Antonio Muñoz (Spanish politician)

Antonio Muñoz Martínez (born 29 October 1959) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He has been a city councillor in Seville since 2011 and the city's mayor from 2022 to 2023.

Antonio Muñoz
Mayor of Seville
In office
3 January 2022 – 17 June 2023
Preceded byJuan Espadas
Member of the Seville City Council
Assumed office
11 June 2011
Personal details
Born (1959-10-29) 29 October 1959
La Rinconada, Andalusia, Spain
Political partyPSOE-A
ResidenceSeville

Biography

Born in La Rinconada, Province of Seville, Muñoz relocated to Barcelona at the age of 3 due to his father's construction work. His father was then transferred back to Andalusia, taking the family to Fuengirola; he had a brief time back in La Rinconada due to his mother's illness. He graduated in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Málaga,[1] where he began to affiliate with left-wing politics, joining the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) in 1983. He was elected the same year to the city council in La Rinconada, where he remained for eight years.[2]

Muñoz gained a Master of Business Administration degree from the San Telmo Business School, also in Málaga, and became director general of Tourism Planning for the Regional Government of Andalusia. In 2011, he was elected to Seville's city council as sixth on the PSOE's list, and became an assistant spokesman for the party group.[3] As the councillor for Urban Space, Culture and Tourism, he worked to attract events to Seville including the Goya Awards, the Michelin Awards, the MTV Europe Music Awards and a visit by Barack Obama.[2][1]

In June 2021, mayor Juan Espadas became the PSOE candidate for President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, resigning his local office in December. On 3 January 2022, Muñoz was invested as mayor.[4]

The PSOE were defeated in the 2023 Seville City Council election, with José Luis Sanz of the People's Party becoming mayor. Muñoz continued as his party's spokesman in the council.[5] This was attributed to the unpopularity of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.[6]

In the 2023 Spanish general election. he was elected to the 15th Senate of Spain from Seville.[7]

Personal life

Muñoz is openly gay. As of January 2022, he had been in a relationship with the novelist Fernando Repiso for over twenty years.[2]

References
  1. Guzmán, María José (19 December 2021). "Sevilla enseña su cara más internacional" [Sevilla shows its most international face]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. García Romero, Ana (9 January 2022). "Antonio Muñoz, el nuevo alcalde de Sevilla: moderno, fan de 'El último tango en París' y pareja de un escritor" [Antonio Muñoz, the new mayor of Seville: modern, fan of 'Last Tango in Paris' and partner of a writer]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. Navarro Antolín, Carlos (10 June 2011). "Alberto Moriña y Antonio Muñoz serán los portavoces adjuntos del PSOE" [Alberto Moriña and Antonio Muñoz will be the PSOE's assistant spokesmen]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. "Antonio Muñoz asume la alcaldía prometiendo "un salto de modernidad" para Sevilla" [Antonio Muñoz assumes the mayoralty promising "a leap of modernity" for Seville] (in Spanish). Canal Sur. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. "Antonio Muñoz seguirá en el Ayuntamiento como portavoz: "Lo que toca es seguir defendiendo los intereses de Sevilla"" [Antonio Muñoz will continue in the City Council as spokesman: "What we have to do is to carry on defending Seville's interests"] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  6. "Spain's Socialists have a Sánchez problem". POLITICO. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
  7. España, Senado de. "Senator Details | MUÑOZ MARTÍNEZ, ANTONIO | Spanish Senate". www.senado.es. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
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