Mario Conde

Mario Conde
Mario Conde in La Moncloa in 1988
President of the Banco Español de Crédito
President of the Civil Society and Democracy
In office
2011–2013
Personal details
Born (1948-09-14) September 14, 1948
Tui, Pontevedra
Spouse(s)
  • María Lourdes Arroyo Botana (m. 1973–2007)
  • María Pérez-Ugena Corominas (m. 2010–2016)
Children Mario and Alejandra
Alma mater Universidad de Deusto
Occupation Jurist, businessman and banker
Website marioconde.com

Mario Antonio Conde Conde (Tuy, Spain 14 September 1948) is a jurist (state advocate), businessman and alleged corrupt Spanish ex-banker.[1]

Conde was the major shareholder and later president of the Spanish Banco Espaňol de Crédito (Banesto) His highly successful business career as well as exemplary public image was ended in December 1993 when he was sentenced to 10 years extended to 20 years of prison by the Spanish High court. He in fact served 11 years before being paroled.[2]

He was president of the political party Civil Society and Democracy from 2011 through 2013.

In April 2016 he was rearrested, along with several family members and put into remand due to a apparently fraudulent transfer of capital. A cosmetics company he owns was implicated in the fraud, which combined a failure to pay some workers with the large quantities of money found offshore.

During the most of his life, Conde and some important figures of Spanish society have defended him, saying that his arrest, charges, imprisonment and overall downfall were a staged by several powerful figures, including ex-presidents Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Maria Aznar.

Writer

After his exploits with Banesto he founded the magazine MC and has also published several books in Spanish about his experience of power, his life as a prisoner and his prison experience, Taoism and various religious beliefs as well as his most demanded work, "The System", a long book that details his personal experiences with the supposedly unofficial powers that rule the country from the shadows, those being bankers, politicians, media moguls, and so on. According to Xavier Casals, Conde set the foundations of a "protestatary" sort of populism directed against the economic and political elites.[3]

Bibliography

  • Asalto al poder by Jesús Cacho. Where explains how the criminal conspiracy between Abelló and Conde corrupted one of the most important banks in Spain (which subsequently rescued by Santander Bank).
  • Duelo of titanes. Jesús Cacho. On the failed fusion of Banesto with the Central Bank.
  • M.C. Jesús Cacho. On the intervention of Banesto.Conde, el ángel caído (the fallen angel) by Luis Herrero.

References

  1. ↑ Associated Press (11 April 2016). "Spanish police arrest ex-top banker for money laundering". Fox News. FOX. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Detenido Mario Conde, acusado de blanquear y repatriar el dinero saqueado a Banesto". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). Prensa Ibérica. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Casals, Xavier (20 April 2016). "Conde i Bernad: moralitzadors amorals?". Ara. Generalitat de Catalunya. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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