Juan Espadas

Juan Espadas Cejas (born 30 September 1966) is a Spanish politician. He was the Minister of Housing and Planning for the Government of Andalusia from 2008 to 2010 and a senator from 2010 to 2013. Since June 2015, he has served as the mayor of Seville. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.[1][2]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Espadas and the second or maternal family name is Cejas.
Juan Espadas
Mayor of Seville
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Preceded byJuan Ignacio Zoido
Secretary-General of the Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia
Assumed office
23 July 2021
Preceded bySusana Díaz
Personal details
Born (1966-09-30) 30 September 1966
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Political partyPSOE-A
ResidenceSeville

Biography

Espadas was born in Seville and grew up in the Miraflores district. When he was 22, he graduated from the University of Seville with degree in Law. He also has a degree in Business Management from the Institute of San Telmo. He is married and has two children.[3]

Trajectory in the PSOE

In 1990 he began to collaborate with the PSOE as a sympathizer in the Environment sector group and participated in the expert groups for the drafting of the party's program for the regional elections. A year later, she wrote the Manual of the Environment Councillor for the municipal elections of 1991.

In 1997 he joined the PSOE and was appointed Federal Coordinator for the Environment, a responsibility he held until 2009. During this stage he worked with the teams of Joaquín Almunia and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero coordinating the sectorial policies of the environment and territorial planning.

In 2008 he participated in the laying of the foundation stone for 583 subsidized housing units (VPO), promoted by the Foundation for the Development of Southern Europe.[4]

On 26 March 2010, the 11 PSOE groups of Seville supported the proposal of the Provincial Executive Committee for the candidacy of Juan Espadas for the Mayor's Office of Seville in the 2011 municipal elections. The victory by absolute majority of the Popular Party candidate, Juan Ignacio Zoido, placed him as the leader of the main opposition party in the city council for 4 years. After the celebration of elections in 2015 he achieved the mayorship after a pact between the PSOE, Izquierda Unida and Participa Sevilla. 15 June 2019, in the Plenary of the Constitution of the Municipal Corporation, he was re-elected Mayor of Seville thanks to the 13 votes of the socialist councillors.[4]

References
  1. Barba, Eduardo (3 December 2010). "La mujer de Espadas, una de las beneficiadas del "funcionariazo" de Griñán". ABC de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. Espina, José Gallego (15 June 2015). "Espadas se marca como prioridad el "rescate ciudadano" de Sevilla". El Correo de Andalucía (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. Espadas, Juan (6 June 2010). "¿Quién es Juan Espadas?". Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. Kennedy, Paul (1 November 2015), "The PSOE in opposition, 1996–2004", The Spanish Socialist Party and the modernisation of Spain, Manchester University Press, doi:10.7765/9781526102898.00013, ISBN 978-1-5261-0289-8
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