Ludolfo Paramio Explained

Ludolfo Paramio
Birth Name:Ludolfo Paramio Rodrigo
Birth Date:16 July 1948
Birth Place:Madrid, Spain
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Occupation:Journalist, politician and sociologist
Years Active:1980s–2020s
Known For:PSOE's political analyst

Ludolfo Paramio Rodrigo (16 July 1948 – 13 June 2024) was a Spanish journalist, politician, and sociologist.[1]

Biography

Paramio graduated in journalism at the Official School of Journalism in Madrid in 1971 and graduated one year later, in 1972. He then started collaborating with the magazine Bang![2]

In1982 he received his doctorate in physical sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, with a thesis on the limits of methodology directed by Javier Muguerza. He joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party PSOE, within the faction led by Alfonso Guerra.

At the 1991 PSOE national congress he joined the party's Permanent Executive Commission and he became Training Secretariat. He directed the Pablo Iglesias Foundation and was married to the gynecologist Carmen Martínez Ten.[3]

He has sustained noisy controversies and published numerous articles in magazines like the International Journal of Sociology, or the Spanish Revista Internacional de Sociología, Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, Revista de Estudios Políticos, Revista del Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Reforma y Democracia: Revista del CLAD, Historia y Política, International Journal of Iberian Studies, Desarrollo Económico, Nexos, América Latina Hoy, Leviatán, Sistema, Zona Abierta and Nueva Sociedad, among others.

He was a professor of sociology at the Autonomous and Complutense Universities of Madrid, and taught doctoral courses at both, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Santiago de Compostela and the International University of Andalucía.

Paramio served as a research professor at the Institute of Policies and Public Goods of the Center for Human and Social Sciences of the CSIC, the Spanish Research Council.[4] He was a member of the Executive Commission of the Latin American Association of Political Science since its founding in July 2002. From May 2004 to April 2008 he was Director of the Department of Analysis and Studies of the Cabinet of the Presidency of the Government, under Jose Luís Rodriguez Zapatero's presidency.[5] He was a professor of graduate courses on Latin American politics at the Ortega y Gasset University Research Institute. He directed the Latin American Program of the José Ortega y Gasset University Research Institute, since May 2008.

Works

Works published in Spanish

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EP . 14 June 2024 . Muere Ludolfo Paramio, histórico de la corriente guerrista del PSOE . 15 June 2024 . El País . es.
  2. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Fallece Ludolfo Paramio, una de las mentes más brillantes de la socialdemocracia española . 15 June 2024 . El Plural . es.
  3. Web site: EP . 14 June 2024 . Muere Ludolfo Paramio, histórico del 'guerrismo' y analista de Zapatero . 15 June 2024 . El Correo . es.
  4. Web site: Fallecimiento de Ludolfo Paramio, investigador jubilado del Instituto de Historia Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales . 15 June 2024 . www.ifs.csic.es.
  5. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Muere Ludolfo Paramio, histórico de la corriente 'guerrista' del PSOE que presidió la Fundación Pablo Iglesias . 15 June 2024 . www.publico.es.