Bruno García (politician)

Bruno García de León (born 14 July 1979)^[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was elected mayor of Cádiz in 2023. He had previously been a councillor in the same city (2007–2019) and a member of the Parliament of Andalusia (2019–).

Biography

García was born in Jerez de la Frontera and grew up in his father's hometown of Sanlúcar de Barrameda in the Bay of Cádiz. As a child, he watched television broadcasts of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. He graduated in law from the Complutense University of Madrid.^[1]

García was first elected to Cádiz City Hall in 2007, serving as the councillor responsible for tourism in the People's Party (PP) government of mayor Teófila Martínez; from 2011 his responsibilities expanded to economic development. From 2015, he sat in the opposition as the left-wing mayor José María González Santos "Kichi" presided.^[2]

In the 2018 Andalusian regional election, García was fifth on the PP's list in the Cádiz constituency, from which three were elected.^[3] In February 2019, he took the seat vacated by his cousin Ana Mestre who became the delegate of the Regional Government of Andalusia in the province.^[4] In April 2021, he succeeded her as leader of the PP in the province.^[5]

In the 2022 Andalusian regional election, García was re-elected as number two behind Mestre on the PP list in Cádiz.^[6] In January 2023, he was confirmed as the party's candidate for mayor of Cádiz in the May local elections.^[7] He recovered the city for his party after eight years in opposition, gaining eight seats to take 14 of 27 available.^[8]

References

1. Landi, José (20 May 2023). "Bruno García: "Ya era como soy antes de Juanma Moreno, no me he vuelto así de repente"" [Bruno García: "I was already how I am now before Juanma Moreno, I didn't suddenly become like this"] (in Spanish). La Voz del Sur. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
2. "El parlamentario andaluz Bruno García será el candidato del PP a la Alcaldía de Cádiz" [Member of the Parliament of Andalusia Bruno García will be the PP candidate for Mayor of Cádiz]. Nius (in Spanish). Europa Press. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
3. "Los 109 diputados electos al Parlamento andaluz de la undécima legislatura" [The 109 deputies elected to the eleventh legislature of the Parliament of Andalusia] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
4. "Bruno García sustituye a Ana Mestre en el Parlamento de Andalucía" [Bruno García replaces Ana Mestre in the Parliament of Andalusia] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
5. Marqués Perales, Juan Manuel (8 April 2021). "Bruno García presidirá el PP de Cádiz, y Erik Domínguez, el de Jaén" [Bruno García will be the president of the Cádiz PP, and Erik Domínguez, Jaén's]. Diario de Sevilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
6. "Estos son los parlamentarios jerezanos elegidos en estas elecciones andaluzas" [These are the members of parliament from Jerez elected in these Andalusian elections]. Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
7. "El jerezano Bruno García será el candidato del PP a la Alcaldía de Cádiz" [Jerez-born Bruno García will be the PP candidate for Mayor of Cádiz] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
8. Álvarez, Jaime (29 May 2023). "El PP recupera Cádiz: Bruno García será alcalde con mayoría absoluta" [PP recover Cádiz: Bruno García will be mayor with absolute majority] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. Retrieved 11 June 2023.