Pedro Castro Vázquez
Pedro Castro Vázquez (born 12 February 1945) is a former Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He was the mayor of Getafe in the Community of Madrid from 1983 to 2011, and the president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) from 2007 to 2011. Biography Born in Tomelloso in the province of Ciudad Real, Castro is married and has three children. He was elected to Getafe City Council in the 1979 Spanish local elections, first democratic local elections in 1979, becoming deputy mayor to , and the councillor responsible for youth. Castro was elected mayor in 1983 Spanish local elections, 1983, and served seven terms before being defeated by of the People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) in 2011 Spanish local elections, 2011. He went on hunger strike to persuade prime minister of Spain Felipe González to build a hospital in Getafe, and in his final years achieved the construction of 10,000 homes, despite the Great Recession. He was known f ...
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