Francisco Vives Camino

Francisco Vives Camino (19 August 1900 – 5 June 1997) was a Spanish military aviator, aeronautical engineer, lieutenant general of the Air Force, and the 13th president of Atlético Madrid.

Early life Francisco Vives was born in Alcalá de Henares on 19 August 1900 as the son of the engineer commander Pedro Vives Vich, a pioneer of Spanish military aeronautics and the head of the Aerostation Service created on 24 August 1896 in Guadalajara, which he directed from December 1896 until 1916.

Professional career Vives received his air baptism in 1910, when he was only a boy of 10,

after the war, Atlético Madrid was left in very bad shape, so in order to survive, they decided to merge with Aviación. On 4 October, the representatives of both sides signed the absorption agreements and appoint the first Board of Directors with Commander Francisco Vives Camino as president of the now Athletic-Aviation Club.