2006

Visual Arts 2006

Mr. Miguel Ángel García Rodríguez, Director of Current Affairs Programs, TVE News Services; Mr. Xosé Luis Lorenzo García-Canido, Cultural Director of the Cervantes Institute; Mrs. Catalina Luca de Tena García Conde, President and Editor of ABC Newspaper; Mr. Pablo J. Rico Lacasa, Art Director of SEA (Simposium Escultura Alicante), Cultural Patronage of the Alicante City Council; Mr. Francisco Somoza Rodríguez-Escudero, Architect.

Scenic Arts 2006

Mr. Marcos Ricardo Barnatán Hodari, writer and art critic for El Mundo newspaper; Mr. Manuel Erice Oronoz, national news editor for ABC newspaper;  Mr. Manuel Lombao Lombao, Director of the Central Area of Regional Centers at TVE [Spanish National Television]; Mr. Daniel Pérez Fernández, Playwright and Manager of Teatro Principal, Zamora (Spain); Mr. Manuel Suárez Ortega, General Secretary of the Hefame Foundation.

Science and Research 2006

Mr. José Ballesta Germán, Professor of Cellular Biology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Murcia and President of the University of Murcia between 1998 and 2006; Dr. Camilo José Cela Conde, Director of the Human Systematics Laboratory at the University of the Balearic Islands; Mr. Tomás Girbés Juan, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Valladolid; Mr. Juan Pérez Mercader, Director of the Astrobiology Center, Dr. Regina Revilla Pedreira, Director of the  External Relations and Communication at Merck, Sharp & Dohme.

Sports 2006

Mr. Conrado Durántez Corral, President of the Spanish Olympic Academy; Mr. Juan María Gastaca Sobrado, Deputy Editor of ABC newspaper; Mr. Amalio Moratalla Anguas, Director General, assistant to Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Recoletos, Mr. José Miguel Ortega Bariego, Head of Sports at Radio Nacional de España in Castilla y León; Mrs. Celsa Villanueva García,  Director of Televisión Española in Castilla y León.

Economics 2006

Mr. Santiago Alonso Paniagua, member of the Board of Directors of ABC newspaper; Mr. Lucas Hernández Pérez, Director General of the Caja de Ahorros de Salamanca y Soria (Caja Duero Savings Bank); Mr. Francisco Javier León de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid; Mr. Jaime Pérez Guerra; Director International de Communication at Iberia Airlines; Professor Carlos Rodríguez Braun, Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the Complutense University in Madrid.

Literature 2006

Mr. Benigno Pendás García, Professor of Political Theory at the Complutense University (Madrid); Mrs. Rosa Pereda de Castro, writer and journalist; Mrs. Paz Ramos Pérez, Journalist of Radio Nacional de España; Mr. Ángel Sánchez Harguindey, Assistant to the Editor of “El País” newspaper; Mr. José Miguel Santiago Castelo, Deputy Editor of ABC newspaper.

Thought and Humanities 2006

Mr. Félix Colsa Bueno, Director General of Citizen Attention and Administrative Modernization at the Presidency and Territorial Administration Department of the Junta de Castilla y León [Castilla León Regional Government]; Mr. Miguel Ángel Cortés Martín, Deputy Spokesman for the Popular Party Parliamentary Group in the Spanish Congress, Ex-Secretary of State for Culture (1996-2000) and Ex-Secretary of State for International and Iber-American Cooperation (2000-2004); Mr. Demetrio Madrid López, 1^st  President of the Junta de Castilla y León and Member of the Consultative Council; Mr. Alejandro Royo-Villanova Payá, President of “El Norte de Castilla” newspaper; Mr. Enrique Ybarra Ybarra, President of the Vocento Foundation.

Restoration and Conservation 2006

Mr. Javier Aguado Sobrino, Managing Director of the Santander Central Hispano Foundation; Dr. Salvador Andrés Ordax, Professor of the History of Art at the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts of the University of Valladolid; Dr. Miguel Cortés Arrese, Professor of the History of Art and Director of the Department of the History of Art at the University of Castilla la Mancha; Mr. Rafael Daniel Pérez, member of the Board of Directors of ABC newspaper in Castilla y León; Mr. Jorge García Gómez-Tejedor, Head of the Department of Conservation and Restoration at the Queen Sofia Art Center National Museum.

Lifetime Achievement 2006

Mr. Antonio Catalán Díaz, President of AC-Hotels; Mr. Carlos Escudero de Burón y González, President of the Carlos III Foundation; Mr. Julio Fermoso García, President of Caja Duero Savings Bank, Mr. Antonio Méndez Pozo, Editor of the Diario de Burgos newspaper, President of Grupo Promecal and President of the Chamber of Commerce of Burgos; Mr. Emilio Ybarra Aznar, Deputy Board member of ABC newspaper.