page_title: Complutense University of Madrid
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Complutense University of Madrid / Famous alumni / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar during emergency summit meeting at Lajes Field, Azores, to discuss the possibilities of war in Iraq.
context_page_description: The Complutense University of Madrid or Complutensian University of Madrid is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. It enrolls over 86,000 students, being the 3rd largest non-distance European university by enrollment, and consistently ranking among the top universities in Spain, together with the University of Barcelona, UAM and UAB. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of Pozuelo de Alarcón. It is named after the ancient Roman settlement of Complutum, now an archeological site in Alcalá de Henares, just east of Madrid.
  In recent years, the roster of alumni comprises recipients of the Nobel Prize, Prince of Asturias Awards, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, as well as European Commissioners, Presidents of the EU Parliament, European Council Secretary General, ECB Executive Board members, NATO Secretary General, UNESCO Director General, IMF Managing Director, and Heads of State.
context_section_description: Don John of Austria – Victor of the Battle of Lepanto, Spanish Governor of the Netherlands, Grandee of Spain, the last Knight of Europe.
  Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza.
  Cardinal Mazarin – 2nd Prime Minister of France (1642–1661), successor of Cardinal Richelieu.
  Gaspar de Borja y Velasco – Served as Primate of Spain, Archbishop of Seville, Archbishop of Toledo and viceroy of Naples.
  Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos – Prime Minister of Spain, theorist behind the Constitution of 1812
  Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso – President of the First Spanish Republic
  Emilio Castelar y Ripoll – Journalist, Essayist, Minister during the First Spanish Republic
  II Spanish Republic
  Manuel Azaña – Head of State & President of Spain at various points throughout the Second Spanish Republic
  Juan Negrín López – Last President of the Second Spanish Republic
  Gregorio Marañón – Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer, philosopher and political reformer
  Julián Besteiro Fernández – Socialist Politician, Deputy during the Second Spanish Republic
  Clara Campoamor – Feminist Politician, Deputy during the Second Spanish Republic
  Victoria Kent – Essayist, Feminist, Deputy during the Second Spanish Republic
  Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña – Historian, Deputy during the Second Spanish Republic
  Fernando de los Ríos Urruti – Anarquist Politician during the Second Spanish Republic
  Transition and Contemporary Administrations
  Adolfo Suárez – first democratically elected Prime Minister after the Franco regime
  Américo Castro – Politician, Spanish cultural historian, philologist, and literary critic
  José María Aznar – Former President of the Spanish Government (1996–2004)
  Javier Solana – European Union foreign policy chief and former NATO Secretary General
  Esperanza Aguirre – Former regional President of Madrid
  Enrique Barón Crespo – President of the European Parliament
  Manuel Fraga Iribarne – Former Interior Minister/Father of the Spanish Constitution of 1978/Founder and President of the Spanish conservative People's Party/former President of the Xunta de Galicia/Member of the Spanish Senate
  María Teresa Fernández de la Vega – Former Vice President of the Spanish Government (2004—)
  Marcelino Oreja Aguirre – Secretary General of the Council of Europe/Member of the European Parliament /European Commissioner for Transport/European Commissioner for Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy
  Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal – Spanish diplomat/Politician/Royal Senator/Administrator of the Royal Household
  Rodrigo Rato – Politician/former Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance/9th Chairman of the International Monetary Fund
  Josep Borrell – former President of the European Parliament
  Manuel Marín – member of the European Commission and President during the interim Santer Commission/President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain
  José Bono – former President of Castile–La Mancha, former Defense Minister, former president of the Spanish Congress of Deputies
  Ana Palacio – former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba – Chemist/ former minister of the Ministry of Education (Spain), former Defense Minister, former minister of the Spanish Interior Minister
  Elena Salgado – current Spanish Minister of Economy and Finance
  German Vargas Lleras – current Ministry of the Interior and Justice (Colombia)
  José María Barreda – current President of Castile–La Mancha
  José Manuel González Paramo – Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank
  Royalty
  Infanta Cristina of Spain – Spanish princess, the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain.
  Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano – Queen consort of Spain
  Miriam, Princess of Turnovo - Spanish jewellery designer and member of the Bulgarian royal family
caption: José María Aznar
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