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José María Lassalle Ruiz (born 1966) is a Spanish lecturer, essayist and former politician.
Lassalle was born on 23 October 1966 in Santander.[1] He earned a PhD in Law in 1999 at the University of Cantabria, reading a dissertation titled John Locke y los fundamentos modernos de la propiedad, supervised by Jesús Ignacio Martínez García and dealing with the aforementioned philosopher.[2] [3] [4]
He worked as a predoctoral and post-doctoral researcher for the University of Cantabria (1996–2001), and as a lecturer for the Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M; 2001–2003).[5] Following a spell as director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Foundation Carolina (2003–2004), he has also worked as lecturer at the Universidad CEU San Pablo, the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Universidad Pontificia Comillas.[6] [7] [8] Lassalle married Meritxell Batet in August 2005,[9] from whom he divorced in 2016.[10] [11] A member of the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th terms of the Congress of Deputies in representation of Cantabria, elected within the People's Party (PP) lists, he renounced to his seat at the Lower House of the Spanish parliament in December 2016.[12] He was replaced then by Diego Movellán.
Lassalle served as Secretary of State for Culture (2011–2016). During his spell at the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, he faced trouble to pass a Law for Patronage and to get through the debate on the cultural VAT.[13] Replaced by Fernando Benzo in November 2016, he was then appointed as new Secretary of State for Information Society and Digital Agenda, tasked with defining the new digital agenda of Spain.
| List | Constituency | List position | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 general election (Congress of Deputies) | PP | align=center | Cantabria | 3rd (out of 5) | Elected | [14] | |
| 2008 general election (Congress of Deputies) | PP | align=center | Cantabria | 2nd (out of 5) | Elected | [15] | |
| 2011 general election (Congress of Deputies) | PP | align=center | Cantabria | 2nd (out of 5) | Elected | [16] | |
| 2015 general election (Congress of Deputies) | PP | align=center | Cantabria | 2nd (out of 5) | Elected | [17] | |
| 2016 general election (Congress of Deputies) | PP | align=center | Cantabria | 2nd (out of 5) | Elected | [18] |
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 17 February 2004. 41. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 100/2004, de 19 de enero. 7500.
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 12 February 2008. 37. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 33/2008, de 14 de enero. 7589.
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 25 October 2011. 257. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 1329/2011, de 26 de septiembre. 111289.
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 24 November 2011. 281. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 977/2015, de 26 de octubre. 110679.
Boletín Oficial del Estado. 31 May 2016. 131. 0212-033X. Candidaturas proclamadas para las elecciones al Congreso de los Diputados y al Senado, convocadas por Real Decreto 184/2016, de 3 de mayo. 35559.