<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Cathy Munoz </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Oscar Munoz (born January 1959) is an American businessman . He was named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United Airlines on September 8, 2015 . At the time of this appointment, Munoz had been serving as a member of the board of directors of parent company United Continental Holdings (UCH) since its formation with the 2010 merger between United and Continental . Munoz had been a member of Continental's board of directors since 2004 . </P> <P> In March 2017, Munoz was named "Communicator of the Year for 2017" by PRWeek . The following month Munoz received widespread criticism for his handling of the issues after a ticketed passenger was forcibly removed from United Airlines Flight 3411, leading Steve Barrett, Editor - in - chief of PRWeek US, to state "if PRWeek was choosing its Communicator of the Year now, we would not be awarding it to Oscar Munoz...In time, the episode and subsequent response will be quoted in textbooks as an example of how not to respond in a crisis ." Subsequently, on April 21, 2017, UCH announced that Munoz would remain chief executive officer of the airlines but would "not take broader control of the company as previously planned ." Munoz had been scheduled to assume the role of chairman of the board of UCH at the company's 2018 annual stockholders' meeting . </P>

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