Fernando Lamikiz Garai

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Fernando Lamikiz Garai (born 1959 in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain) is a lawyer, economist and former president of Athletic Bilbao.

Lamikiz studied economic law at the Deusto University. After further studying in Munich, he returned to Deusto as a lecturer in Civil Rights. He was member of the board of directors of Athletic from 1994 to 2001, heading the legal department.

He was president of Athletic from September 2004 [1] until his resignation in September 2006. He stepped down following Athletic's poor performance in the 2005-06 La Liga season and uninspired beginning of the 2006–07 season, combined with prolonged negative press surrounding his involvement in the illegal attempt to sign defender Iban Zubiaurre from rivals Real Sociedad. [2] [3] His resignation, widely believed to have come as the result of sustained protest by vocal supporters of Athletic, was effected on 27 September 2006. [4] His deputy, Ana Urkijo, took on the role until 2007, becoming the club's first female president. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lamikiz, presidente del Athletic" [Lamikiz, Athletic president]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 10 September 2004. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Athletic presentó ayer a Zubiaurre y la Real estalla" [Athletic presented Zubiaurre yesterday and Real explodes] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Phil Ball (2 October 2006). "The honest lawyer". ESPN Soccernet . Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Lamikiz quits as Bilbao president". CNN.com . 27 September 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ana Urkijo, seriedad y firmeza en Ibaigane" [Ana Urkijo, seriousness and firmness in Ibaigane]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 September 2006. Retrieved 15 July 2018.


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