Luis Partida

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Jose Luis Partida Brunete (born 6 September 1946) is a Spanish People's Party politician. He has been the mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada in the Community of Madrid since the first democratic elections in 1979.[1] He was also a member of the Assembly of Madrid from 1987 to 2004.[2]

Biography[]

Partida was working in a bank when at the age of 32, he was elected as mayor representing the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). He continued with his profession until being elected to the Assembly in 1987.[3] His town lacked a primary school when he was elected, and his first act was to create one; by 2019 there were eight.[1] Over the course of his years, two universities (Alfonso X El Sabio University and Universidad Camilo José Cela) were founded, as well as an water park and the European Space Astronomy Centre.[4]

In 2007, Partida appeared voluntarily before a court that was investigating him for an alleged role in the Caso Porto. It was alleged that he used access to the regional minister for city planning, , in order to process planning in Villanueva from which his wife profited.[5] By 2011, the investigation into abuse of power had been dropped.[6]

Partida's party received 70% of the vote in the 2007 elections.[7] After the 2019 elections, he was one of only 31 mayors to have been elected all 11 times since 1979; his town of 23,000 was by far the largest of those.[8]

As of 2019, he had five children and four grandchildren.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Luis Partida, 40 años de alcalde en Villanueva de la Cañada: "Mi despacho está en la calle"" [Luis Partida, 40 years as mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada: "My office is in the street"] (in Spanish). Telemadrid. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Luis Manuel Partida Brunete" (in Spanish). Assembly of Madrid. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Luis Partida, el único alcalde de la democracia en Villanueva de la Cañada" [Luis Partida, the only democratic mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ^ Bécares, Roberto (3 April 2019). "Luis Partida, 40 años con el despacho de alcalde en la calle" [Luis Partida, 40 years with the mayor's office in the street]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ "El alcalde de Villanueva de la Cañada se ofrece para esclarecer el «caso Porto»" [Mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada offers to clarify the "Caso Porto"]. ABC (in Spanish). 3 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ Bécares, Roberto (28 April 2011). "Los imputados 'por tonterías' de Aguirre" [The people Aguirre considers indicted 'for stupidity']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Toda una vida (30 años) como alcalde" [A lifetime (30 years) as mayor]. ABC (in Spanish). 30 April 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Los municipios españoles que se resisten a cambiar de alcalde" [The Spanish municipalities that resist changing mayor]. El Economista (in Spanish). EFE. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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