Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal

Josep Maria Pons Irazazábal (born 12 April 1948[1] in Palma) is a Spanish diplomat. He was the president of RCD Mallorca from 8 July[2] to 27 September 2010.[3] From 28 June 2008 to 23 July 2010 was the Spanish ambassador in Austria, ceased as a precautionary measure after being wrongfully accused of sexual harassment.[4] He has been the Spanish ambassador to Netherlands, Denmark and Lithuania.[5] His brother Félix Pons, who died of cancer on 2 July 2010, was a Spanish politician who was the president of Congress of Deputies (Spain) from 1986 to 1996.

References

1. "Biografía de D. José Mª Pons Irazazábal" (in Spanish). Mancomunidad de Municipios del Campo de Gibraltar. 8 February 2007. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
2. "Presentado el nuevo Consejo de Administración del RCD Mallorca" [Introduced the new Board of Directors of RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 8 July 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
3. "El Consejo de Administración acepta la renuncia de Josep Pons" [Board of directors accepts Pons resignation] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
4. "El presidente del Mallorca asegura que nadie le ha denunciado por acoso sexual" [Mallorca president says no one has complained of sexual harassment] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
5. "Los hombres de Serra Ferrer" (in Spanish). Diario de Mallorca. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2010.