Juan Antonio Samaranch
1920 – 2010 · aged 90
IOC president 1980–2001
- Born
- 17 Jul 1920 · Barcelona
- Died
- 21 Apr 2010 · Barcelona
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 17 Jul 1920BornBorn in Barcelona
- 1955 – 1967RoleBarcelona provincial deputy
- 1966 – 1970RolePresident of Spain's Olympic Comitee
- 1967RoleProcurador en Cortes
- 1967AwardGrand Cross of Naval Merit with white badge
- 1968AwardGrand Cross of the Cross of Military Merit with White Decoration
- 1968AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Cisneros
- 1970AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Merit for Agriculture
- 1973 – 1977RoleProcurador en Cortes
- 1973 – 1977RoleBarcelona provincial deputy
- 1973 – 1977RolePresident of the Provincial Deputation of Barcelona
- 1973 – 1977RolePresident
- 1974AwardGrand Cross of the Aeronautical Merit - White Decoration
- 1975AwardSpanish Order of the Police Merit
- 1977 – 1980RoleSpanish ambassador to the Soviet Union
- 1977 – 1980RoleAmbassador of Spain to Mongolia
- 1980 – 2001RolePresident of the International Olympic Committee
- 1980AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Charles III
- 1982AwardGrand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
- 1986AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Sports Merit
- 1987 – 1999RoleChairperson
- 1988AwardPrincess of Asturias Award for Sports
- 1989AwardHonorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis
- 1990AwardHonorary doctorate at the Laval University
- 2001 – 2010RoleMember of the International Olympic Committee
- 21 Apr 2010DiedDied in Barcelona
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1920 – 2010).
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Biography
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (Catalan: Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ənˈtɔni səməˈɾaŋ]; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001.
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