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José Torres Hurtado
José Torres Hurtado (born 15 October 1946) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies (1982–1986), Senate (1986–1989), Government Delegate in Andalusia (1996–2002) and mayor of Granada (2003–2016). He resigned from the last role due to implication in a corruption scandal. Biography Born in Píñar in the province of Granada, Torres Hurtado is a farmer. After serving in both houses of the Cortes Generales and as a Government Delegate for the People's Party and its predecessor the Popular Alliance, he was named by his party as a member of the board at Radio y Televisión de Andalucía in 2002. In June 2003, Torres Hurtado was elected mayor of Granada with an absolute majority, replacing José Moratella of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. In 2015, to ensure a fourth successive term, he offered the opportunity of a coalition to the Citizens party. Their leader Luis Salvador declined the offer, but ordered his party to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Torres Hurtado, Alcalde De Granada
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |