José María Mendiluce
{{Short description|Spanish politician and writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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| name = José María Mendiluce
| image = José María Mendiluce 2006 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Pereiro in 2006
| birth_name = José María Mendiluce Pereiro
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|4|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|11|28|1951|4|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
| nationality = Spanish
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Writer
- politician}}
| alma_mater = Complutense University of Madrid
| years_active = 1994–2015
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José María Mendiluce Pereiro (14 April 1951 – 28 November 2015) was a Spanish writer{{cite web|title=Books by José María Mendiluce|url=https://www.todostuslibros.com/autor/mendiluce-jose-maria|accessdate=21 April 2018}} and politician. Born in Madrid, he attended Complutense University in his hometown.
Career
He was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi in 1996 and the second prize of the Premio Planeta de Novela two years later. Mendiluce represented Spain as a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2004, but before worked in Yugoslavia as a representative of United Nations during the civil war.
Personal life
He came out as gay in 2003, and died in 2015.[http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2015/11/28/56598bfee2704e487d8b45b2.html Muere José María Mendiluce] {{in lang|es}}
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Category:21st-century Spanish writers
Category:20th-century Spanish writers
Category:20th-century Spanish male writers
Category:MEPs for Spain 1994–1999
Category:MEPs for Spain 1999–2004
Category:Confederation of the Greens MEPs
Category:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party MEPs
Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni
Category:LGBTQ legislators in Spain
Category:Spanish gay politicians
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