Luis Manuel Partida Brunete (born 6 September 1946)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He has been the mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada in the Community of Madrid since the first democratic elections in 1979.[2] He was also a member of the Assembly of Madrid from 1987 to 2004.[3]

Biography

Partida was working in a bank when at the age of 32, he was elected as mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada representing the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in the 1979 local elections, the first since the Spanish transition to democracy. He continued with his profession until being elected to the Assembly of Madrid in 1987.[4] His town lacked a primary school when he was elected, and his first act was to create one; by 2019 there were eight.[2] Over the course of his years, two universities (Alfonso X El Sabio University and Universidad Camilo José Cela) were founded, as well as an Aquópolis water park (1987) and the European Space Astronomy Centre.[5] He also oversaw the first golf course since the transition.[6]

In 2007, Partida appeared voluntarily before a court that was investigating him for an alleged role in the Caso Porto. It was alleged that he used access to the regional minister for city planning, Enrique Porto, in order to process planning in Villanueva from which his wife profited.[7] By 2011, the investigation into abuse of power had been dropped.[8]

Partida's party received 70% of the vote in the 2007 elections.[9] After the 2019 elections, he was one of only 31 mayors to have been elected all 11 times since 1979; his town of 23,000 was by far the largest of those.[10] In 2023, his party went from 13 seats to 16; he became one of only two mayors in the Community of Madrid to have been in office since 1979, the other being independent Carlos Rivera of Torremocha de Jarama (population 1,300).[6]

As of 2019, he had five children and four grandchildren.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Luis Manuel Partida Brunete" (in Spanish). Villanueva de la Cañada. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Luis Partida, 40 años de alcalde en Villanueva de la Cañada: "Mi despacho está en la calle"" [Luis Partida, 40 years as mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada: "My office is in the street"] (in Spanish). Telemadrid. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Luis Manuel Partida Brunete" (in Spanish). Assembly of Madrid. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Luis Partida, el único alcalde de la democracia en Villanueva de la Cañada" [Luis Partida, the only democratic mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Bécares, Roberto (3 April 2019). "Luis Partida, 40 años con el despacho de alcalde en la calle" [Luis Partida, 40 years with the mayor's office in the street]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 Del Barrio, Ana (5 June 2023). "La fórmula de los dos alcaldes más duraderos de Madrid, que han ganado 12 mayorías absolutas" [The formula of the longest-lasting mayors in Madrid, who have won 12 absolute majorities]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "El alcalde de Villanueva de la Cañada se ofrece para esclarecer el «caso Porto»" [Mayor of Villanueva de la Cañada offers to clarify the "Caso Porto"]. ABC (in Spanish). 3 October 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Bécares, Roberto (28 April 2011). "Los imputados 'por tonterías' de Aguirre" [The people Aguirre considers indicted 'for stupidity']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Toda una vida (30 años) como alcalde" [A lifetime (30 years) as mayor]. ABC (in Spanish). 30 April 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Los municipios españoles que se resisten a cambiar de alcalde" [The Spanish municipalities that resist changing mayor]. El Economista (in Spanish). EFE. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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