Juan Antonio Samaranch was the head of which organisation from 1980 to 2001?
Juan Antonio Samaranch, 1st Marquess of Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch, 1st Marquess of Samaranch Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch (; 17 July 1920 – 21 April 2010) was a Spanish sports administrator and minister of sports under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1980 to 2001. Samaranch served the second-longest term as the head of the IOC, the longest being that of Pierre de Coubertin (29 years). Juan Antonio Samaranch was born on 17 July 1920 in Barcelona as the third of six children in a family from the Catalan-rich bourgeoisie. On
Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs (born November 1, 1959) is the son of Juan Antonio i Samaranch (former president of the International Olympic Committee) and his late wife, Bibi Salisachs. He is married and has four children. He has a MBA degree from New York University and a degree in industrial engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain. In 1986 he joined as an associate of The First Boston Corporation, in New York, until 1989. He was appointed that year to the vice-presidency, in the Corporate Finance area, at the English firm S.G. Warburg & Co. At