{{Short description|Spanish politician (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{family name hatnote|Botella|Serrano|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ana Botella | image = Ana Botella 2015b (cropped).jpg | caption = Botella in 2015 | office = Mayor of Madrid | term_start = 27 December 2011 | term_end = 13 June 2015 | deputy1 = | predecessor = Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón<br />Manuel Cobo ''(interim)'' | successor = Manuela Carmena | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|7|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Madrid, Spain | party = People's Alliance {{small|(1978–1989)}}<br />People's Party {{Small|(since 1989)}} | spouse = {{marriage|José María Aznar|1977}} | children = 3 | alma_mater = Complutense University of Madrid | profession = {{hlist|Civil servant|politician}} | signature = Firma de Ana Botella.svg }} '''Ana María Botella Serrano''' (born 23 July 1953) is a Spanish People's Party politician who served as the Mayor of Madrid, the capital city of Spain, from the end of 2011 until 2015 and the wife of Prime Minister José María Aznar. She was the first woman to hold the title of mayor of Madrid.
==Early life == Botella was born in Madrid on 23 July 1953.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Cuadernos de Ayala|year=2003|last=Ceballos-Escalera y Gila|url=http://cuadernosdeayala.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Cuadernos-de-Ayala-013.pdf|title=La familia de José María Aznar. Presidente del Gobierno (notas para una genealogía aragonesa y navarra)|pages=7–11|issn=1576-2068|location=Madrid|publisher=Federación Española de Genealogía, Heráldica y Ciencias Históricas|access-date=30 October 2018|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029092248/http://cuadernosdeayala.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Cuadernos-de-Ayala-013.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> She took her primary education at the Colegio Irlandesas Madrid, associated with the Congregation of Jesus.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=El Plural|url=https://www.elplural.com/politica/el-poder-femenino-en-madrid-del-clan-de-las-irlandesas-botella-la-black-cafranga-la-mujer-de-gonzalez_32685102|title=El poder femenino en Madrid del 'clan de las irlandesas': Botella, la 'black' Cafranga, la mujer de González...|date=16 February 2015}}</ref> She then studied law at Complutense University of Madrid. After graduating, she passed a public examination to the Corps of Civil Administrators of the State,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/12/21/madrid/1324491502.html|date=21 December 2011|journal=El Mundo|title=La hora de la ex primera dama|first=Jaime G.|last=Treceño}}</ref>
==Early political career== Botella joined the People's Alliance in 1978.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/11/07/madrid/1036680063.html|journal=El Mundo|date=9 January 2003|title=Con marcado perfil social}}</ref> She served for 14 years as civil servant in the Ministry of the Interior, the Civil Governance of Logroño, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Finance in Valladolid.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=El Mundo|date=21 December 2011|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/12/21/madrid/1324491502.html|title=La hora de la ex primera damafirst=Jaime G.|last=Treceño}}</ref>
[[File:José María Aznar ofrece un almuerzo a dos académicos que han recibido el premio Príncipe de Asturias de Comunicación y Humanidades. Pool Moncloa. 17 de mayo de 1996.jpeg|thumb|left|Botella in 1996 in La Moncloa]]
==Politics of Madrid== thumb|left|In April 2013 before a plenary meeting of the city council Botella served on the Madrid City Council from 2003 to 2011. During her terms, she served as deputy mayor to Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón and oversaw the Departments of Social Services (2003-2007) and Environment (2007-2011).<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/242305/0/gallardon/gobierno/botella/ Ana Botella será la nueva concejala de Medio Ambiente de Madrid] ''20minutos''</ref> She was criticized for failure to tackle Madrid's air pollution which frequently exceeded permitted levels while she was responsible for the city's environment.<ref>Sarah Rainsford (2011), [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12393803 "Madrid in smog warning to commuters"]</ref> Botella was an outspoken climate change denier.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.com/ana-botella-deeply-unpopular-madrid-mayor-study-political-falls-grace-911908 Ana Botella, Deeply Unpopular Madrid Mayor, A Study In Political Falls From Grace]</ref>
In September 2013, Botella garnered national attention following embarrassing and nonsensical comments made in broken English during Madrid's push to host the 2020 Summer Olympics, which derailed what was otherwise a highly respected bid and turned her into a popular meme.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/relaxing-ana-botella-meteduras-time_1_5124239.html | title=El 'relaxing cup of café con leche' de Ana Botella, una de las meteduras de pata del año para 'Time' | date=12 December 2013 }}</ref>
When Ruiz-Gallardón resigned to become the Justice Minister in Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government, Botella became mayor on 27 December 2011. On 9 September 2014, Botella announced that she would not run for re-election in the May 2015 elections.<ref>[http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/09/09/inenglish/1410277593_497642.html May 2015 elections for mayor]</ref>
==Personal life== Botella married future Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar in 1977.<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=El País|url=http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2012/03/16/actualidad/1331931950_462992.html|date=16 March 2012|title=Incógnita Botella|first=Joseba|last=Elola}}</ref> The couple has three children: José María, Ana, and Alonso. Their daughter married businessman Alejandro Agag at the royal site of El Escorial on 5 September 2002.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2239721.stm "In pictures: Aznar's daughter marries"] 2002 report, BBC</ref> Ana Botella has four grandchildren by her daughter.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
== Electoral history == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;margin:1em auto;" |+ Electoral history of Ana Botella ! scope="col"| Election ! scope="col"| List ! scope="col"| Constituency ! scope="col"| List position ! scope="col"| Result |- | Madrid local election, 2003 | align=center | PP | align=center | - | align=center | 3rd (out of 55)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Boletin_BOCM/20030429_B/10000.PDF|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|issue=100|date=29 April 2003|title=Madrid. Candidaturas proclamadas|pages=213–221|issn=1989-4791}}</ref> | align=center | '''Elected''' |- | Madrid local election, 2007 | align=center | PP | align=center | - | align=center | 2nd (out of 57)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://w3.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Boletin_BOCM/20070501_B/10200.pdf|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|issue= 162|date=1 May 2007|title=Zona de Madrid. Candidaturas proclamadas|pages=254–280|issn=1989-4791}}</ref> | align=center | '''Elected''' |- | Madrid local election, 2011 | align=center | PP | align=center | - | align=center | 2nd (out of 57)<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.bocm.es/boletin/CM_Orden_BOCM/2011/04/26/BOCM-20110426-42.PDF|journal=Boletín Oficial de la Comunidad de Madrid|issue=97|date=26 April 2011|title=Madrod. Elecciones Locales 2011. Candidaturas proclamadas|pages=412–437|issn=1989-4791}}</ref> | align=center | '''Elected''' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== *Botella, Ana. ''Mis ocho años en La Moncloa''
{{Commons category|Ana Botella}}
{{s-start}} {{s-hon}} {{s-bef|before=Carmen Romero López}} {{s-ttl|title=Spouse of the Prime Minister of Spain|years=1996–2004}} {{s-aft|after=Sonsoles Espinosa}} {{s-off}} {{succession box| title=Mayor of Madrid| before=Manuel Cobo <br /> {{Small|Acting}}| after=Manuela Carmena| years=2011–2015}} {{s-end}}
{{Mayors of Madrid}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Botella, Ana}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Mayors of Madrid Category:Women mayors of places in Spain Category:Spouses of prime ministers of Spain Category:People's Party (Spain) politicians Category:Spanish Roman Catholics Category:Madrid city councillors (2011–2015) Category:Madrid city councillors (2007–2011) Category:Madrid city councillors (2003–2007) Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni