caption predecessor successor children birth_place nationality relatives office parents birth_date term_start residence spouse image article_title term_end name
max mosley in 1969 jean-marie balestre jean todt alexander -lrb- deceased -rrb- , patrick london , england , united kingdom british brother : alexander president of fédération internationale de l'automobile sir oswald mosley diana , lady mosley 13 april 1940 23 october 1993 monaco jean taylor -lrb- 1960 -- present -rrb- max mosley in 1969.jpg max mosley
 23 october 2009 max mosley
max mosley

max rufus mosley -lrb- born 13 april 1940 -rrb- is the former president of the fédération internationale de l'automobile -lrb- fia -rrb- , a non-profit association that represents the interests of motoring organisations and car users worldwide .
the fia is also the governing body for formula one and other international motorsports .
a qualified barrister and former amateur racing driver , mosley was a founder and co-owner of march engineering , a successful racing car constructor and formula one racing team .
he dealt with legal and commercial matters for the company between 1969 and 1977 and became its representative at the formula one constructors ' association -lrb- foca -rrb- , the body that represents formula one constructors .
together with bernie ecclestone , he represented foca at the fia and in its dealings with race organisers .
in 1978 , mosley became the official legal adviser to foca .
in this role he and marco piccinini negotiated the first version of the concorde agreement , which settled a long-standing dispute between foca and the fédération internationale du sport automobile -lrb- fisa -rrb- , a commission of the fia and the then governing body of formula one .
mosley was elected president of fisa in 1991 and became president of the fia , fisa 's parent body , in 1993 .
mosley identified his major achievement as fia president as the promotion of the european new car assessment programme -lrb- euro ncap or encap -rrb- .
he has also promoted increased safety and the use of green technologies in motor racing .
in 2008 , stories about his sex life appeared in the british press , along with unfounded allegations regarding nazi connotations .
mosley successfully sued the newspaper that published the allegations and maintained his position as fia president .
he stood down at the end of his term in 2009 and was replaced by his preferred successor , jean todt .
mosley is the youngest son of sir oswald mosley , former leader of the british union of fascists -lrb- buf -rrb- , and diana mitford .
he was educated in france , germany and britain before going on to attend university at christ church , oxford , where he graduated with a degree in physics .
he then changed to law and was called to the bar in 1964 .
in his teens and early twenties mosley was involved with his father 's post-war political party , the union movement -lrb- um -rrb- .
he has said that the association of his surname with fascism stopped him from developing his interest in politics further , although he briefly worked for the conservative party in the early 1980s .
