Manuel Olivencia: Difference between revisions

| name = Manuel Olivencia Ruiz

| birth_place = [[Ronda]], [[Spain]]

Olivencia was born in [[Ronda]], [[Province of Málaga]], on 25 July 1929<ref name="Mundo">{{cite web|url=http://www.elmundo.es/andalucia/sevilla/2018/01/01/5a4a2cbe468aeb29298b45ab.html|title=Olivencia, el liberalismo según Sevilla|last=Mármol|first=Carlos|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|language=es}}</ref> and grew up in [[Ceuta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elpueblodeceuta.es/not/24834/el-gobierno-otorga-a-manuel-olivencia-el-premio-plaza-de-espana-a-los-valores-constitucionales/|title=El Gobierno otorga a Manuel Olivencia el Premio Plaza de España a los valores constitucionales|date=3 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=[[El Pueblo (Spanishde newspaper)|El Pueblo]]Ceuta|language=es}}</ref> Olivencia's father was also a lawyer.<ref name="Bio">{{cite web|url=https://sevillanosilustres.wikispaces.com/Manuel+Olivencia+Ruiz|title=Manuel Olivencia Ruiz|publisher=Sevillanosilustres|accessdate=2 January 2018|archive-date=24 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424084349/http://sevillanosilustres.wikispaces.com/Manuel%20Olivencia%20Ruiz|url-status=dead}}</ref> HeHis brother was [[Francisco Olivencia]]. Olivencia graduated ''cum laude'' from the [[University of Bologna]] in 1953.<ref name="Mundo"/>

Olivencia decided from a young age to practice law, though he prioritized teaching.<ref name="Gon"/> He became an associate professor of commercial law at the [[Complutense University of Madrid]].<ref name="ABC"/> In 1960 he became a professor of commercial law at the [[University of Seville]]; one of his students was [[Felipe González]].<ref name="Gon">{{cite web|url=http://www.eldiario.es/andalucia/sevilla/Manuel-Olivencia-comisario-Expo-Sevilla_0_724777639.html|title=Manuel Olivencia, quien fuera primer comisario general de la Expo 92, fallece en Sevilla|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=[[eldiario.es]]|language=es}}</ref> There, he was [[dean (education)|dean]] of the school of law from 1968 to 1971 and dean of the school of economics from 1971 to 1975.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web|url=http://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-muere-manuel-olivencia-eminencia-derecho-mercantil-internacional-201801011106_noticia.html|title=Muere Manuel Olivencia, eminencia del Derecho Mercantil internacional|last=García Reyes|first=Alberto|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABCdesevilla]]|language=es}}</ref><!--for whole paragraph unless otherwise cited-->

He was Undersecretary of Education and Science during the first [[Spanish transition to democracy|Transition]] government, advisor to the [[Bank of Spain]], and a member of the board of [[RTVE]].<ref name="ABC"/> He was Commissioner General of the [[Seville Expo '92|1992 Universal Exposition of Seville]] (Expo '92) from 1984 to 1991.<ref name="Diario"/> Olivencia said that a major problem in putting on the event was the amount of time to prepare.<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/01/world/seville-journal-expo-92-s-promise-new-life-or-stale-gazpacho.html|title=Seville Journal; Expo 92's Promise: New Life or Stale Gazpacho?|last=Delaney|first=Paul|date=1 February 1989|accessdate=1 January 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> On 19 April 1990 terrorist group [[Euskadi Ta Askatasuna|ETA]] sent him a letter bomb, but exploded before in the hands of an Expo's civil servant.<ref>[https://elpais.com/diario/1990/04/20/espana/640562404_850215.html Una carta bomba amputa la mano a una funcionaria de la Comisaría de la Expo 92] {{in lang|es}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyerpress.com/news/2014_06/2306_14_006.html|title=Manuel Olivencia, galardonado con la XX Edición del Premio Pelayo para Juristas de reconocido prestigio|date=23 June 2014|work=Lawyer Press|accessdate=1 January 2018|language=es}}</ref> [[Juan Ignacio Zoido]] awarded Olivencia with a Plaza de España "for a life dedicated to public service" in December 2017.<ref name="Faro">{{cite web|url=https://elfarodeceuta.es/manuel-olivencia-recibe-premio-plaza-espana/|title=Manuel Olivencia recibe el Premio Plaza de España|date=6 December 2017|work=[[El Faro (digital newspaper)|El Faro]]|accessdate=1 January 2018|language=es}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=González Corona|first1=Matías|title='Código Olivencia': éxitos y objetivos pendientes 20 años después|url=https://blogs.elconfidencial.com/economia/tribuna/2018-01-04/informe-olivencia-codigo-buen-gobierno_1500911/|accessdate=4 January 2018|work=El Confidencial|date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Olivencia served as a Directordirector of Bolsas and Mercados Españoles from June 5, 2006 until his death and also served as its Leadlead independent Directordirector.<ref name="Faro"/>

Olivencia was honored in 2012 with the title as the "Adoptive Son" of Seville for his contributions into theExpo Expo’92'92, alongside Emilio Cassinello, as they served as greatmajor contributors to Seville's cultural regions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legadoexposevilla.org/manuel-olivencia-es-destituido-como-comisario-general-de-la-expo92/|title=Manuel Olivencia es destituido como comisario General de la Expo’92|date=19 July 2013|accessdate=2 January 2018|publisher=Legadoexposevilla}}</ref>

Olivencia died on 1 January 2018 at age 88 in [[Seville]] due tofrom respiratory failure after a suffering a fall in December 2017.<ref name="Diario">{{cite web|url=http://www.diariodesevilla.es/andalucia/Fallece-Manuel-Olivencia-catedratico-Expo_0_1205279466.html|title=Fallece Manuel Olivencia, catedrático, maestro de abogados y comisario general de la Expo|last=Muñoz|first=Jorge|date=1 January 2018|accessdate=1 January 2018|work=Diario de Sevilla|language=es}}</ref> Olivencia had four children, one of whom predeceased him in 2014.<ref name="Bio"/>

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