th century.[5] He was educated at the Salesian College of Sarrià,[6] before graduating in Communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and taking a specialized course at the Menéndez Pelayo International University. After a doctoral course with Professor Román Gubern, he achieved a PhD magna cum laude at the Ramon Llull University, with a doctoral court chaired by Professor Artur Juncosa, who nominated him for the Extraordinary Doctorate Award.[7]
Rodriguez performed military service in the Spanish Arapiles Regiment (twinned with the British Royal Lancers) and in the Major State of the IV Military Region, and received the Distinguished Service Diploma and an internship in the organizing committee for the Games of the XXV Olympiad, celebrated in 1992, receiving the Official Commemorative Medal (Bronze Category).
Career[]
In the Spanish Foreign Service, Rodriguez served in the Spanish embassies to Italy, San Marino, Albania and Malta, as well as director of two centres of the Instituto Cervantes (temporary coordinator of another),[8] and in the Spanish Consulate General in Milano. He also served as a coordinator of the House for a City of Knowledge within the City Council of Barcelona.
Rodriguez has been a consultant of the EU bodies EACEA,[9] TAIEX and REA, as well as a member of researches for the European Council and the European Parliament. He participated in one of the feasibility reports of the FRA and in the forums of the Holy See, the EPSC, the Aspen Institute, the COMECE, the Club of Rome and the OMAEC (World Organisation of Former Pupils of Catholic Education).
Rodríguez was the architect of the bilateral agreements on the Instituto Cervantes between the Kingdom of Spain and the Holy See,[10] Italy,[11] San Marino[12] and the Sovereign Order of Malta,[13] as well as the opening of a Spanish centre in Albania.[14] In 2000, Rodriguez aided in the search of Roma people in Spain to be compensated by the Swiss Banking Council for having been forcibly employed by companies during Nazism, and also in the protection of Roma families from Kosovo who had taken refuge on the Greek border. He also contributed to the transfer from Spain to the Netherlands of the Command Baton of William I of Orange[15]
He is currently ambassador-consultant of the Fundação Rei Afonso Henriques[16] of public cooperation Spain–Portugal and a member of the Advisory Council on International of Foment Nacional del Treball (CEOE), the Advisory Council of the Fundación Pere Closa[17] and the Scientific Committee of the public magazine Mediterráneo.[18]
Rodriguez is considered an expert on cultural diplomacy, corporate diplomacy,[19][failed verification] multilateral processes, Mediterranean issues, ethics and artificial intelligence, business ethics, traceability, governance, transparency and sustainability.
Other activities[]
Rodriguez has participated in research, both in public and private universities around Europe, which primarily study intercultural and interfaith dialogue, among those in the GRIC (Groupe de Recherche Islamo-Chretien, settled in Paris).[20] He has been involved in the design of policies that are inclusive towards minorities in the European Union and encourage the involvement of minorities in European society. He is a foremost expert on the Roma people in Europe.[21]
An Author of several essays and history books[22][23] (the last one entries for the dictionary "Vislumbres",[24] 2021, edited by the Spanish Foreign Office), he is correspondent fellow of the Royal Academy of History[25] (Spain) and also of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna[26] (Italy). He has been distinguished with some public decorations, both national and international, among others the rarely conceded Order of the Social Solidarity[27] awarded by H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain.
He regularly writes articles on geopolitics[28] and geoeconomics[29] in the La Vanguardia[30] and The Diplomat.[31]
Personal life[]
Rodriguez has one son.[citation needed] Their traditional family seat is in Alcañices, closed to the Portuguese border. Among his ancestors can be found Pablo Muñoz de la Morena, Tomás Pellicer or Roque López.
Decorations[]
Apart from foreign honours, he has been distinguished with these Spanish decorations:
- Knight Commander with Star of the Order of the Solidarity[32]
- Knight Official of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Knight Official of the Order of Civil Merit
References[]
- ^ es:Sergi Rodríguez López-Ros
- ^ fr:Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros
- ^ Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros
- ^ "Órganos de gestión". UAO CEU. May 12, 2016.
- ^ Sebastián, Chany (August 8, 2016). "Alma de los Dragones de Lusitania". La Opinión de Zamora.
- ^ Presidency of the World Confederation of the Past Pupils of Don Bosco
- ^ PhD on the Philosophical approach to the identity of people of gypsy culture
- ^ "Nuevos directores de centros del Instituto Cervantes en el exterior. Notas de prensa 2012. Sala de prensa. Instituto Cervantes". www.cervantes.es.
- ^ "experts-general-2009-yes-publie-2-version-100920-eacea". yumpu.com.
- ^ "El Instituto Cervantes enseñará español a los funcionarios del Vaticano". www.cervantes.es.
- ^ "Camera.it - XVI Legislatura - Lavori - Resoconto stenografico dell'indagine conoscitiva per singola Commissione". leg16.camera.it.
- ^ "El Instituto Cervantes de Roma difundirá la cultura española en San Marino". La Vanguardia. June 20, 2017.
- ^ "El Instituto Cervantes de Roma firma un acuerdo con la Orden de Malta". ElDiario.es. January 14, 2016.
- ^ "encuentro de profesores 2013 - Casa de España en Tirana". sites.google.com.
- ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com.
- ^ King Afonso Henriques Foundation
- ^ "L'equip | Fundació Privada Pere Closa".
- ^ "Mediterráneo nº 6. Revista de la Consejería de Educación en Italia, Grecia y Albania - Publicaciones - Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional". sede.educacion.gob.es.
- ^ "Geotechnology, the new sovereignty". www.thediplomatinspain.com.
- ^ "Gric International | GRIC - Groupe de Recherche Islamo Chrétien". gric-international.org.
- ^ "Roma inclusion: a need, a challenge and a duty" (PDF). ceceurope.org.
- ^ "Editorial Kairós: Gitanidad". editorialkairos.com.
- ^ Itinerario por la Roma iberoamericana
- ^ Diccionario "Vislumbres"
- ^ "Académicos". Real Academia de la Historia.
- ^ "Ingreso en la Accademia delle Scienzie di Bologna | UAO CEU". www.uaoceu.es.
- ^ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2014-2910". www.boe.es.
- ^ "Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: the discreet charm of the loyal and efficient servant".
- ^ "Geotechnology, the new sovereignty".
- ^ "Perspectiva y contexto - Un blog de Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros". Perspectiva y contexto.
- ^ https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/tribune/. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-2014-2910". www.boe.es.
External links[]
- Vittorio Sgarbi introduces in Rome the latest book by Sergio Rodríguez
- Found the tomb of the Catalan who could have been Pope in 1484
- RTVE - The Roma People in Europe
- Tour of the Spanish churches in Rome
- El País - Book Review: 'Gitanidad. Otra manera de ver el mundo'
- The director of Cervantes in Rome asks not to cut back on education and help young people
- "An institutional pact is needed for the teaching of Spanish"
- Sergio Rodríguez, uno degli elencati nel 25° Premio Internazionale "Rocca D’Oro" alla Professionalità
- The Embassy of Spain proposes 'Routes through Spanish culture in Christian Rome'
- The Embassy of Guatemala in the Italian Republic participates in the Ibero-American Film Festival of Rome
- Paraguayan Embassy reports on activities of the Minister-Secretary of Culture in Italy
- Great success of the round table on painter Menchu Gal, "color in cubism"
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Corresponding members of the Real Academia de la Historia
- People from Barcelona
- Spanish people of Portuguese descent