Luis Ignacio Ortega Álvarez

Luis Ignacio Ortega Álvarez (14 January 1953 – 15 April 2015) was a Spanish judge. He served on the Constitutional Court of Spain since January 2011. He was noted as an expert of Spanish public law. In 2010 he was elected by the Senate of Spain on proposal of the parliament of Castilla-La Mancha. He was noted as a defender of civil and workers rights on the court, writing dissenting opinions against the majority vote.

Ortega died on 15 April 2015, aged 62. He had an infarction while present in the Constitutional Court building during a recess of the court.