Horacio Muratore

Horacio Muratore, 74, died on July 25, 2026. Horacio Muratore was known publicly as an Argentine basketball executive and president of the International Basketball Federation (2014–2019). The president of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) from 2014 to 2019, Muratore started his career in basketball at the Tucumán BB club, where his father worked. Though he briefly left the club, he returned and in 1983 was made their president. He worked as the club's president until 1992, when he was elected president of the Argentine Basketball Confederation. His tenure as president coincided with what was termed the beginning of the Golden generation of Argentine basketball; he left the confederation in 2008 and, in 2009, was made president of FIBA Americas. The next year, he became vice president of FIBA and, in 2014, was elected president of the organation: the first and only Argentine to hold the role. Public biographical listings identify Muratore as an Argentine basketball executive. Muratore was also associated with president of the International Basketball Federation (2014–2019). This public record remains centered on Muratore's work as an Argentine basketball executive and president of the International Basketball Federation (2014–2019) and the documented milestones of that career.