Bruno García de León (born 14 July 1979) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was elected mayor of

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in 2023. He had previously been a councillor in the same city (2007–2019) and a member of the

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(2019–2023).

Biography

García was born in

Jerez de la Frontera Jerez de la Frontera () or simply Jerez, also cited in old English-language sources as , is a city and Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Sp ...

and grew up in his father's hometown of

Sanlúcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar may refer to: * Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain * Sanlúcar de Guadiana, a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain * Sanlúcar la Mayor, a city in the Province of Seville, Spain *Sanlúcar de Albaida, forme ...

in the

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. As a child, he watched television broadcasts of the

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. He graduated in law from the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

. García was first elected to

City Hall in 2007, serving as the councillor responsible for tourism in the People's Party (PP) government of mayor

Teófila Martínez María Teófila Martínez Saiz (born 1948) is a Spanish politician. She was the mayor of Cádiz, Andalusia, from 1995 to 2015. Martínez is a member of the People's Party and member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain since the 80's. Career ...

; from 2011 his responsibilities expanded to economic development. From 2015, he sat in the opposition as the left-wing mayor

José María González Santos José María González Santos (born 22 September 1975), mononymously known as Kichi, is a Spanish politician and teacher, Mayor of Cádiz from 2015 to 2023. Biography Born on 22 September 1975 in Rotterdam, where his parents had immigrated fl ...

"Kichi" presided. In the

2018 Andalusian regional election The 2018 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 2 December 2018, to elect the 11th Parliament of Andalusia, Parliament of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for ...

, García was fifth on the PP's list in the Cádiz constituency, from which three were elected. In February 2019, he took the seat vacated by his cousin Ana Mestre who became the delegate of the

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in the province. In April 2021, he succeeded her as leader of the PP in the province. In the

2022 Andalusian regional election The 2022 Andalusian regional election was held on Sunday, 19 June 2022, to elect the 12th Parliament of Andalusia, Parliament of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. All 109 seats in the Parliament were up for el ...

, García was re-elected as number two behind Mestre on the PP list in Cádiz. In January 2023, he was confirmed as the party's candidate for mayor of Cádiz in the May local elections. He recovered the city for his party after eight years in opposition, gaining eight seats to take 14 of 27 available. He also left his parliamentary seat in June 2023.

References

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