Juan José Primo Jurado (Córdoba, 1961) is a doctor in History, has a degree in Philosophy and Letters and a diploma in Teaching. He currently directs the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage (IAPH) of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage of the Junta de Andalucía. He previously held the positions of sub-delegate of the Government in Córdoba and councilor for Heritage and Historical Center of said city. For a decade he was director of the Historical Archive of the Palacio de Viana, owned by the Cajasur Foundation, where he cataloged his valuable documentary collection. He has also been a professor of Contemporary History at the Rey Juan Carlos and Loyola Andalucía University, a researcher at the University of Córdoba, and taught in different schools and institutes. His best-known facet, in addition to that of a writer —"Juan Jurado Ruiz, a life for the Church of Córdoba" (Cajasur, 1999), "Marist education in Córdoba" (Cajasur, 2003), "Walking around Córdoba" (Almuzara , 2004, 2009), "Theory of the Cordovan Seneca" (Almuzara, 2005, 2008), "Antonio Cruz Conde y Córdoba: memory of a public management" (Cordoba City Council, 2005), "Córdoba, eternal city" (Almuzara, 2007), "Historical memory and life of the nobility through the Viana Archive" (2009), "La Córdoba de Julio Romero" (Almuzara, 2010), "Churches of Córdoba" (2011), "La Córdoba de Manolete" (Almuzara, 2014), "The House of Viana and the Spanish Court" (2016), "Great battles in the history of Spain" (Almuzara, 2017), "The generals of Africa" (Almuzara, 2018) or "That is not was in my book on the Cold War» (Almuzara, 2019)– and scriptwriter –the series «Historia de Córdoba» (ABC, 2007)–, is that of an analyst in the local press, started in «Córdoba» and continued in « ABC», where he has published more than a thousand articles. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Córdoba, Cross for Military Merit for his work as curator in the great exhibition on the Great Captain (2003) and Silver Medal for Penitentiary Social Merit (2017).