Antonio Muñoz Martínez (born 29 October 1959) is a

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(PSOE) politician. He has been a city councillor in

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since 2011 and the city's mayor since 2022.

Biography

Born in

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, Muñoz relocated to

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at the age of 3 due to his father's construction work. His father was then transferred back to

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, taking the family to

Fuengirola Fuengirola (), in ancient times known as Suel and then Suhayl, is a large town and municipality on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is located on the central coast of the p ...

; he had a brief time back in La Rinconada due to his mother's illness. He graduated in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Málaga, where he began to affiliate with

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, joining the

(PSOE) in 1983. He was elected the same year to the city council in La Rinconada, where he remained for eight years. Muñoz gained a

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degree from the San Telmo Business School, also in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most po ...

, and became director general of Tourism Planning for the

Regional Government of Andalusia The Regional Government of Andalusia ( es, Junta de Andalucía) is the government of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. It consists of the Parliament, the President of the Regional Government and the Government Council. The 2011 budget was 31 ...

. In 2011, he was elected to

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as sixth on the PSOE's list, and became an assistant spokesman for the party group. As the councillor for Urban Space, Culture and Tourism, he worked to attract events to Seville including the

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, the

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Awards, the

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and a visit by

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. In June 2021, mayor

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became the PSOE candidate for

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, resigning his local office in December. On 3 January 2022, Muñoz was invested as mayor.

Personal life

Muñoz is openly gay. As of January 2022, he had been in a relationship with the novelist Fernando Repiso for over twenty years.

References

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