Biography

Antonio López Díaz is the rector of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) since 2018. He entered 1981 the Faculty of Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, where he obtained his degree with an extraordinary prize in 1986 and his PhD degree in 1991.

Professor of Financial and Tax Law, he has had from his graduation to the present day an intense teaching and research career with numerous publications, teaching and research residencies at the Universities of São Paulo (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Bologna (Italy).

Likewise, he has held several positions at the University of Santiago de Compostela, such as director of the Department of Special Public Law, secretary of the Phd Committee, vice-chancellor of Coordination of the Campus of Compostela, vice-chancellor of Infrastructures Management (1998-2002), and dean of the Faculty of Law (2005-2007).

He is also a member of several associations related to the academic speciality, e.g., the Spanish Association of Professors of Financial Law, the Spanish Association of Tax Advisers and the European Association of Tax Law Professors.

In July 2007, the Galician Parliament elected him a member of the Accounts Council, a position he held until December 2013. Between 2007 and 2010 he was a senior adviser to this body.