Miguel Facussé Barjum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Honduran businessman
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Place of Birth: Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán Department, Honduras
About Miguel Facussé Barjum
- Miguel Facussé Barjum (August 14, 1924 – June 23, 2015) was a Honduran businessman and landowner.
- He was Executive President of Corporación Dinant, a consumer products manufacturing company he founded in Honduras in 1960.
- Dinant sells its products throughout Central America and the Dominican Republic, and also exports to global markets.
- A 2006 study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation named Facussé one of the three "most powerful men in Honduras".
- Facussé was the chief economic advisor to President Roberto Suazo Córdova during his term in office from 1982 to 1986 and vice-president of APROH, a "right-wing grouping of business interests and members of the armed forces" from the early 1980s to at least 2001.
- Facussé was married and had nine children.
- His nephew, Carlos Roberto Flores, was President of Honduras from 1998 to 2002.
- His son-in-law, Fredy Nasser, is a prominent Honduran businessman.
- In May 2009, Facussé was awarded the Orden Mérito a la Democracia en el Grado de Gran Caballero by the Senate of Colombia.
- In August 2014, he was awarded the CEAL Founders' Award for his pioneering role in promoting business between Latin American nations.
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