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Francisco Olivencia Ruiz (12 February 1934 – 4 January 2019) was a Spanish lawyer and politician.


Early life

Francisco Olivencia was born in Ceuta and studied law at the
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. His brother was
Manuel Olivencia Manuel Olivencia Ruiz (25 July 1929 – 1 January 2018) was a Spanish lawyer with a career as a professor, economist, and diplomat. He worked at the University of Seville and organized Seville Expo '92. Early life Olivencia was born in Ronda, Prov ...
. Olivencia's political career began in the 1960s, when he was elected to the Ceuta municipal council. He served on the first
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between 1979 and 1982 as a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre, witnessing the attempted coup d'état of 23 February 1981. He later sat in the
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between 1993 and 2000, affiliated with the People's Party. Between 2003 and 2007, Olivencia was a member of the
Assembly of Ceuta The Assembly of Ceuta ( es, Asamblea de Ceuta) is the regional legislature of the autonomous city of Ceuta, an exclave of Spain located on the north coast of Africa. The Assembly has 25 members, elected by universal suffrage. Following an elect ...
. In January 2017, Olivencia was awarded the distinguished cross, first class of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort. He died on 4 January 2019, at the University of Ceuta Hospital.


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