Mr Pedro RAMÍREZ VÁZQUEZ

Education

Degree in architecture from the National Autonomous University of Mexico City

Career

Architect; Rector of the University of Mexico City; industrial and crystal design; Rector and Founder of the Metropolitan Autonomous University; Minister of human settlements and public works (1976-1982); architect of the office building of the IOC in Lausanne (1986), the IOC Pavilion at the Seville EXPO (1992) and the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (1993)

Sports practised

Football at university

Sports administration

Vice-President, then President of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad in Mexico City in 1968; President of the NOC (1972-1974)

Publications

“4000 years of Mexican Architecture”, published by Libreros Mexicanos Unidos, S. de R.L. de C.V. (1956); introduction to the book “Mayan Architecture” by Henri Stierlin, published in Geneva, Switzerland (1964); “The National Museum of Anthropology”, published by Helvetica Press, Switzerland (1968); “The Code of Time” (1976); “Man’s Space” (1980); “Urban Development in Mexico” (5 volumes) (1982); “The Code of Human Settlements” (1988); “Ramirez Vazquez in Architecture” (1988); various papers and articles in national and international journals (1945-1971)

Awards and distinctions

Olympiart Prize (1996)

IOC History

Member of the IOC from 1972 to 1995; Honorary Member since 1995; member (1973-1980) then Chairman (1980-1994) of the Cultural Commission; member of the following Commissions: Information and Cultural (1973-1974), Administration of the Olympic Games (1973-1975), for Greece (1980-1981), Coordination for the Olympic Games (summer) (1988-1990); construction delegate (1990-1993)