Rafael de Mendizábal Allende

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Mendizábal and the second or maternal family name is Allende.

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	(1927-08-10)10 August 1927 Jaén, Spain
Died	10 March 2023(2023-03-10) (aged 95)
Education	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation	Judge

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]

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

1. Pérez de Lama, Ernesto (1998). Manual del Estado Español 1999 (in Spanish). Madrid: LAMA. p. 73. ISBN 84-930048-0-4.
2. "Rafael de Mendizábal presidirà la Comissió d'Arbitratge Queixes i Deontologia del Periodisme – Fundacio CIC" (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
3. "Juristes asseguren que la sentència contra els periodistes de la Ser serà revocada". CatalunyaPress.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
4. "Muere Rafael de Mendizábal, primer presidente de la Audiencia Nacional". Expansión (in Spanish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.