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Member of the Congress of Deputies (2011–2014); mayor of Madrid (2003–2011); member of the Assembly of Madrid (1999–2003); member of the Assembly of Madrid (1995–1999)."},{"q":"Where did Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón study?","a":"Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón was educated at Fundación Universitaria San Pablo CEU, Our Lady of Remembrance College, secondary school, CEU San Pablo University."}],"related":[{"name":"Abel Matutes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abel-matutes"},{"name":"Jaume Castells Ferrer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaume-castells-ferrer"},{"name":"Jerónimo Saavedra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jeronimo-saavedra"},{"name":"Paulino Rivero","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paulino-rivero"},{"name":"Ángel Víctor Torres","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/angel-victor-torres"},{"name":"Javier Fernández","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/javier-fernandez"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/alberto-ruiz-gallardon-b341dceccf.jpg","width":500,"height":668,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Marcusfernandez","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alberto_Ruiz-Gallard%C3%B3n_na_Coru%C3%B1a.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Ruiz-Gallard%C3%B3n","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q467829","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467829","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón na Coruña.jpg by Marcusfernandez (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alberto_Ruiz-Gallard%C3%B3n_na_Coru%C3%B1a.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón na Coruña.jpg — Marcusfernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-ruiz-gallardon. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T06:28:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-ruiz-gallardon","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-ruiz-gallardon","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/alberto-ruiz-gallardon?lang=ne"}}