Julián Garde, rector of the University of Castilla-La Mancha, has been elected president of the Spanish Universities Rectors Conference (CRUE) for the next three years.
Garde, a veterinary science professor born in Madrid in 1966, replaces Eva Alcón at the head of this private association. The shift comes as private universities approach the number of public ones.
Àngels Fitó, rector of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, will hold the second vice presidency linked to private centers. Francisco Olivas, from Pablo de Olavide University, will take the first vice presidency.
Garde stated he will promote the LOSU mandate to reach 1% public university funding by 2030. He faced no rivals in the election, which follows the usual consensus practice in CRUE.
