Edward E. Malefakis (January 2, 1932 – August 22, 2016) was an American history professor at

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. He was an expert in Spanish history. The winner of the

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in 1971 for his work ''Agrarian Reform and Peasant Revolution in Spain, Origins of the Civil War'' (Yale U.P.), he was a member of the panel of experts, along with

Federico Mayor Zaragoza Federico Mayor Zaragoza (27 January 1934 – 19 December 2024) was a Spanish scientist, scholar, politician, diplomat and poet. He served as the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) f ...

and

Juan Pablo Fusi Juan Pablo Fusi Aizpurúa (born 1945 in San Sebastián) is a Spanish historian. He specialises in contemporary history, the Basque Country and nationalisms. Studies Fusi has a degree in history from Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a Ph ...

, among others, commissioned in 2004 by the government of Spain to advise over the notorious " Salamanca Papers".

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