Eduardo de Castro González (born 3 March 1957) is a Spanish public servant and politician who currently serves as the Mayor-President of the autonomous city of

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was par ...

. Since 2015 he has been a member of the

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Biography

De Castro was born in

in 1957. He studied labor relations at the

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. From a young age, he worked as a public servant for the

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and the Government of Melilla, including coordination and management jobs. In 2015, De Castro became involved in politics, and he was designated candidate of the political party

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for

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. In the 2015 Melilla Assembly election, Citizens obtained 2 out of 25 seats. In the

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, De Castro repeated as candidate of Citizens for Mayor-President. Citizens obtained 1 out of 25 seats, De Castro's own seat. At the investiture vote held on 15 June 2019, De Castro put forward his candidature for Mayor-President. With the support of the

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(8 seats) and the

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(4 seats), he earned the vote of an absolute majority of members (13 out of 25 members) and was elected as Mayor-President, ending the nineteen-year tenure of his predecessor

Juan José Imbroda Juan José Imbroda Ortiz (born 24 June 1944 in Melilla) is a Spanish politician who served as the Mayor-President of the Spanish enclave of Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located ...

. In April 2021, de Castro was expelled from Citizens due to an ongoing investigation for alleged perversion of justice vis-à-vis irregularities with the crane service concession in Melilla.

References

1957 births Mayor-Presidents of Melilla Members of the Assembly of Melilla People from Melilla Citizens (Spanish political party) politicians Living people {{Melilla-politician-stub