Miguel Blesa

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]

Miguel Blesa de la Parra
Born(1947-08-08)8 August 1947
Linares, Spain
Died19 July 2017(2017-07-19) (aged 69)
Villanueva del Rey, Spain
Cause of deathSuicide by gunshot
NationalitySpanish
OccupationBanker
Known forChairman of Caja Madrid, 1996–2010

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,[3] but remained at liberty pending the outcome of an appeal to the Supreme Court.[4]

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.[3][5] The autopsy on 20 July confirmed that he killed himself.[6] As the death of Rita Barberá and the others from Gürtel (Francisco Yáñez, María del Mar Rodríguez and Isidro Cuberos) Blesa's heirs are liable for damages to the harmed.[7]

He received a Golden Medal from the Real Academia de la Historia,[8] and was awarded as Mejor Presidente de Entidad Financiera 2005 by Banca 15.[9]

References
  1. "Ex-Spanish Banker Is Released on Bail After a Night in Jail". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. "Spanish Banker Miguel Blesa Found Dead on Country Estate". The New York Times. Reuters. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  4. "La familia de Blesa tendrá que renunciar a la herencia o asumir las multas por posibles condenas". eldiario.es. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. "Los herederos de Blesa deberán asumir su responsabilidad civil y pagar las posibles indemnizaciones". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  8. v.r.a (16 May 2013). "Miguel Blesa: luces y sombras de una gestión controvertida al calor de la burbuja". ABC (in Spanish). Vocento. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  9. "Blesa, de 'mejor banquero' al primero de la crisis entre rejas". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.


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