Miguel Blesa de la Parra | |
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Born | Linares, Spain | 8 August 1947
Died | 19 July 2017 Villanueva del Rey, Spain | (aged 69)
Occupation | Banker |
Known for | Chairman 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]