Mayor-President of Melilla

{{Infobox Political post |post = Mayor-President |body = Melilla |insignia = Flag of Melilla.svg |insigniasize = 125px |insigniacaption = Flag of Melilla |image = Juan José Imbroda 2016 (cropped).jpg |imagesize = 165px |incumbent = [[Juan José Imbroda]] |incumbentsince = 7 July 2023 |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 = 14 March 1995 |inaugural = [[Ignacio Velázquez Rivera]] |website = |nominator=[[Assembly of Melilla]]}} The '''Mayor-President of the Autonomous City of Melilla''' ({{langx|es|Presidente de la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla}}) or simply the '''President of Melilla''', is the highest authority of the [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Autonomous communities of Spain|autonomous city]] of [[Melilla]], acting as [[head of government]] and as [[Speaker (politics)|presiding officer]] of the [[Assembly of Melilla]].

The current and 6th Mayor-President of Melilla is [[Juan José Imbroda]] of the [[People's Party (Spain)|People's Party]], who has held the office since 7 July 2023 and previously from 20 July 2000 to 15 June 2019. Prior to March 1995, when the enclave's [[Statute of Autonomy of Melilla|Statute of Autonomy]] was passed, the city was part of [[Province of Málaga]].

== 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=http://www.congreso.es/consti/estatutos/estatutos.jsp?com=81&tipo=2&ini=6&fin=19&ini_sub=1&fin_sub=1|title=Título I. De la Organización Institucional de la Ciudad de Melilla - Estatuto Autonomía|website=www.congreso.es|access-date=2019-06-20}}</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 Melilla]], 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 Melilla== ''For a list of leaders in the period prior to Melilla becoming an autonomous community (before 1995), see: [[List of governors of Melilla]]''

'''Governments:''' *{{legend2|#DAECFA|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} *{{legend2|#E9E9E9|[[Coalition government|Mixed coalition]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" width="250"| Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="3"| Term of office ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party ! rowspan="2" width="150"| Government {{small|Composition}} ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Election ! rowspan="2" width="75"| [[Monarchy of Spain|Monarch]] {{small|(Reign)}} ! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! width="85"| {{small|Took office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Left office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Duration}} |- | [[File:Ignacio Velázquez Rivera 1996 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Ignacio Velázquez Rivera]]''' {{small|(born 1953)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 March}} 1995 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|3 March}} 1998 {{small|''(censured)''}} | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1995|3|14|1998|3|3|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"| | [[People's Party of Melilla|PP]] | style="background:#DAECFA;"| Velázquez {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | rowspan="2"| [[1995 Melilla Assembly election|1995]] | scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{small|[[Monarchy of Spain|King]]}} '''[[Juan Carlos I]]''' [[File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg|60px]] {{small|(1975{{ndash}}2014)}} | <ref>{{Cite journal |date=20 June 1995 |title=Real Decreto 1047/1995, de 19 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la ciudad de Melilla a don Ignacio Velázquez Rivera. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1995/06/20/pdfs/A18469-18469.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=146 |page=18469 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=4 March 1998 |title=Real Decreto 337/1998, de 3 de marzo, por el que se dispone el cese de don Ignacio Velázquez Rivera como Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1998/03/04/pdfs/A07416-07416.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=54 |page=7416 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |- | [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg|65px]] | '''[[Enrique Palacios Hernández]]''' {{small|(born 1952)}} | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|3 March}} 1998 | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|5 July}} 1999 | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1998|3|3|1999|7|5|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| | [[Independent politician|Independent]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Palacios {{small|[[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]–[[Coalition for Melilla|CpM]]–[[Melillan People's Union|UPM]]}} | <ref>{{cite journal |date=4 March 1998 |title=Real Decreto 338/1998, de 3 de marzo, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Enrique Palacios Hernández. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1998/03/04/pdfs/A07416-07416.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=54 |page=7416 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=6 July 1999 |title=Real Decreto 1193/1999, de 5 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Enrique Palacios Hernández, como Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1999/07/06/pdfs/A25656-25656.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=160 |page=25656 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |- | [[File:Portrait placeholder.svg|65px]] | '''[[Mustafa Aberchán]]''' {{small|(born 1959)}} | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|5 July}} 1999 | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|19 July}} 2000 {{small|''(censured)''}} | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1999|7|5|2000|7|19|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|Coalition for Melilla}};"| | [[Coalition for Melilla|CpM]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Aberchán {{small|[[Coalition for Melilla|CpM]]–[[Liberal Independent Group|GIL]]–[[Independent Party of Melilla|PIM]]}} | rowspan="2"| [[1999 Melilla Assembly election|1999]] | <ref>{{cite journal |date=6 July 1999 |title=Real Decreto 1194/1999, de 5 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Mustafa Hamed Moh-Mohamed. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1999/07/06/pdfs/A25656-25656.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=160 |page=25656 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=20 July 2000 |title=Real Decreto 1379/2000, de 19 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Mustafa Hamed Moh-Mohamed como Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2000/07/20/pdfs/A25889-25889.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=173 |page=25889 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |- | rowspan="5"| [[File:Juan José Imbroda 2016b (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="5"| '''[[Juan José Imbroda]]''' {{small|(born 1944)}} | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|19 July}} 2000 | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|14 June}} 2003 | rowspan="5" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1999|7|5|2019|6|15|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|Melillan People's Union}};"| | [[Melillan People's Union|UPM]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Imbroda I {{small|[[Melillan People's Union|UPM]]–[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite journal |date=20 July 2000 |title=Real Decreto 1380/2000, de 19 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2000/07/20/pdfs/A25889-25889.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=173 |page=25889 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=17 June 2003 |title=Real Decreto 734/2003, de 16 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2003/06/17/pdfs/A23156-23156.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=144 |page=23156 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=10 July 2007 |title=Real Decreto 964/2007, de 9 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2007/07/10/pdfs/A29530-29530.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=164 |page=29530 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=5 July 2011 |title=Real Decreto 972/2011, de 4 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/07/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-11516.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=159 |page=70902 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=7 July 2015 |title=Real Decreto 630/2015, de 6 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2015/07/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2015-7599.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=161 |page=56393 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=19 June 2019 |title=Real Decreto 387/2019, de 18 de junio, por el que se declara el cese de don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz como Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2019/06/19/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-9181.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=146 |page=64576 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 June}} 2003 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|6 July}} 2007 | rowspan="4" style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"| | rowspan="4" |[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]] | style="background:#DAECFA;" | Imbroda II {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | [[2003 Melilla Assembly election|2003]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|6 July}} 2007 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|1 July}} 2011 | style="background:#DAECFA;"| Imbroda III {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | [[2007 Melilla Assembly election|2007]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|1 July}} 2011 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|3 July}} 2015 | style="background:#DAECFA;"| Imbroda IV {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | [[2011 Melilla Assembly election|2011]] | scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{small|[[Monarchy of Spain|King]]}} '''[[Felipe VI]]''' [[File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg|60px]] {{small|(2014{{ndash}}present)}} |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|3 July}} 2015 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 June}} 2019 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Imbroda V {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]–[[Populars in Freedom Party|PPL]]}} | [[2015 Melilla Assembly election|2015]] |- | rowspan="2"| [[File:(Eduardo de Castro) El presidente del Gobierno visita la Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla (2) (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="2"| '''[[Eduardo de Castro]]''' {{small|(born 1957)}} | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 June}} 2019 | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|7 July}} 2023 | rowspan="2" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2019|6|15|2023|7|7|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|Citizens (Spanish political party)}};"| | [[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Cs]] | rowspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9;"| de Castro {{small|[[Citizens (Spanish political party)|Cs]]–[[Coalition for Melilla|CpM]]–[[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] until Apr 2021 [[Coalition for Melilla|CpM]]–[[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]] from Apr 2021}} | rowspan="2"| [[2019 Melilla Assembly election|2019]] | rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite journal |date=19 June 2019 |title=Real Decreto 389/2019, de 18 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Eduardo de Castro González. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2019/06/19/pdfs/BOE-A-2019-9183.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=146 |page=64578 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> <ref>{{cite journal |date=8 July 2023 |title=Real Decreto 604/2023, de 7 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Eduardo de Castro González como Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2023/07/08/pdfs/BOE-A-2023-15834.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=162 |page=99184 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |- | style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| | [[Independent politician|Independent]] |- | [[File:Juan José Imbroda-2024 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Juan José Imbroda]]''' {{small|(born 1944)}} | class="nowrap" | {{smaller|7 July}} 2023 | class="nowrap" | Incumbent | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2023|7|7|sep=and}} | style="background:{{party color|People's Party (Spain)}};"| | [[People's Party of Melilla|PP]] | style="background:#DAECFA;" | Imbroda VI {{small|[[People's Party of Melilla|PP]]}} | [[2023 Melilla Assembly election|2023]] | <ref>{{cite journal |date=8 July 2023 |title=Real Decreto 605/2023, de 7 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Ciudad de Melilla a don Juan José Imbroda Ortiz. |url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2023/07/08/pdfs/BOE-A-2023-15836.pdf |journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado |language=es |publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado |issue=162 |page=99186 |issn=0212-033X}}</ref> |}

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==References== {{reflist}}

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

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

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