Mario Vazquez Raña
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Mario Vazquez Raña (7 June 1932, Mexico City) is a Mexican businessman and sports administrator, who has served on both national and Olympic committees.
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[edit] Career
President of the Board of Directors of the Hermanos Vazquez Company (1960-1980); President and Director General of the Organizacion Editorial Mexicana (1975-) the largest newspaper company in Latin America, "Cartones Ponderosa" (2001-) and United Press International (1986-1988)
[edit] Sports
Participation in shooting competitions at national and international level (1960)
[edit] Sports Administration
President of the Mexican Shooting Federation (1969-1974); President of the American Shooting Confederation (1973-1979); Vice-President of the Mexican Sports Confederation (1973-1976); member of the NOC (1972-) then President (1974-2001); President of the PanAmerican Games Organization Committee (1975); President, Panamerican Sports Organization (PASO) (1975-); Chairman of the International Olympic Solidarity Commission for the American Continent (1975-); President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) (1979-)
[edit] Positions with the IOC
Member of the Executive Board as representative of NOCs (2000-); Vice-Chairman of the Olympic Solidarity Commission (1979-1996), Deputy Chairman (1997-2001) then Chairman (2002-); member of the following Commissions: Olympic Movement (1990-1999), Preparation of the XII Olympic Congress (1990-1994), Apartheid and Olympism (1990-1992), "IOC 2000" (Executive Committee, 1999), Marketing (2000), IOC 2000 Reform Follow-up (2002)
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