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FCG International Lifetime Achievement 2010: ANTONIO GARRIGUES WALKER
Mr. Antonio is also the guarantor of political ethics and the importance of civil society. He is an example of wisdom and good sense. Advocates for the agreement, harmony and he defends and supports Spanish society as the best way out of present and future crises. ", According to the Jury for the FCG International Award for a Lifetime Achievement that met in Valladolid, Spain (July 19th, 2010), chaired by: Mr. Javier Leon de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid, Mr. Ángel Expósito Mora, ABC Newspaper Director; Mr. Jesús Fonseca Escartín, Director of the Newspaper La Razón Castilla y León; Mr. Francisco Javier León de la Riva, Mayor of Valladolid; Mr. Santos Villanueva Valentín-Gamazo, General Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency of Junta de Castilla y León.
Biography
Antonio Garrigues Walker (1934, Madrid) Education: Universidad Complutense de Madrid Member of the Madrid Bar Association, and honorary member of the American Bar Association. Other information:
President and Adviser of several companies. Member of the Spanish Group of La Comisión Trilateral. Honorary President of Spain at the ACNUR (The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). Honorary President of Fundación Consejo España-Japón. Life Patron of the Fundación José Ortega y Gasset. Honorary Patron of the Fundación Consejo España-Estados Unidos. Patron of the Fundación Consejo España-China. Honorary Chairman and Patron of the APD (Asociación para el Progreso de la Dirección). President of the Garrigues Chair in Global Law at the University of Navarra. Designated Global Advocate for the Center of the World Peace through Law. Honorary Member of the American Bar Association. First Doctor Honoris Causa from the Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales de Buenos Aires (Argentina). Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Europea de Madrid. Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Ramon Llull in Barcelona. Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas de Madrid. President of the Centro Internacional de Toledo para la Paz (CITpax). Founder of the Capítulo Español de Transparencia Internacional (TI), an agency in the fight against corruption. President of the Board of the- University Antonio de Nebrija. Grand Cross of San Raimundo de Peñafort. Grand Cross of the Order of- Civil Merit. Grand Cross of Merit in the service of the legal profession. Order of Sacred Treasure (Japan Award). Official Order Wissam Al-Alaoui (Morocco). http://www.garrigues.com