Mario Vázquez Raña
Mexican businessman (1932–2015)
Mario Vázquez Raña (June 7, 1932 - February 8, 2015) was a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who served on both national and Olympic committees. He served as a member of the executive board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) until 2012.2
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Born Jun 7, 1932, died Feb 8, 2015.1
About
He was the President of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO).
On April 5, 2008, Vázquez Raña received international press attention for his statement that the situation in Tibet "is a Chinese problem" that is "not an issue for the Olympic Games."
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Companies
Career
Occupation: businessperson.4
- Date not recordedFounded Organizacion Editorial Mexicana3
President of the board of directors of the Hermanos Vázquez Company (1960–1980);
President and director general of the Organización Editorial Mexicana (1975–) the largest newspaper company in Latin America, "Cartones Ponderosa" (2001–) and
owned United Press International (1985–1988)
On 15 March 2012 he resigned from the IOC, IOC Executive Board and as the head of the Association of National Olympic Committees. He also resigned from being the President of the Olympic Solidarity Commission. He continued to serve as the head of the Pan American Sports Organization.
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Personal life
Legal issues and controversies
In 2012, Vázquez Raña came under media scrutiny for allegedly manipulating news stories in newspapers controlled by the Organización Editorial Mexicana in favor of Enrique Peña Nieto, presidential candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party.
On May 11, 2012, Enrique Peña Nieto gave a speech at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City as part of his 2012 presidential campaign. He was jeered by the general student population upon arrival, but was allowed to deliver his remarks. Multiple newspapers belonging to the Organización Editorial Mexicana including El Sol de México and Diario de Xalapa covered the story by printing identical headlines labeling Peña Nieto's speech a "success" after an attempted "boycott" by leftist activists. The university incident, as well as the coverage by newspapers controlled by Vázquez Raña subsequently received media attention and scrutiny.
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Awards
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