The City Council of Seville (
Spanish
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: ''Ayuntamiento de Sevilla'') is the top-tier administrative and governing body (''
ayuntamiento
''Ayuntamiento'' ()In other languages of Spain:
* ().
* ().
* (). is the general term for the town council, or ''cabildo'', of a municipality or, sometimes, as is often the case in Spain and Latin America, for the municipality itself. is mai ...
'') of the
municipality of Seville, Spain. In terms of political structure, it consists of the invested Mayor of Seville, currently
Juan Espadas, the Local Executive Board (''Junta de Gobierno Local''), the deputy mayors, and an elected 31-member deliberative Plenary (''Pleno'') with scrutiny powers. Each district in the municipality has its corresponding executive board (''junta municipal de distrito'').
Elections
A list of local elections (electing the councillors of the Plenary) since the restoration of the democratic system is presented as follows:
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Seville City Council election, 1979 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 1983 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 1987 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 1991 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 1995 (33 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 1999 (33 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2003 (33 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2007 (33 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2011 (33 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2015 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2019 (31 councillors)
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Seville City Council election, 2023 (31 councillors)
Mayors
The Mayor is elected by the members of the plenary among its members the day the new municipal corporation is formed after the local election, and has a mandate for the 4-year duration of the elected body. If the Mayor leaves office ahead of time a new voting may take place among the plenary members in order to invest a new mayor (meanwhile, another local councillor, conventionally the first deputy mayor, may act as acting Mayor). The current mayor, elected on 28 May 2023, is
José Luis Sanz
José Luis Sanz Ruiz (born 21 September 1968) is a Spanish politician. He served as a senator from 2011 to 2023 with a brief interlude in 2019, and as a member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 2000 to 2012. He was mayor of Tomares from 2007 to ...
of the
PP.
City hall

The
city hall
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is located at the
Plaza Nueva, 1, in the city centre. The building, whose construction started in 1521, features a distinctive
plateresque style.
See also
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Local government in Spain
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Geography and transportation
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References
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Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...