Miguel Blesa

Miguel Blesa de la Parra
Blesa in 2016
Born(1947-08-08)8 August 1947
Linares, Spain
Died19 July 2017(2017-07-19) (aged 69)
Villanueva del Rey, Spain
OccupationBanker
Known forChairman of Caja Madrid, 1996–2010

Miguel Blesa de la Parra (8 August 1947 – 19 July 2017) was a Spanish banker, the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2009.[1][2]

In February 2017, Blesa was sentenced to a six-year jail term in connection with the widespread misuse of company credit cards during his long tenure as chairman of Caja Madrid,[3] but remained at liberty pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court.[4]

Blesa was found dead on a private hunting estate in the province of Córdoba on 19 July 2017, with a shotgun wound to the chest.[3][5] The autopsy on 20 July confirmed that he killed himself.[6] As the death of Rita Barberá and the others from Gürtel (Francisco Yáñez, María del Mar Rodríguez and Isidro Cuberos) Blesa's heirs are liable for damages to the harmed.[7]

He received a Golden Medal from the Real Academia de la Historia,[8] and was awarded as Mejor Presidente de Entidad Financiera 2005 by Banca 15.[9]

References

  1. ^ Minder, Raphael (17 May 2013). "Ex-Spanish Banker Is Released on Bail After a Night in Jail". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ^ Minder, Raphael G. (18 May 2013). "Former Executive of Caja Madrid Briefly Jailed; Banker Posts Bail after Judge Acts, Even before Charges Are Filed". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Spanish Banker Miguel Blesa Found Dead on Country Estate". The New York Times. Reuters. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. ^ "La familia de Blesa tendrá que renunciar a la herencia o asumir las multas por posibles condenas". eldiario.es. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ López-Fonseca, Óscar (19 July 2017). "Miguel Blesa, hallado muerto en una finca de caza de Córdoba". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ^ De Barron, Inigo (20 July 2017). "Miguel Blesa: a symbol of all that went wrong in Spanish banking Autopsy confirms former Caja Madrid chief found dead on Wednesday committed suicide". El Pais. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Los herederos de Blesa deberán asumir su responsabilidad civil y pagar las posibles indemnizaciones". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. ^ v.r.a (16 May 2013). "Miguel Blesa: luces y sombras de una gestión controvertida al calor de la burbuja". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Blesa, de 'mejor banquero' al primero de la crisis entre rejas". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.


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