Miguel Blesa

Miguel Blesa de la Parra
Born (1947-08-08)8 August 1947
Linares
Died 19 July 2017(2017-07-19) (aged 69)
Cause of death Suicide by gunshot
Nationality Spanish
Occupation Banker
Known for Chairman of Caja Madrid, 1996–2010

Miguel Blesa de la Parra (8 August 1947 – 19 July 2017) was a Spanish banker, the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2009.[1][2][3][4]

In February 2017, Blesa was sentenced to a six-year jail term in connection with the widespread misuse of company credit cards during his long tenure as chairman of Caja Madrid,[5] but remained at liberty pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court.[6]

Blesa was found dead on a private hunting estate in the province of Córdoba on 19 July 2017, with a shotgun wound to the chest.[5][7] The autopsy on 20 July confirmed that he killed himself.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Ex-Spanish Banker Is Released on Bail After a Night in Jail". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Ortiz, Fiona (3 March 2014). "Spanish ex-banker Blesa questioned by judge in mis-selling case". Reuters. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Spanish court orders ex-bankers to deposit millions of euros". The Daily Mail. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Minder, Raphael G. (18 May 2013). "Former Executive of Caja Madrid Briefly Jailed; Banker Posts Bail after Judge Acts, Even before Charges Are Filed". International Herald Tribune. Questia.com. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Spanish Banker Miguel Blesa Found Dead on Country Estate". Reuters. The New York Times. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "La familia de Blesa tendrá que renunciar a la herencia o asumir las multas por posibles condenas". eldiario.es. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  7. ↑ López-Fonseca, Óscar (19 July 2017). "Miguel Blesa, hallado muerto en una finca de caza de Córdoba". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  8. ↑ De Barron, Inigo (20 July 2017). "Miguel Blesa: a symbol of all that went wrong in Spanish banking Autopsy confirms former Caja Madrid chief found dead on Wednesday committed suicide". El Pais. Retrieved 20 July 2017.


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