Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (born 27 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who is the current Mayor-President of the autonomous city of

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, since 8 February 2001. He is a member of the People's Party (PP).

Biography

Born in

in 1953, Juan Jesús Vivas earned a degree in Economic Sciences from the

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. He became a member of the

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in 1999 and he was invested as Mayor-President of the autonomous city in 2001, after a successful motion of no-confidence launched against GIL's Mayor-President Antonio Sampietro. In 2021, he disclosed that he was not willing to renew his mandate in 2023. Vivas tested positive for

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on 10 January 2022.El presidente de Ceuta, confinado tras su positivo en covid

References

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