Mario Villarroel
Mario Enrique Villarroel Lander (born 21 September 1947) is a Venezuelan lawyer.

Career 
After studying jurisprudence at the Central University of Venezuela, he graduated as LL. D. in criminology.  He is currently the professor for criminal law at the Universidad Santa María in Caracas and president of the Venezuelan Red Cross Society.  In 1987, he succeeded Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga as President of the International League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies from 1987 to 1997.  During his tenure, in November 1991, it was renamed the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.  He also functioned occasionally as the president of the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva.

References

External links 
Red Cross Biography

1947 births
Lawyers from Caracas
20th-century Venezuelan lawyers
Living people
Presidents of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Central University of Venezuela alumni
Universidad Santa María (Venezuela) alumni
Lander family
Academic staff of the Universidad Santa María (Venezuela)