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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
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and organized
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.


Early life

Olivencia was born in
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, Province of Málaga, on 25 July 1929 and grew up in
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. Olivencia's father was also a lawyer. His brother was
Francisco Olivencia 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 Complutense University of Madrid. His brother was Manuel Olivencia. Ol ...
. Olivencia graduated cum laude from the
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in 1953.


Career

Olivencia decided from a young age to practice law, though he prioritized teaching. He became an associate professor of commercial law at the
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. In 1960 he became a professor of commercial law at the
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; one of his students was
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. There, he was
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of the school of law from 1968 to 1971 and dean of the school of economics from 1971 to 1975. He was Undersecretary of Education and Science during the first Transition government, advisor to the Bank of Spain, and a member of the board of
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. He was Commissioner General of the 1992 Universal Exposition of Seville (Expo '92) from 1984 to 1991. Olivencia said that a major problem in putting on the event was the amount of time to prepare. On 19 April 1990 terrorist group
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sent him a letter bomb, but exploded before in the hands of an Expo's civil servant. He received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award for his work on Expo '92 and joined the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation in 2005. Juan Ignacio Zoido awarded Olivencia with a Plaza de España "for a life dedicated to public service" in December 2017. In 1998, he chaired the commission that drafted the corporate governance code for voluntary adaptation by listed companies, known as Olivencia Code, being the first of these characteristics in Spain. Olivencia served as a director of Bolsas and Mercados Españoles from June 5, 2006 until his death and also served as its lead independent director. Olivencia was honored in 2012 with the title as the "Adoptive Son" of Seville for his contributions to Expo '92, alongside Emilio Cassinello, as they served as major contributors to Seville's cultural regions. In his career, Olivencia published more than 200 titles of the various specialties of mercantile law, most of them collected in legal studies, five volumes which published for El Monte Foundation in Seville.


Death

Olivencia died on 1 January 2018 at age 88 in
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from respiratory failure after a suffering a fall in December 2017. Olivencia had four children, one of whom predeceased him in 2014.


Honors

* Great Crosses of the
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, of the Military Merit, of St. Raymond of Peñafort and of Isabella the Catholic * Golden Cross of Merit of
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* Creu de Sant Jordi Award of
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* Favorite Son of
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* Adoptive Son of
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* Gold Medal of the City of
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References


External links


Manuel Olivencia Ruiz: Executive Profile & Biography
at Bloomberg.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Olivencia Ruiz, Manuel 1929 births 2018 deaths University of Seville faculty University of Bologna alumni Complutense University of Madrid faculty People from Ronda 20th-century Spanish lawyers