Francisco de la Torre (politician)
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Francisco de la Torre | |
|---|---|
_10.09.06_Macri_visita_al_alcalde_de_Málaga.jpg) De la Torre in 2010 | |
| Mayor of Málaga | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Celia Villalobos |
| Senator | |
| In office 13 December 2011 – 20 June 2014 | |
| Constituency | Málaga |
| Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
| In office 22 July 1977 – 28 October 1982 | |
| Constituency | Málaga |
| President of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga | |
| In office 18 February 1971 – 18 February 1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1942 (age 82) Málaga, Andalusia, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party (PP) |
Francisco de la Torre Prados (born 21 December 1942)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician who has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000. He has also been president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga (1971–1975), a member of the Congress of Deputies (1977–1982) and Senate (2011–2014).
He began his political career in 1971 as president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga, being dismissed in 1975 by the Francoist government for his liberal views. He served in the Congress of Deputies as a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre, and was elected to Málaga City Council in 1995. He was part of the local government of Celia Villalobos and succeeded her as mayor in 2000.
De la Torre has won six local elections, though in 2015 and 2019 his party needed support from Citizens to form a majority in the city hall. He has been awarded the Legion of Honour by France, the Medal of Pushkin by Russia, and is an honorary member of the Order of the British Empire.
Born in Málaga, De la Torre graduated in Sociology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, earned a doctorate in Agronomic Engineering from the University of Madrid, and graduated in Regional Development from the University of Rennes in France.[2] In 1971, aged 28, he was appointed president of the Provincial Deputation of Málaga under the Francoist dictatorship, and was dismissed in 1975 due to his liberal views.[2]
In 1977, in the first democratic elections after the end of the dictatorship, De la Torre was elected to the Congress of Deputies for the Union of the Democratic Centre, where he remained until 1982.[2] From May 1978 to June 1979 he was Advisor for Economy and Finance in the nascent Junta of Andalusia.[2]
