Juan Manuel Suarez Del Toro Rivero
Juan Manuel Suárez Del Toro Rivero (born September 28, 1952 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) is a Spanish industrial engineer and executive at the Gran Canaria- based transport company GLOBAL.
Since June 1994 he has been President of the Spanish Red Cross , of which he has been a member since 1971. In November 2001 he was elected President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to succeed the Norwegian Astrid N. Heiberg and was confirmed in office four years later. He was succeeded in November 2009 by the Japanese Tadateru Konoé .
He is married and has two daughters.
literature
- Juan Manuel Suarez del Toro Rivero. In: Ignacio Buqueras: Más sociedad, menos y mejor estado: Pasado, presente y futuro de la sociedad civil. Editorial Complutense, Madrid 2002, ISBN 8-47-491696-8 , p. 313
Web links
- Juan Manuel Suárez Del Toro Rivero - President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Biography (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suárez Del Toro Rivero, Juan Manuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish industrial engineer, President of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2001–2009) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |