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Gloria Begué Cantón
Spanish magistrate and academic (1931–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gloria Begué Cantón (23 March 1931 – 27 December 2016) was a Spanish professor, jurist, senator and magistrate. She was the first female law school professor in Spain and was a law educator at Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Salamanca.
Gloria Begué Cantón | |
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![]() Begué in 2006 | |
Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Spain | |
In office 4 March 1986 – 21 February 1989 | |
Preceded by | Jerónimo Arozamena |
Succeeded by | Francisco Rubio Llorente |
Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain | |
In office 14 February 1980 – 21 February 1989 | |
Senator of the Senate of Spain | |
In office 15 June 1977 – 2 January 1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1931-03-23)23 March 1931 La Bañeza, Province of León, Spain |
Died | 27 December 2016(2016-12-27) (aged 85) Madrid, Spain |
Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid University of Chicago |
Occupation | Jurist Magistrate Professor Senator |
Awards | Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit Order of Constitutional Merit |
Cantón became the first female dean at a Spanish university in 1969 and resigned three years later. In 1977, she was appointed a senator in the Senate of Spain as a member of the parliamentary group Agrupación Independiente [ca; es] and therefore joined the Constitutional Court of Spain. She was also the first woman magistrate appointed to the Constitutional Court of Spain in 1980 and became its first female vice-president in 1986. She returned to academia at the University of Salamanca following the end of her nine-year term on the court in 1989 before retiring in 2001.