Rafael de Mendizábal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Mendizábal and the second or maternal family name is Allende.

Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (10 August 1927 – 10 March 2023) was a Spanish judge. He served as the first president of the Audiencia Nacional from 1977 to 1986, and again from 1991 to 1992 and was a judge of the Constitutional Court from 1992 to 2001.^[1]

Rafael de Mendizábal
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain
In office 1992–2001
President of the Audiencia Nacional
In office 1991–1992
In office 1977–1986
Personal details
Born	Rafael de Mendizábal Allende (1927-08-10)10 August 1927 Jaén, Spain
Died	10 March 2023(2023-03-10) (aged 95)
Education	Complutense University of Madrid
Occupation	Judge

Since October 2015, he presided over the Commission of Arbitration, Complaints, and Journalism Ethics, which is under the Federation of Associations of Journalists of Spain (FAPE).^[2][3]

De Mendizábal died on 10 March 2023, at the age of 95.^[4]