Ignacio Ramonet was born in Redondela, Pontevedra, in 1943. He holds a doctorate in Semiology and Cultural History from EHESS, Paris. Lecturer in Communication Theory at the Dennis-Diderot University in Paris 7, and associate lecturer at the Carlos III University in Madrid.
Author of many works on the media and geopolitics, including La tiranía de la comunicación (1998).
He is chairman of the board of Le Monde Diplomatique SA and has been editor-in-chief of the monthly publication Le Monde Diplomatique and the bi-monthly Manière de Voir since 1991. His monthly editorial in Le Monde Diplomatique is considered an outstanding example of modern journalism.