Ramón Mendoza

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ramón Mendoza (April 18, 1927 - April 4, 2001) was a Spanish lawyer and business man, most famous for his stint as football chairman of Real Madrid from 1985 until 1995. He was born in Madrid, Spain. Mendoza became president on May 24, 1985 when he was the only candidate at the elections for chairman of the club. He once again had no opponent in the next elections (July 23, 1988) and beat opposing candidate Alfonso Ussía by 20% of the votes (15.005 to 10.531) in January 1991 to secure his third term. He won a fourth term in 1994. In elections which were dominated by accusations of fraud, corruption and mismanagement of the club, he nevertheless managed to beat Florentino Pérez by 700 votes. His first years leading the club were very successful and saw the rise of the Quinta del Buitre.