Rafael Ribó
Rafael Ribó Massó (born 10 May 1945 in Barcelona) is a Catalan politician and public official. He studied economics and law at the University of Barcelona, where he earned a PhD in political, economic and business science. He also holds a Master of Arts in political science from The New School for Social Research in New York.
During the Franco era, in 1963 he was active in student groups at the University of Barcelona, including the Students’ Syndicate and the Assembly of Intellectuals, and in 1977 he participated in the Catalan Culture Congress.
On 17 June 2004, the Catalan Parliament elected him Síndic de Greuges (ombudsman) for Catalonia. He has been reelected several times and was still serving in October 2021.
On 15 March 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.
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