{"id":"joan-vinas","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/joan-vinas","language":"en","name":"Joan Viñas","name_en":"Joan Viñas","name_ne":null,"description":"Catalan university teacher","headline":"Catalan university teacher","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Joan Viñas i Salas was a Spanish physician. A member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia, he was a recipient of the Creu de Sant Jordi (2018).","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"11 December 1950","date":"1950-12-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Mataró","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11492"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 June 2026","date":"2026-06-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Lleida","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15090"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Spain","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"surgeon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774306"},{"text":"physician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39631"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19368039","start":"1977-05"},{"text":"University of Barcelona","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219615"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (2013–2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2013-04","end":"2017"},{"text":"president (2012–2013)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2012-07","end":"2013-04"},{"text":"Rector of the University of Lleida (2003–2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50595659","start":"2003","end":"2011"},{"text":"rector (2003–2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212071","start":"2003","end":"2011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Saint George's Cross","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1139785","date":"2018"},{"text":"Josep Trueta Medal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76702607","date":"2019"},{"text":"Vives University Network Medal of Honor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58150525","date":"2020"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vi%C3%B1as","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Joan Viñas born?","a":"Joan Viñas was born on 11 December 1950 in Mataró."},{"q":"What positions has Joan Viñas held?","a":"Positions held by Joan Viñas include: president (2013–2017); president (2012–2013); Rector of the University of Lleida (2003–2011); rector (2003–2011)."},{"q":"Where did Joan Viñas study?","a":"Joan Viñas was educated at Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida, University of Barcelona."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/joan-vinas-4573ca2af0.jpg","width":500,"height":564,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"ESM","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Universitats_per_la_rep%C3%BAblica_(Lleida)_12_-_Joan_Vi%C3%B1as_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Joan Viñas","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Vi%C3%B1as","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q35028845","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35028845","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Universitats per la república (Lleida) 12 - Joan Viñas (cropped).jpg by ESM (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Universitats_per_la_rep%C3%BAblica_(Lleida)_12_-_Joan_Vi%C3%B1as_(cropped).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 Joan Viñas, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Universitats per la república (Lleida) 12 - Joan Viñas (cropped).jpg — ESM, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Joan Viñas\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/joan-vinas. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T08:00:38Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/joan-vinas","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/joan-vinas","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/joan-vinas?lang=ne"}}