Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros

An Author of several essays and history books (the last one entries for the dictionary "Vislumbres", 2021, edited by the Spanish Foreign Office), he is correspondent fellow of the Royal Academy of History (Spain) and also of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna (Italy). He has been distinguished with some public decorations, both national and international, among others the rarely conceded Order of the Social Solidarity awarded by H.M. King Felipe VI of Spain.

Rodríguez was born in Barcelona to a Portuguese family that had settled in Spain since the 18th century. He was educated at the Salesian College of Sarrià, before graduating in Communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and taking a specialized course at the Menéndez Pelayo International University.

Rodriguez has one son. Their traditional family seat is in Alcañices, in the county of Aliste, closed to the Portuguese border, once abandoned the previous one in the county of the Castle of Algoso in the 18th century.

Rodríguez was the architect of the bilateral agreements on the Instituto Cervantes between the Kingdom of Spain and the Holy See, Italy, San Marino and the Sovereign Order of Malta, as well as the opening of a Spanish centre in Albania. In 2000, Rodriguez aided in the search of Roma people in Spain to be compensated by the Swiss Banking Council for having been forcibly employed by companies during Nazism, and also in the protection of Roma families from Kosovo who had taken refuge on the Greek border. He also contributed to the transfer from Spain to the Netherlands of the Command Baton of William I of Orange

Rodriguez performed military service in the Spanish Arapiles Regiment (twinned with the British Royal Lancers) and in the Major State of the IV Military Region. He received the Distinguished Service Diploma. Later made an internship in the organizing committee for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sergio Rodríguez López-Ros (born 21 November 1970) is a Spanish academic and diplomat. He serves as the current Pro-Rector of the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU of Barcelona.

Among his ancestors can be found Pablo Muñoz de la Morena, Tomás Pellicer or Roque López. His ancestor José Rodríguez was declared two times Meritorious of the Homeland (1860 and 1876) by the Spanish Parliament.