Alfonso Escámez, 1st Marquess of Águilas (1 January 1916 – 16 May 2010) was a Spanish

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. He was the president of Banco Central from 1973 until 1992. He was awarded the title "

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Águilas Águilas () is a municipality and seaport of southeastern Spain, in the province of Murcia. It is situated at the southern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, otherwise known as the Costa Cálida, near the border with the Province of Almer ...

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King Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Sp ...

. Escámez died on 16 May 2010, at the age of 94.

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