Juan Espadas

{{short description|Spanish politician (born 1966)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{family name hatnote|Espadas|Cejas|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Juan Espadas 2015b (cropped).jpg | name = Juan Espadas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|09|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Seville]], [[Andalusia]], Spain | party = [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia|PSOE-A]] | office1 = [[Seville|Mayor of Seville]] | term_start1 = 13 June 2015 | term_end1 = 3 January 2022 | predecessor1 = [[Juan Ignacio Zoido]] | successor1 = [[Antonio Muñoz (Spanish politician)|Antonio Muñoz]] | office = Secretary-General of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia|Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia]] | term_start = 23 July 2021 | term_end = 22 February 2025 | predecessor = [[Susana Díaz]] | successor = [[María Jesús Montero]] | office2 = [[Regional Government of Andalusia|Councillor of Housing and Planning of Andalusia]] | term_start2 = 23 April 2008 | term_end2 = 22 March 2010 | predecessor2 = [[Luis García Garrido]] | successor2 = [[Rosa Aguilar]] | president2 = [[Manuel Chaves (politician)|Manuel Chaves]] (2008-2009) [[José Antonio Griñán]] (2009-2010) | office3 = [[Spanish Senate|Member of the Senate]] | constituency3 = [[Andalusia]] | term_start3 = 21 December 2021 | term_start4 = 27 October 2010 | term_end4 = 9 September 2013 | constituency4 = [[Andalusia]] | office6 = [[Seville City Council|Member of the Seville City Council]] | term_start6 = 11 June 2011 | term_end6 = 3 January 2022 }} '''Juan Espadas Cejas''' (born 30 September 1966) is a Spanish politician of the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://sevilla.abc.es/20101203/sevilla/mujer-espadas-beneficiadas-funcionariazo-201012022140.html|title = La mujer de Espadas, una de las beneficiadas del "funcionariazo" de Griñán|date = December 3, 2010|accessdate = September 7, 2015|website = ABC de Sevilla|publisher = |last = Barba|first = Eduardo|language = Spanish}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://elcorreoweb.es/sevilla/espadas-se-marca-como-prioridad-el-rescate-ciudadano-de-sevilla-AD476046|title = Espadas se marca como prioridad el "rescate ciudadano" de Sevilla|date = June 15, 2015|accessdate = September 7, 2015|website = El Correo de Andalucía|publisher = |last = Espina|first = José Gallego|language = Spanish}}</ref> He was the Minister of Housing and Planning for the [[Regional Government of Andalusia|Government of Andalusia]] from 2008 to 2010 and a senator from 2010 to 2013. From June 2015 to January 2022, he has served as the mayor of [[Seville]]. He became his party's Secretary General in Andalusia in July 2021.

==Biography== Espadas was born in Seville and grew up in the Miraflores district. When he was 22, he graduated from the [[University of Seville]] with degree in Law. He also has a degree in Business Management from the Institute of San Telmo. He is married and has two children.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.diariodesevilla.es/article/opinion/716373/quien/es/juan/espadas.html|title = ¿Quién es Juan Espadas?|date = June 6, 2010|accessdate = September 7, 2015|website = Diario de Sevilla|publisher = |last = Espadas|first = Juan|language = Spanish}}</ref>

In 1990 he began to collaborate with the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) as a sympathizer in the Environment sector group and participated in the expert groups for the drafting of the party's program for the regional elections. A year later, he wrote the Manual of the Environment Councillor for the municipal elections of 1991.

In 1997 he joined the PSOE and was appointed Federal Coordinator for the Environment, a responsibility he held until 2009. During this stage he worked with the teams of [[Joaquín Almunia]] and [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]] coordinating the sectorial policies of the environment and territorial planning.

In 2008 he participated in the laying of the foundation stone for 583 subsidized housing units (VPO), promoted by the Foundation for the Development of Southern Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Kennedy|first=Paul|title=The PSOE in opposition, 1996–2004|date=2015-11-01|work=The Spanish Socialist Party and the modernisation of Spain|publisher=Manchester University Press|doi=10.7765/9781526102898.00013|isbn=978-1-5261-0289-8}}</ref>

On 26 March 2010, the 11 PSOE groups of Seville supported Espadas's candidacy for mayor of Seville in the [[2011 Seville City Council election|2011 election]]. The victory by absolute majority of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] candidate, [[Juan Ignacio Zoido]], placed Espadas as the leader of the main opposition party in the city council for four years. After the [[2019 Seville City Council election|2015 election]] he became mayor through a pact between the PSOE, [[United Left (Spain)|United Left]] and Participa Sevilla. On 15 June 2019, he was re-elected thanks to the 13 votes of the Socialist councillors.<ref name=":0" />

In July 2021, Espadas became the new Secretary General of the PSOE in Andalusia, defeating incumbent [[Susana Díaz]] with 55% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Juan Espadas, proclamado nuevo secretario general del PSOE de Andalucía |url=https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/nacional/juan-espadas-proclamado-nuevo-secretario-general-psoe-andalucia_2021072360faa908481ef900018a27a4.html |access-date=14 January 2022 |publisher=La Sexta |date=23 July 2021 |language=Spanish}}</ref> He resigned as mayor and city councillor at the start of 2022 to concentrate on his new role, whereby he would be their lead candidate in the [[2022 Andalusian regional election|regional election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barba |first1=E. |title=Juan Espadas anuncia que se va en enero y que su relevo en la Alcaldía de Sevilla es Antonio Muñoz |url=https://sevilla.abc.es/sevilla/sevi-juan-espadas-anuncia-y-relevo-alcaldia-sevilla-antonio-munoz-202112141208_noticia.html |access-date=14 January 2022 |work=ABC |date=14 December 2021 |language=Spanish}}</ref>

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