Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (10 August 1927 – 10 March 2023) was a Spanish judge. He served as the first president of the Audiencia Nacional from 1977 to 1986, and again from 1991 to 1992 and was a judge of the Constitutional Court from 1992 to 2001.[1]
Rafael de Mendizábal Allende | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain | |
| In office 1992–2001 | |
| President of the Audiencia Nacional | |
| In office 1991–1992 | |
| In office 1977–1986 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 August 1927 Jaén, Spain |
| Died | 10 March 2023 (aged 95) |
| Education | Complutense University of Madrid |
| Occupation | Judge |
Since October 2015, he presided over the Commission of Arbitration, Complaints, and Journalism Ethics, which is under the Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain (FAPE).[2][3]
De Mendizábal died on 10 March 2023, at the age of 95.[4]
References
edit- ^ Pérez de Lama, Ernesto (1998). Manual del Estado Español 1999 (in Spanish). Madrid: LAMA. p. 73. ISBN 84-930048-0-4.
- ^ "Rafael de Mendizábal presidirà la Comissió d'Arbitratge Queixes i Deontologia del Periodisme – Fundacio CIC" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Juristes asseguren que la sentència contra els periodistes de la Ser serà revocada". CatalunyaPress.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Muere Rafael de Mendizábal, primer presidente de la Audiencia Nacional". Expansión (in Spanish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.