Mayor-President of Ceuta

{{Infobox Political post |post = Mayor-President |body = Ceuta |insignia = Flag Ceuta.svg |insigniasize = 125px |insigniacaption = Flag of Ceuta |image = Juan Jesús Vivas en la Convención Nacional del Partido Popular (enero de 2011).jpg |imagesize = 165px |incumbent = [[Juan Jesús Vivas]] |incumbentsince = 8 February 2001 |appointer = [[Monarchy of Spain|The Monarch]] |appointer_qualified = [[Countersign (legal)|countersigned]] by the [[Prime Minister of Spain|Prime Minister]] |residence = |termlength = Four years; no limit. |formation = 19 June 1995 |inaugural = [[Basilio Fernández López]] |website = |nominator=[[Assembly of Ceuta]]|style=[[The Most Excellent]]}} The '''Mayor-President of the Autonomous City of Ceuta''' ({{langx|es|Alcalde-Presidente de la Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta}}) or simply the '''President of Ceuta''', is the highest political position of the [[Autonomous city of Spain|Autonomous City]] of [[Ceuta]]. Due to the special status of the [[Spain|Spanish]] autonomous cities, the president is also the mayor of the city, and as such the mayor-president acts as the [[head of government]] and as the [[Speaker (politics)|presiding officer]] of the [[Assembly of Ceuta]], the legislative branch of the city.

The current and 4th Mayor-President of Ceuta is [[Juan Jesús Vivas]] of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], who has held the office since 8 February 2001. Prior to June 1995, when the enclave's [[Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta|Statute of Autonomy]] was passed, the city was part of [[Province of Cádiz]], although the position of mayor already existed.

== Duties and powers == The mayor-president has the responsibility to lead the government; appoint the government members; represent the city; convene and preside over the sessions of the Plenary;<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ceuta.es/ceuta/la-institucion/estatuto-de-autonomia/45-paginas/paginas/estatuto-de-autonomia/7-titulo-i-de-la-organizacion-institucional-de-la-ciudad-de-ceuta|title=Título I. De la Organización Institucional de la Ciudad de Ceuta}}</ref> design, develop and execute the powers entrusted to the autonomous cities by the [[Constitution of Spain|Constitution]]; dictate regulations; execute the budget; head the civil service and hire, fire or sanction the personnel at its service; head the local police; lead the urban planning; exercise all judicial actions to defend the interests of the city; and adopt all necessary measures in case of catastrophe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-5392|title=1985 Local Regime Bases Act|website=www.boe.es|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref>

== Election == The election system follows the general guidelines of all mayoral elections. The citizens vote for the local assemblies or councils on the basis of [[universal suffrage]], with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor-president is in turn elected by the plenary [[Assembly of Ceuta]], with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate is to gather an absolute majority of votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1985-11672|title=1985 General Electoral Regime Organic Act|website=www.boe.es|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref>

=== Cessation === The general cases of cessation are death, incapacitation or resignation.

As in the regional or State governments, the mayor-president can be removed by a [[Vote of no-confidence|vote of no confidence]] approved by the majority of the local assembly. This motion necessarily needs to proposed an alternative candidate, being a [[constructive vote of no confidence]].<ref name=":1" />

The mayor-president itself can also propose a [[Vote of Confidence|vote of confidence]] in order to pass a relevant legislation and if the mayor-president fails to overcome the motion, the mayor must submit his resignation. The mayor-president can't propose more than one vote of confidence per year and this kind of motions can't be proposed on the last year of legislature.<ref name=":1" />

In both processes, the mayor-president can not preside over the session, so it will correspond to one of the Vice Presidents of the Assembly.<ref name=":0" />

==List of mayor-presidents of Ceuta== ''For a list of leaders in the period prior to Ceuta becoming an autonomous community (before 1995), see: [[List of governors of Ceuta]]''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="2"|{{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="2"|Term of office ! Political party |- ! style="background:{{party color|Progress and Future of Ceuta}};"| ! 1 | [[Basilio Fernández López]] | 19 June 1995 | 24 July 1996 | [[Progress and Future of Ceuta]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"| ! 2 | [[Jesús Cayetano Fortes Ramos]] | 24 July 1996 | 26 August 1999 | [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Liberal Independent Group}};"| ! 3 | [[Antonio Sampietro]] {{small|(born 1949)}} | 26 August 1999 | 7 February 2001 | [[Liberal Independent Group]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"| ! 4 | [[Juan Jesús Vivas]] {{small|(born 1953)}} | 7 February 2001 | ''Incumbent'' | [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]] |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Sources== * [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Spanish_autonomous_communities.html#Ceuta World Statesmen.org]

==External links== * {{in lang|es}} {{Official website|http://www.ceuta.es}}

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