The cloister of the
Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), in their ordinary assembly on March 6, 2000, proclaimed the professor
Montserrat Casas Ametller as the first ombudsman of the institution. Of the 193 votes, 145 were for, 47 blank and 1 void.
Meanwhile the president of the Govern, Francesc Antich, and the rector of the university, Llorenç Huguet, signed on March 6 and
agreement that will allow the construction of a new multiclass building for the faculties of law and economics. The budget for the
project amounts to 2,500 million pesetas.