Juan Mari Aburto

Juan María Aburto Rike (born 28 March 1961) is a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party. He was elected mayor of Bilbao in 2015.

Juan Mari Aburto
Mayor of Bilbao
Assumed office
13 June 2015
Preceded byIbon Areso
Personal details
Born
Juan María Aburto Rike

(1961-03-28) 28 March 1961
Bilbao, Spain
Political partyBasque Nationalist Party
EducationUniversity of Deusto
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Born in Bilbao, Aburto graduated in Law from the University of Deusto in 1984, and became a civil servant for the Provincial Deputation of Biscay in 1986.[1] In the early 1990s, he worked in the Basque Government under Interior Minister Juan María Atutxa.[2]

Returning to provincial politics, he was a deputy to provincial leader José Luis Bilbao from 2011 to 2012. In December that year he went back to the regional government, to be Minister of Employment and Social Policy.[2]

In October 2014, he was chosen as the PNV candidate for Bilbao's mayoral election in 2015.[3] He resigned from his ministry in February.[4] His party won 13 out of 29 seats and achieved a majority by forming a coalition with the Socialist Party (PSE-EE).[5]

Aburto won re-election in June 2019, forming the same coalition with 14 and 5 seats respectively and delegating four specific areas to the PSE.[6]

In April 2021, Aburto announced that he had cancer of the duodenum in the small intestine, having twice previously had the same diagnosis 13 and seven years earlier.[7]

References
  1. "Juan Mari Aburto" (in Spanish). Alumni Time. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. "Juan María Aburto, buen conocedor de las políticas sociales" [Juan María Aburto, someone who knows social policy very well] (in Spanish). EiTB. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  3. "Aburto será el candidato del PNV a la Alcaldía de Bilbao en las elecciones de 2015" [Aburto will be the PNV candidate for Mayor of Bilbao in the 2015 elections]. El Correo (in Spanish). 1 October 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  4. "El lehendakari agradece a Ángel Toña el compromiso adquirido y a Juan María Aburto su dedicación por la cohesión social y el empleo" [The Lehendakari thanks Ángel Toña for his new commitment and Juan María Aburto for his dedication to social cohesion and employment]. Irekia (in Spanish). 10 February 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. "Aburto (PNV), elegido alcalde de Bilbao con el apoyo del PSE" [Aburto (PNV), elected mayor of Bilbao with support from the PSE]. El Diario Vasco (in Spanish). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  6. "Aburto asume su segundo mandato en Bilbao con un acuerdo de gobierno cerrado con PSE, que gestionará cuatro áreas" [Aburto assumes his second mandate in Bilbao with a closed government agreement with the PSE, who will manage four areas] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  7. "El alcalde de Bilbao anuncia que vuelve a tener cáncer" [Mayor of Bilbao announces that he has cancer again]. ABC (in Spanish). 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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