Ramón José Velásquez
Ramón J. Velásquez during his 93rd birthday, 28 November 2009
President of Venezuela
In office 5 June 1993 – 2 February 1994
Preceded by	Octavio Lepage
Succeeded by	Rafael Caldera
Minister of Communications of Venezuela
In office 1969–1971
Secretary of the Presidency of Venezuela
In office 1959–1963
Succeeded by	Manuel Mantilla
Personal details
Born	(1916-11-28) 28 November 1916 (age 95) San Juan de Colón, Táchira, Venezuela
Spouse(s)	Ligia Betancourt Mariño
Alma mater	Central University of Venezuela
Religion	Roman Catholic
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Ramón José Velásquez Mujica (born 28 November 1916) is a Venezuelan political figure. He served as Acting president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994. He is known as a historian, journalist, lawyer, politician and entertainer of companies for his knowledge of the "national life".

Shortly after 23 January 1958, when the democratic process began in Venezuela, he founded the vespertine El Mundo. Velásquez has also been the president of El Nacional during two occasions (1964-1968/1979-1981). His interest in the media projected into the university atmosphere and this was reflected in the creation of a particular class on the history of the mass media in Venezuela at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. Velásquez was also founder a class on historical processes in Venezuela at the Metropolitan University of Caracas. As well as another class at the Institute of Historical Investigations and one on the Venezuelan Media at the Central University of Venezuela. He is a member of the International Council of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.

Background and personal life[link]

Velásquez was born in Táchira state, on 28 November 1916. His parents were Ramon Velasquez Ordoñez, journalist and proofreader for a newspaper and educator Regina Mujica. He studied the hand of his parents in his hometown. He completed his primary education in high school in San Cristóbal Simón Bolívar. In 1935 he traveled to Caracas to finish high school at the Liceo Andres Bello, while it disagrees with the Gómez regime. Higher education made ​​at the Central University of Venezuela, receiving a Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences in 1942 and as Advocate in 1943.

Ramón José Velásquez currently resides in Caracas.

Writer[link]

He became a reporter for Ultimas Noticias in 1941.^[1] Velásquez has been the president of El Nacional on two occasions (1964-1968/1979-1981).

Politician[link]

During the dictatorship of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Velásquez was jailed during a year. For his role at the compilation of the Libro negro de la dictadura (Black book of dictatorship). The files of this book, helped to know the crimes of the dictatorial period.

When the country initiated its democratic life, he was elected in the Venezuelan general election, 1958 to the Venezuelan Senate for the state of Tachira, and to the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies for the state of Miranda.^[2]

He served as the Secretary of the Presidency during the government of Rómulo Betancourt. After that, was part of the National Congress, being considered as a factor of balance in the Venezuelan democracy. During Rafael Caldera's term at presidency, served as Minister of Communications from 1969 until 1971. Velásquez was also a permanent advisor not only of presidents, also of parliamentarians, political leaders and parties. From 1984 to 1987 he was President of the Comisión para la Reforma del Estado (COPRE), the Commission on the Reform of the State.^[2]

President[link]

In 1993, as a result of the crisis produced by the impeachment of president Carlos Andrés Pérez, Congress designated him as interim president, finishing the constitutional period in 1994. He served from 5 June 1993 to 2 February 1994.^[2]

Velásquez's cabinet (1993-1994)[link]

Honours[link]

• Maria Moors Cabot prize (1967)^[4]
• Member of the National Academy of History of Venezuela (1968)^[2]
• National Prize for Literature (1973, prose category, for La caída del liberalismo amarillo^[2]
• Premio Nacional de Historia of Consejo Nacional de la Cultura (CONAC), 1980^[2]
• Premio Nacional de Humanidades of CONAC, 1998^[2]
• Member of the Academia Venezolana de la Lengua, 2002^[2][5]
• Honorary doctorates from the University of the Andes (Venezuela), University of Carabobo, Rafael Urdaneta University (URU) and the National Experimental University of Táchira (UNET).^[2]

Books[link]

• La caída del Liberalismo Amarillo: tiempo y drama de Antonio Paredes (1972)
• Confidencias imaginarias de Juan Vicente Gómez (1979)

References[link]

• Biography (in Spanish) by CIDOB Foundation
• "La Paz Ramónica" (Velasquez´s government) by Edgar C. Otálvora(Spanish)
• "RJV La Red de Liberales y Socialdemócratas". (Velasquez´s biography by Edgar C. Otálvora)(Spanish)

José Velásquez may refer to:

• José Velásquez (explorer), Spanish explorer
• José Velásquez (footballer), Peruvian footballer
• José Velásquez (cyclist), Colombian cyclist
• José David Velásquez, Honduran footballer

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Irene Lailin Sáez Conde (born 13 December 1961 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan politician and a former Miss Universe. She has been a model, was the mayor of Chacao (a municipality of Caracas), Governor of the state of Nueva Esparta and a former presidential candidate.

Pageants[link]

Sáez was crowned Miss Venezuela 1981 and later, crowned Miss Universe 1981 at the 30th annual pageant in New York City at the age of 19.^[1] She was also Queen of Club Campestre Los Cortijos for three years in a row. In 1997, she was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Miss Universe Pageant, a recently created prize of the Miss Universe Organization. She made her acceptance speech in both English and Spanish. Sáez was received in the International Airport Simón Bolívar by former president of Venezuela, Luis Herrera Campins and he gave her a chain of gold for her victory in Miss Universe.

Political career[link]

Mayor of Chacao[link]

After spending a year travelling the world as Miss Universe, Sáez had studied political science at the Central University of Venezuela, and then served a year as Venezuela's cultural representative to the United Nations.^[2] In the early 1990s Sáez turned to electoral politics, and a week after the November 1992 coup attempt was elected mayor of Chacao Municipality, the wealthiest of the five municipalities of Caracas.^[2]

In office, Sáez tackled Chacao's high crime rate by professionalising the municipal police force, with university graduates as officers, higher pay, new police vehicles, and a variety of mobility devices (including roller skates and mountain bikes) allowing the police to move around quickly.^[2] Crime fell dramatically as a result.^[2] Without political experience or an established party machine, Sáez was happy to rely on experts, and "hired top-notch administrators and listened to their advice about everything from setting the budget to running public services."^[2]

By the time of the next election in December 1995, Sáez was so popular that she didn't bother to campaign, and only one independent candidate opposed her. Her 96% share of the vote was the highest in Venezuela's democratic history.^[3] The Times of London ranked her 83rd in its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, and presidential rumours multiplied.^[3]

1998 presidential campaign[link]

Sáez kept her distance from the mainstream parties, and in 1997, she formed the Integrated Representation of New Hope (IRENE) party as a launch pad for her run in the December 1998 presidential elections. In the final poll of the year in December 1997 she reached almost 70%.^[4] However despite spending millions of dollars on publicity, she fell below 15% within six months, as the public became increasingly sceptical of her readiness for the Presidency, and as she lost credibility as an anti-establishment candidate after accepting the endorsement of COPEI.^[4]

She ran on a platform to end corruption, reducing bureaucracy and refinancing the public debt. One of the factors in her political demise was the rise of the radical Hugo Chávez, who provided a message of much more dramatic challenge to the establishment, including a constitutional assembly to write a new constitution. By contrast, Sáez "still spoke like a beauty queen anxious to avoid offending anybody in any way in anyplace,"^[5] and led some to speak of the contest as between "the beauty and the beast".^[6] At the same time, Sáez's late 1997 mis-step in Chacao of banning kissing in public plazas helped raise doubts about whether her success in the small, rich Chacao could translate to the Presidency.^[6] By August the Radical Cause party withdrew its backing, saying that she had "lost her status as an independent".^[7] Shortly before election day, even COPEI abandoned her in favour of endorsing Henrique Salas Römer.^[8] Ultimately she finished a distant third with 2.8% of the vote.

Governor of Nueva Esparta[link]

Soon after the 1998 presidential election, Sáez was elected Governor of the state of Nueva Esparta, in an election made necessary by the January 1999 death in office of Rafael Tovar. She won overwhelmingly with more than 70% of the votes, defeating the candidate of Democratic Action.

She served as governor of the state until 2000, stepping down when she became pregnant, denying rumors that she was pushed aside by Chávez.^[9]

Post-political private life[link]

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Sáez married American television producer and chemical heir Darryl duPont in 1982, the couple later divorced. Sáez remarried and had a son (born in 2000) and divorced again. She later moved to the United States to live in Miami, Florida. Saez married again and In 2003 she was named to the board of directors of the Colonial BancGroup, south Florida region. [2] and had a son.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Analysis of the political career of Irene Sáez.
• YouTube: Final Miss Venezuela 1981
• YouTube: Miss Universe 1981 Coronation
• YouTube: Irene Sáez Conde MU 81 special award
• Sáez as Governor (Margarita Island) - BusinessWeek Online, Oct. 18, 1999 issue

Awards and achievements
First	Miss Confraternidad Sudamericana 1981	Vacant Title next held by Paola Ruggeri (1983) as Miss Sudamérica
Preceded by Maye Brandt	Miss Venezuela 1981	Succeeded by Ana Teresa Oropeza

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José Ramón Fernández Álvarez (born November 4, 1923) is a Cuban Communist leader who is a Vice-President of the Council of Ministers.

Pre-Revolution life[link]

Fernández was born in Santiago de Cuba, where he studied his first and second education. In 1947 he graduated from the Cadet School of Cuba and also from the Artillery School as well as from other courses of the General Staff in Cuba and at Fort Sill in the USA.

From March 10, 1952, he took part in different conspiracy activities and movements against the Batista tyranny with different military and political groups, until 1956 when he was caught when the conspiracy movement called “Los puros” was discovered. He was judged and sentenced to prison at Presidio Modelo on the Isla de Pinos (Isle of Pines), where he was until the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959.

Cuban Revolution and beyond[link]

From 1959, as a member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, he took part in the different mobilizations, both productive as well as for the defense of the country. He also carried out other tasks of the Cuban Revolution both in Cuba and abroad.

At the time of the Bay of Pigs Invasion on 17 April 1961, he was director of militia training and based at Managua near Havana. He was sometimes referred to as 'El Gallego'. Before dawn that day, Fidel Castro ordered him to command the many battalions of militia and regular army troops engaged in fighting the invading forces of Brigade 2506. Late on 19 April 1961, he was among Cuban government forces that finally broke through to Playa Giron and forced surrender and dispersal of invading troops.^[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Capitan in 1959, to Commandant in 1961 and to Brigade General of the reserve in 1966. He was graduated from the Higher War School in the curse 1963 – 1964. From 1959 he has been in charge of different responsibilities and positions, among which there are:

Director of the Cadet School of the Rebel Army; Chief of the Direction of Combat Preparation of the General Staff of FAR (initials for Revolutionary Armed Forces in Spanish) until 1968; Deputy Minister of FAR until 1970; First Deputy Minister of Education until 1972; Minister of Education from 1972 until 1990 and Vice-President of the Council of Ministers from 1978 to March 2012.

Political life[link]

He represented the Cuban government at the investiture of presidents in several Latin American countries and in other governmental events; is member of the Executive Committee of the Pan American Sports Organization.

José Ramón Fernández Álvarez took part in the five Congresses of the Cuban Communist Party and since 1975 is member of the Central Committee.

At the third congress of the Cuban Communist Party, he was elected as a Substitute Member of the Political Bureau. Fernandez is a deputy to the National Assembly since 1976 and Member of the Council of State from 1981 until 1993.

Other points of interest[link]

He chaired the Organizing Committee of the XIV Central American and Caribbean Games, held in Havana in 1982 and the Organizing Committee of the XI Pan American Games in Havana in 1991. He was also the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the VI Athletics World Cup that took place in Havana in 1992. From 1997 he is the President of the Cuban Olympic Committee.

He was the chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Scientific–Academic Conference "Giron, 40 years later", that took place in March 2001 and of the International Conference "The Missile Crisis, a political vision 40 years later" on October 2002. Fernandez is Emeritus Professor of the Pedagogical Higher Institute "Enrique José Varona".

Acknowledgements[link]

In recognition to his work he has been awarded several medals, among them the title of Hero of the Republic of Cuba.

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Fernandez, Jose Ramon. 2001. Bay of Pigs: Washington's First Military Defeat in the Americas. Pathfinder ISBN 0-87348-925-X ISBN 9780873489256
• Rodriguez, Juan Carlos. 1999. Bay of Pigs and the CIA. Ocean Press Melbourne. ISBN 1-875284-98-2
• Thomas, Hugh. 1971, 1986. The Cuban Revolution. Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. (Shortened version of Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom, includes all history 1952-1970) ISBN 0-277-97903-7 ISBN 0-297-78954-6
• Wyden, Peter. 1979. Bay of Pigs - The Untold Story. Simon and Schuster. New York. ISBN 0-671-24006-4 ISBN 0224017543 ISBN 978-0-671-24006-6

External links[link]

• CubaNow Magazine

See also[link]

Cuba portal

• Cuba
• Cuban Revolution
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Cuban Communist Party

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Ramon Fernandez

Alias	"El Presidente", "The Franchise"
Jersey No.	10, 19
Position	Center/Power Forward
Current Team	Retired
Personal Info
Country	Philippines
Born	(1953-10-03) October 3, 1953 (age 58) Maasin, Southern Leyte, Philippines
Height	6 ft. 5 in.
Weight	175 lbs.
College	University of San Carlos
Career Highlights
Draft	Elevated, 1975 by Toyota Comets
Pro Career	1975 – 1994
Also played for	Toyota Comets/Tamaraws/Super Corollas/Silver Coronas (1975-1984) Beer Hausen/Manila Beer Brewmasters (1984-1985) Tanduay Rhum Makers (1985-1987) Purefoods Hotdogs (1988) San Miguel Beermen (1988-1994)
Awards Received
6-Time PBA All-Star (1989-94) 1982 PBA Most Valuable Player 1984 PBA Most Valuable Player 1986 PBA Most Valuable Player 1988 PBA Most Valuable Player 1976 PBA Mythical First Team 1977 PBA Mythical First Team 1978 PBA Mythical First Team 1979 PBA Mythical First Team 1980 PBA Mythical First Team 1981 PBA Mythical First Team 1982 PBA Mythical First Team 1984 PBA Mythical First Team 1986 PBA Mythical First Team 1988 PBA Mythical First Team 1989 PBA Mythical First Team 1991 PBA Mythical First Team 1992 PBA Mythical First Team 1985 PBA Mythical Second Team 1987 PBA Mythical Second Team 1990 PBA Mythical Second Team 19 PBA Championships PBA's 25 Greatest Players PBA Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player (and certainly the best and most revolutionary player at the center position) produced by the Philippine Basketball Association.^[1] Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships (the equivalent of 6 championships in the NBA as the PBA runs three championships a year) bagged. Fernandez scored 18,996 points to finish as the PBA's all-time scoring leader. He is also the PBA's all-time leader in rebounds, blocked shots, and second all-time in assists and steals. He played for five teams in his entire the PBA career starting with Toyota, Manila Beer, Tanduay, Purefoods, and with San Miguel, his last stop. Fernandez played in many overseas tournaments by being a part of the Philippine basketball team.

Career[link]

Fernandez was a product of the University of San Carlos in Cebu and was a member of several national teams. These include the 1972 Asian Youth Championships(Champion), 1973 Asian Basketball Confederation championship team, 1974 World Basketball Championships in Puerto Rico, the 1974 Asian Games in Iran and the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing.

In 1975, Fernandez joined the Toyota team in the PBA, joining Robert Jaworski, Francis Arnáiz, Arnie Tuadles, Danny Florencio, and Abe King when they won nine titles from 1975-1983. Fernandez was the 1982 PBA Most Valuable Player, the only time he achieved the award during his days with the fabled Toyota team.

After Toyota's disbandment in 1984, Fernandez and several former Toyota teammates joined Beer Hausen. The move also further ignited a much-publicized feud with former teammate Jaworski. Fernandez won the 1984 MVP award, his second, during his first season with the Lucio Tan-owned franchise, but never led the team to the championship until he was shipped in the middle of the 1985 season to Tanduay for Abet Guidaben.

From 1986-1987, Fernandez along with former Crispa rivals Freddie Hubalde and Padim Israel, J.B. Yango, Willie Generalao, Onchie dela Cruz and imports Rob Williams, Andre McKoy and later, David Thirdkill, led the Rhum Masters to three PBA titles. Fernandez won his third MVP award in 1986.

Tanduay would disband before the 1988 season, but the franchise rights were bought by the Purefoods Corporation. Fernandez would become playing coach, his first coaching stint, of a young team composed of Jerry Codiñera, Jojo Lastimosa, Al Solís, Glen Capacio and later Alvin Patrimonio. In the 1988 Open Conference, he led his new team to a runner-up finish to San Miguel Beer. However, midway through the All-Filipino Conference, he would relinquish his coaching duties to his assistant, Cris Calilan, to concentrate on his game. But in a controversial move, Fernandez was benched during the Finals against Añejo Rhum. The said event led to his transfer to San Miguel Beer in exchange for, the second time, Abet Guidaben. Fernandez would later lead the Beermen to the 1988 Reinforced Conference Championship and also won his fourth MVP Award, becoming the first and the only player to win four MVP awards with four different teams.

Fernandez was a member of San Miguel's historic grandslam in 1989 while making amends with rival Jaworski during the 1989 All-Star Game, when El Presidente scored an undergoal stab off a Jaworski inbound pass at halfcourt, to lead the Veterans to a 132-130 win over the Rookie-Sophomores team. Legendary coach Baby Dalupan, then coaching the Veterans, summoned both players to a historic handshake at centercourt signaling the end of their bitter feud.

In 1990, Fernandez was a member of the Philippine basketball team that won a silver medal in the Beijing Asian Games. El Presidente was supposed to participate in the 1994 Asian Games team, but begged off due to an injury. That year also saw the final season of Fernandez's PBA career when he announced his retirement.

He was the first four-time MVP of the league, winning it in even numbered years during the 1980s—1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988. Considered as the best center to have come out of the PBA, he can however play all five positions on the court with uncanny ability. His trademark one-handed running jumper dubbed the "elegant shot" was his most potent offensive weapon. In 1984, he came awfully close to averaging in triple-double the whole season, being only five assists shy from achieving the feat. He ended his PBA career as the all-time leader in most points scored with 18,996, number two behind Jaworski in assists with 5,220, number one in defensive rebounds with 6,435, number two in offensive rebounds behind Guidaben with 2,217, number one in overall rebounds with 8,652, number one in minutes played with 36624:30, number 2 in games played behind Guidaben, number one in blocks with 1,853, and, only since February 5, 2007, number two behind Johnny Abarrientos in steals with 1,302 (He retired number one in steals in 1994). He ended with career averages of 17.7 points per game, 8.1 rebounds per game, 4.9 assists per game, 1.2 steals per game, and 1.7 blocks per game in 1,074 games.

Retirement[link]

After his playing career, Fernandez ran for a senatorial seat under the Nationalist People's Coalition in the 1995 elections but lost. In 1998, he became the first commissioner of the defunct professional league, Metropolitan Basketball Association.

In 2000, he was included in the PBA's 25 Greatest Players' list and was awarded during the league's anniversary on April 9, 2000.

In 2003, Fernandez was named the Commissioner of the Collegiate Champions League tournament. A few months earlier, Fernandez was part of the Toyota Tamaraws in the Crispa-Toyota Reunion Game. The highlight of the event was the kickout pass of Fernandez to Jaworski, who sank a three-pointer to seal the Tamaraws' 65-61 win over their bitter rivals, the Redmanizers.

He also became the Commissioner of the now-inactive United Regional Basketball League during its only run in 2004.

Fernandez was also inducted in the PBA Hall of Fame and participated in the Greatest Game, a reunion of several members of the league's 25 Greatest Players, on May 30, 2005 when they lost to the TM Greats team 96-92.

Legacy[link]

Medal record
Men’s Basketball
Competitor for  Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
Gold	1973 Manila	Team competition
Asian Games
Silver	1990 Beijing	Team competition

Fernandez is remembered as one of the most popular players during the PBA's golden years and is also one of the most prominent faces in Philippine basketball, even to this day.

Fernandez could actually play all five positions on the basketball court as he mastered every skill needed in the point guard, off-guard, forward, power-forward and center slots. He is known for his dribbling skills (unusual for a center during his era), uncanny passing ability, perimeter jumpers, and unstoppable high or low post moves. In an open court game, it was not unusual to see him collar a rebound then dribble down the full length of the court and finish off the break with a lay-up down the middle or a fancy pass to a streaking teammate on the wings. The fact that he could dribble the ball so well came about as a result of him playing pointguard in high school when he was still too short to play the center slot. He is also well known for his trademark one handed running shot dubbed as "the elegant shot.". He could play facing the basket or with his back to it. One major distinguishing aspect of his game and which, amongst other exploits, showed a level of skill unmatched in Philippine basketball before or since, was his ability to drive towards the basket at will during a half-court game. This was remarkable because centers and power-forwards in his era usually played near or underneath the basket.

Fernandez is perhaps the most ambidextrous player to have played the game since Carlos Loyzaga a generation before him. Almost always, whenever he led a fastbreak (after getting the defensive rebound), he was like a maestro conducting an orchestra with the ability to hit the open man on either wing or finish a lay-up with either hand. A lot of times he would switch the ball from right hand to left hand and draw a foul for a three point play. One of his more famous moves was driving down the middle of the lane, fake a right-handed shot and then, at the very last second when the defender has committed himself, switch the ball to his left hand for an up-and-under scoop shot that almost always drew a foul. He had an ambidextrous hook shot that was almost impossible to stop and a weird looking variation of a lay-up that was executed while "fading away" from the basket which made it equally indefensible. His "elegant shot" often came after a right-handed cross-over dribble and moving away from a defender. His pivot moves, pump fakes, and trick shots from under the basket that he executed to flawless perfection even before Kevin McHale wrote his NBA playbook are legendary. He owned what was perhaps the craziest no-look pass that was executed on Philippine hardwood because it came about as a fake behind-the-back pass going to one direction only to go the opposite direction at the precise moment when the recipient is ready to receive the pass. His pinpoint passing ability was so devastating to opponents because he could execute them with either hand as well. It didn't matter to Fernandez whether he was hitting the open man through a crowd of defenders or hitting the same open man via a Hail Mary pass from outside the backcourt. Philip Cezar and Abe King, two premier defenders of local players and imports alike, in television interviews, always said that Fernandez was the toughest assignment they ever had to handle.

His MVP-stats in the 1984 season of the PBA, where he averaged in double figures in almost all of the major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists), turning in an incredible 27 point-15 rebound-9.9 assist performance (an almost a triple-double season), may never be matched as it stands as perhaps the most dominating individual performance in the history of Philippine professional basketball.

Career highlights[link]

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PBA career[link]

• 4-time Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
• PBA Hall of Fame
• Member of the 1989 San Miguel Grand Slam Team
• 13-time Mythical First Team Selection (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992)
• 3-time Mythical Second Team Selection (1985, 1987, and 1990)
• 4-time PBA All-Star
• PBA's 25 Greatest Players
• PBA Hall of Fame Class of 2005

Others[link]

• Member, 1972 Asian Youth, Manila, Philippines
• Member, 1973 Asian Basketball Confederation, Manila. (ABC-NOW FIBA ASIA)
• Member, 1974 Mundo Basket, San Juan, Puerto Rico(World Basketball Championship)
• Member, 1974 Asian Games, Tehran, Iran
• Member, 1990 Asian Games, Beijing, China
• 1994 Asian Games Assistant Coach
• Metropolitan Basketball Association Commissioner 1998-1999

Trivia[link]

• A Ramon Fernandez-Abet Guidaben trade was executed twice. In 1985, Manila Beer swapped Fernandez to Tanduay for former Crispa rival Guidaben. In 1988, after a controversial shelving of Fernandez during the 1988 All-Filipino championship series led to Purefoods dealing the then-three time MVP to San Miguel for Guidaben, the reigning 1987 PBA MVP. It was speculated that there was an unwritten rule in the PBA that Fernandez and Guidaben could only be traded for each other.
• Fernandez won his four MVPs through four different teams Toyota, Beer Hausen, Tanduay, and San Miguel Beer and all in even-numbered years (1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988). On the other hand, rival Guidaben won the MVP award twice in odd-numbered years (1983 and 1987). Had the 1985 last conference swap between Fernandez and Guidaben did not materialize, Guidaben would have been the MVP also in 1985.
• Fernandez has led the teams he has played in a PBA championship series. He won nine titles with Toyota, led Beer Hausen to a title-series loss to Great Taste in 1984, led Tanduay to three PBA titles, led Purefoods to the finals in 1988 (played Game 1 after which he was barred from playing the rest of the series), and won seven titles with San Miguel.
• Outside of basketball, Fernandez also held a barangay seat at Ayala Alabang Village.
• He ran for Senator under the Nationalist People's Coalition in the 1995 senatorial elections, but lost.

References[link]

External links[link]

• SMB Recharged