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César Salinas
President of the Bolivian Football Federation
In office
2018 – July 19, 2020
Preceded byRolando López Herbas
Marco Antonio Peredo Mercado (acting)
Carlos Ribera (acting)
Succeeded byMarcos Rodríguez (acting)
Personal details
Born
César Luis Salinas Sinka

18 August 1961[1]
Caquiaviri, Bolivia
Died(2020-07-19)19 July 2020 (aged 58)
La Paz, Bolivia
OccupationFootball chairman

César Salinas (18 August 1961 – 19 July 2020) was a Bolivian association football chairman and president.[2]

Life

Salinas was chairman of The Strongest, the oldest Bolivian football club. After he left The Strongest, his wife Inés became owner of the team. In 2018 Salinas became president of the Bolivian Football Federation. In mid-2020 Salinas was working with authorities to restart the national football league after months of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia.[2]

Salinas contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia in July 2020. He died in hospital on 19 July 2020, aged 58 to the effects of the virus.[2]

References

  1. ^ En Bolivia lloran al presidente de su federación de fútbol, César Salinas
  2. ^ a b c "Voorzitter voetbalbond Bolivia overleden aan coronavirus". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch).