José Ignacio Landaluce Calleja (born 1 February 1959) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party and surgeon who has been a member of the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the Senate of Spain, Senate. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Madrid. Congress has ...

, representing Cadiz Province between 1996 and 2000 and from 2008 to 2015, and is the current mayor of

Algeciras Algeciras () is a city and a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located in the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, near the Strait of Gibraltar, it is the largest city on the Bay of G ...

. Landaluce is known for his opposition to the British sovereignty of

Gibraltar Gibraltar ( , ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory and British overseas cities, city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the A ...

. The territory's

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said in 2023 that Landaluce has an "unhealthy obsession" with Gibraltar.Gibraltar Chronicle. ''Algeciras Mayor’s comments after incursion ‘outrageous’, CM says.''
Retrieved 13 May 2024.

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1959 births Living people Mayors of places in Andalusia Members of the 6th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 9th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 10th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Members of the 14th Senate of Spain Members of the 15th Senate of Spain People from Algeciras Spanish surgeons {{Andalusia-politician-stub People's Party (Spain) politicians