Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas

The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas ("Centre for Sociological Research"), or CIS, is a Spanish public research institute. It was founded in 1963 as the Instituto de la Opinión Pública,[2] and in 1977, after the Spanish general election in that year, acquired its present name.[3]: 728 

Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Formation1963
TypeGovernmental organization
Purposepublic research institute
HeadquartersMontalbán, 8
Madrid
Coordinates40°25′04″N 3°41′25″W / 40.4179°N 3.6903°W / 40.4179; -3.6903
Region served
nation-wide
AffiliationsMinisterio de la Presidencia
Budget
12.7 million, 2023[1]
Websitecis.es
Formerly called
Instituto de la Opinión Pública

The institute publishes the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas and various series of books.[3]: 728 

List of presidents

  • Luis González Seara (July 1963 — October 1967)
  • Salustiano del Campo [es] (October 1967 — January 1971)
  • Ramón Cercós Bolaños (January 1971 — 1972)
  • Alejandro Muñóz-Alonso Ledo (1972 — July 1973)
  • Rafael Ansón Orliart (July 1973 — February 1974)
  • Francisco Murillo Ferrol (February 1974 — October 1974)
  • Pablo Sela Hoffmann (January 1975 — March 1976)
  • Luis López-Ballesteros y Cervino (April 1976 — October 1976)
  • Juan Díez Nicolás (October 1976 — April 1979)
  • Rafael López Pintor (April 1979 — January 1983)
  • Julián Santamaría Ossorio (January 1983 — March 1987)
  • Rosa Conde (March 1987 — July 1988)
  • Luis Rodríguez Zúñiga (September 1988 — 4 May 1991)
  • Joaquín Arango Vila-Belda (July 1991 — May 1996)
  • Pilar del Castillo Vera (May 1996 — April 2000)
  • Ricardo Montoro (May 2000 — May 2004)
  • Fernando Vallespín [es] (May 2004 — May 2008)
  • Belén Barreiro [es] (May 2008 — September 2010)
  • Ramón Ramos Torre [es] (September 2010 — January 2012)
  • Félix Requena Santos (January 2012 — December 2016)
  • Cristóbal Torres Albero (December 2016 - June 2018)
  • José Félix Tezanos (June 2018–)

References