José Luis Rodríguez Jiménez (born 1961) is a Spanish historian, considered an expert in the history of

right-wing extremism Far-right politics, often termed right-wing extremism, encompasses a range of ideologies that are marked by ultraconservatism, authoritarianism, ultranationalism, and nativism. This political spectrum situates itself on the far end of the ...

in Spain.

Biography

Born in 1961 in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, he earned a licentiate degree in history at the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

; he later obtained a PhD in the same centre in 1992 under the doctoral supervision of Antonio Fernández García reading a thesis dealing with the positions espoused by the Spanish far-right and the further evolution it experienced during the late francoist period and the

Spanish transition to democracy The Spanish transition to democracy, known in Spain as (; ) or (), is a period of History of Spain, modern Spanish history encompassing the regime change that moved from the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of a parliamentary system ...

. He is professor of Contemporary History at the

King Juan Carlos University Rey Juan Carlos University (RJC University) (, URJC) is a Spanish public research university located in the southern area of the Community of Madrid (Spain), with five campuses at Móstoles, Alcorcón, Vicálvaro, Aranjuez and Fuenlabrada. It ...

(URJC).

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References

;Informational notes ;Citations ;Bibliography * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez Jimenez, Jose Luis 1961 births Academics and writers on far-right politics Historians of the Spanish transition to democracy Historians of Francoist Spain Complutense University of Madrid alumni Historians from Madrid Living people Academic staff of King Juan Carlos University