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| name = Manuel Olivencia
| image = Manuel Olivencia.jpg
| caption = Olivencia in 2006
| birth_name = Manuel Olivencia Ruiz
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|07|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ronda]], [[Spain]]
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2018|01|01|88|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Seville]], Spain
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==Early life==
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=
==Career==
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
▲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=
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=
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 director of Bolsas and Mercados Españoles from June 5, 2006 until his death and also served as its lead independent director.<ref name="Faro"/>
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.<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>
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==Death==
Olivencia died on 1 January 2018 at age 88 in [[Seville]] from 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,
==Honors==
* Great Crosses of the [[Order of Alfonso X the Wise]], of the [[Crosses of Military Merit (Spain)|Military Merit]], of
* [[Golden Cross of Merit]] of [[Austria]]<ref name="Faro"/>
* [[Creu de Sant Jordi Award]] of [[Catalonia]]<ref name="Bio"/>
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==External links==
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* [https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=36035774&privcapId=22563601 Manuel Olivencia Ruiz: Executive Profile & Biography] at Bloomberg.com
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[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Seville
[[Category:University of Bologna alumni]]
[[Category:Complutense University of Madrid faculty]]▼
[[Category:Spanish academics]]▼
[[Category:People from Ronda]]
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