Juan Sáenz-Díez García
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Juan Sáenz-Díez García 1904 Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| Died | 1990 Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Occupation | business manager |
| Known for | politician |
| Political party | , |
Juan Sáenz-Díez García (1904–1990) was a Spanish entrepreneur and Carlist politician. In business he is known among key managers of the family conglomerate. In politics he counted among architects of cautiously collaborative course during mid-Francoism and leader of a Traditionalist organization , active during the transición period. He is also recognized as owner of an iconic Galician daily El Correo Gallego.
Both Sáenz-Díez and Garcia families originated from the in the . Juan’s paternal grandfather, Pedro Sáenz-Díez Ibarra, was related to petty textile manufacturing in Torecilla de Cameros. His son and Juan’s father, Acisclo Sáenz-Díez de la Riva (1867-1905), was also born in Cameros. As a youngster he left his native town and moved to Galicia, not an unlikely decision as there was a notable influx of migrants from Logroño to Galicia at the time. He settled in Santiago, assisting relatives in family business and becoming a successful entrepreneur. At unspecified data he married Isabel García Blanco (1873–1956), daughter of a trade tycoon Simeón García de Olalla y de la Riva (1823–1889). Also a Riojano from Cameros and also a migrant to Galicia, back in the 1850s he launched a trading company dealing in textiles. By the late 1880s he was already operating a number of companies which grew to major business; active in all of Northern Spain from Galicia to Catalonia, they gave rise to a family fortune. Acisclo and Isabel settled in Santiago; it is not clear how many children the couple had.
Following the death of his father-in-law it was Acisclo Sáenz-Díez who became – together with his mother-in-law, Juana Blanca Navarrete – the moving spirit behind the Simeón García trading empire. Though not admitted as partner, he grew to manager of the key family company, Viuda y Hijos de Simeón García, developing the retail network further on. He also engaged in local Galician electricity and railway businesses, launching some new companies on his own. Following premature death of Acisclo the widow moved to Barcelona, but it is not clear whether the young Juan was raised in Santiago or in the Catalan capital; none of the sources consulted provides also any information on his early education. He studied probably in Santiago; neither the faculty where he studied nor the graduation date is known. In the mid-1920s he was already engaged in running the family business.
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