Juan Antonio Samaranch
IOC president 1980–2001
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Ran the International Olympic Committee for 21 years, turning it into a global machinery while Spain's sports minister under Franco. His tenure defined modern Olympic politics—for better and messier.
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Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch 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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