Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez (born 2 September 1946) is a Spanish professor of
Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
and since June 2007, the current Mayor of
Vigo
Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the ...
, representing
PSdeG-PSOE . Since 19 September 2015, he has also served as the president of the
Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
Caballero had previously served in the
Spanish Congress of Deputies
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It has 350 members elect ...
representing
A Coruña Province
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from 1982 to 1986 and
Pontevedra Province from 1986 to 1997.
References
External links
Biography at Spanish Congress site
1946 births
Living people
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Politicians from Galicia (Spain)
Members of the 2nd Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 3rd Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 4th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 5th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Mayors of places in Galicia
People from Vigo
Spanish municipal councillors
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