Fernando Puche

Fernando Puche Doña (2 September 1946 – 14 September 2024) was a Spanish businessman. He was the president of football club Málaga from 1997 to 2001, a period in which the club achieved consecutive promotions from the Segunda División B to La Liga.

Puche had other business interests, including the Plaza de toros de La Malagueta, and hotels in Cuba and Spain. He was indicted in an operation against tobacco smuggling in 1999 and was convicted in 2010, being fined €16.6 million. He was sentenced to two years in prison in 2019 for concealing his assets in relation to the fine.[1]

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