City Council of Pontevedra

The City Council of Pontevedra (Galician: Concello de Pontevedra; Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Pontevedra) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Pontevedra, Spain. The current Mayor of Pontevedra is Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, in office since 4 July 1999.

City Council of Pontevedra
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Type
Type
Leadership
Structure
Political groups
Government (14)
  •   BNG (9)
  •   PSdeG–PSOE (5)

Opposition (11)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
28 May 2023
Next election
May 2027
Meeting place
Principal Theatre
Website
www.pontevedra.gal

The City Council is composed by three bodies: the Mayor who leads the City Council; the executive branch, the Governing Council, composed by the Mayor and the councillors appointed by him; and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Pontevedra. The Mayor is elected by the members of the plenary among its members the day the new municipal corporation is formed after the local election.

Since 1880, the City Council is headquartered at the Pontevedra City Hall.[1] Since 2010, its central administrative services are housed in the Michelena 30 building.[2] Also since 2010, and during a comprehensive reform of the City Hall, the council plenary sessions are held in the Principal Theatre.[3]

Local Elections
Results of recent municipal elections in Pontevedra[4]
Party 2023 2019 2015 2011 2007
%VotesSeats%VotesSeats%VotesSeats%VotesSeats%VotesSeats
Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) 31.3713 0009 39.7916 50011 43.0817 05012 39.2517 13011  28.26 12 4127
People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG) 38.8516 09611 30.0012 4409 27.1010 7257 39.5217 24411 44.1519 38712
Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE) 17.717 3405 13.985 7974 10.814 2773 13.305 8033 22.339 8076
Citizens (Cs) 0.95396- 5.172 1421 5.73 2 2681 --- -  --
Marea Pontevedra (MA.PO)-United Left (EU) --- 3.601 492- 8.14 3 2222 1.63712- 1.35  594-

Mayors

On 3 April 1979, the City Council was reconstituted as a democratic entity, with the first democratic elections during the Spanish transition to democracy. The Mayors since then are:[5]

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
Term Mayor Political Party
1979–1983 José Rivas Fontán Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD)
1983–1987 José Rivas Fontán People's Alliance (AP)
1987–1991 José Rivas Fontán Independientes de Galicia
1991–1995 Francisco Javier Cobián Salgado People's Party of Galicia (PPdeG)
1995–1999 Juan Luis Pedrosa Fernández Partido Popular de Galicia (PPdeG)
1999–2003 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2003–2007 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2007–2011 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2011–2015 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2015–2019 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2019–2023 Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)
2023– Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG)

See also

References
  1. "The Town Hall faces its second comprehensive reform in 129 years of history". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. "Revealed secrets of Michelena 30, the headquarters of the City Council of Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. "The municipal plenary sessions will return to the Teatro Principal on September 19". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. "Results of the municipal elections in Pontevedra". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  5. "Corporations since 1979". Concello de Pontevedra (in Galician). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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