The Minister of Education of the Junta de Andalucía, Javier Imbroda, has died this Sunday at the age of 61, a victim of prostate cancer that was diagnosed in 2017. A disease that has been treated for the last five years but that he has not been able to finally overcome and has ended his life.
He was born in Melilla in 1961, although he soon moved to Malaga, the city that has marked his life and in which he achieved a fruitful educational and sports career, being a coach of elite basketball, which made him a benchmark in the sport of the basket throughout Spain. Not in vain, he was a coach of the Maristas, Unicaja, Caja San Fernando, Real Madrid… and national coach. In fact, in the last Copa del Rey held in Granada this past February, Imbroda received an emotional tribute and recognition from the ACB League for his long career.
Doctor in Educational Sciences from the University of Malaga. After completing a Master’s Degree in Senior Business Management at the San Telmo International Institute, he became involved in different projects with sport as the backbone, dI work for more than 200 people.
created the Javier Imbroda Foundation, that cares for about 100 children daily, with sport as a tool for inclusion and that it set up with its own resources, without public aid or subsidies. He has served as a speaker at numerous university, social and business forums on management and leadership.
deputy of citizens by the province of Malaga in the Parliament of Andalusia. He assumed the Ministry of Education and Sports since January 2019.