{{Short description|Filipino sports executive (born 1959)}} {{use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Ramon Suzara | image = SEA Men’s Volleyball League Tats Suzara (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Suzara in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|08|31}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ramon Suzara elected new AVC President |url=https://asianvolleyball.net/new/ramon-suzara-elected-new-avc-president |publisher=Asian Volleyball Confederation |access-date=18 September 2025 |date=30 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Happiest Birthday Ramon "Tats" Suzara |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DOAkFzTk3J_ |website=Alas Pilipinas Volley |publisher=Philippine National Volleyball Federation |access-date=18 September 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250918075908/https://www.instagram.com/p/DOAkFzTk3J_/ |archive-date=18 September 2025 |date=31 August 2025|via=Instagram}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Tats | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma mater = | occupation = Sports executive | years_active = | spouse = }} '''Ramon Tatum Suzara'''<ref name="oca">{{cite web |title=Ramon Tatum Suzara |url=https://oca.asia/members/795-ramon-tatum-suzara.html |publisher=Olympic Council of Asia |access-date=18 September 2025}}</ref> (born August 31, 1959), also known as '''Tats Suzara''', is a Filipino sports executive who serves as the president of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) and was president of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) from 2021 to 2025.
==Career== Suzara was secretary general of the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association (PAVA) in the 1980s.<ref name="mbi-time-for-us">{{cite news |last1=Pedralvez |first1=Bong |title=Suzara: It's time for us to serve volleyball |url=https://malaya.com.ph/news_sports/suzara-its-time-for-us-to-serve-volleyball/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=Malaya Business Insight |date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Henson |first1=Joaquin |title=Suzara eyes repeat of '93 |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2022/08/12/2202128/suzara-eyes-repeat-93 |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
In January 2023, Suzara would be named as president of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villar |first1=Joey |title=Suzara now at helm of Philippine volleyball |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2021/01/26/2072984/suzara-now-helm-philippine-volleyball |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=26 January 2021}}</ref> He would be recreated in January 2023.<ref name="reelected">{{cite news |title=Tats Suzara reelected PNVF president, Cayetano named chairman emeritus |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/volleyball/857805/tats-suzara-reelected-pnvf-president-cayetano-named-chairman-emeritus/story/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=GMA News |date=18 January 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
He was the founding member of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) which was established in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flores |first1=Migs |title=PSL files theft complaint against Tats Suzara, Don Caringal |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/psl-files-theft-complaint-tats-suzara-don-caringal/121865 |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=19 July 2018}}</ref> He served as PSL president until May 2018 when he resigned after he was alleged to have committed qualified theft.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lozada |first1=Mei-Lin |title=Former PSL chief Tats Suzara denies 'malicious' theft accusations |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/super-liga/former-psl-chief-tats-suzara-denies-malicious-theft-accusations-a796-20180719 |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=19 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
Suzara was elected to a four-year term as president of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) on August 30, 2024. He outbested Ali Ghanim Al-Kuwari of Qatar.<ref>{{cite news |title=PNVF chief Tats Suzara voted AVC president |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/582699/pnvf-chief-tats-suzara-voted-avc-president |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=30 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tats Suzara elected president of AVC |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/tats-suzara-elected-president-of-avc/310825 |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=30 August 2024}}</ref> Among his pledges are the creation of an AVC Champions' League, establishment of an athletes' commission, the creation of a new and permanent AVC headquarters in Bangkok.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suzara wants constant rise in rankings for Philippine volleyball squads |url=https://qa.philstar.com/sports/2024/09/10/2384283/suzara-wants-constant-rise-rankings-philippine-volleyball-squads |access-date=10 September 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
He was PNVF president, when the Philippines hosted the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=John Mark |title=Tats Suzara defends hosting of FIVB Worlds amid criticism |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/suzara-blasts-media-s-negative-fivb-worlds-coverage-a5172-20250917 |access-date=18 September 2025 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=17 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> He was replaced by Tonyboy Liao after he lost in an election held on November 21, 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=John Mark |title=Tats Suzara out of PNVF asTats Suzara out of PNVF as PVL's Tony Boy Liao elected new president PVL's Tony Boy Liao elected new president |url=https://www.spin.ph/volleyball/tats-suzara-out-of-pnvf-as-tony-boy-liao-elected-new-president-a5172-20251121 |access-date=21 November 2025 |work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines |date=21 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Agcaoili |first1=Lance |title=Tonyboy Liao named new PNVF president, replacing Tats Suzara |url=https://sports.inquirer.net/649248/tony-boy-liao-named-new-pnvf-president-replacing-suzara |access-date=21 November 2025 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=21 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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