The City Council of Valladolid (
Spanish
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: ''Ayuntamiento de Valladolid'') 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 Valladolid, Spain.
Organization
Its organization regime is based on the Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulatory of the Bases of the Local Regime.
Integrated by the Mayor and the councillors, the ''
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 ...
'' is charged with the government and administration of the municipality.
The Mayor, who holds the highest representation of the city, directs politics government and administration and presides over the whole corporation as well as the plenary.
The later is conformed by all the council members and it is tasked with adopting strategic decisions, overseeing the executive bodies and passing by-laws and regulations.
;Mayor
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. Since 13 June 2015 the Mayor is
Óscar Puente
Óscar Puente Santiago (; born 15 November 1968) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician who has served as Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility since 2023. He served as a city councillor in Valladolid from 2007 to 2023 ...
.
City hall
The
city hall
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is located at the
Plaza Mayor, 1, in the city centre. Its construction started in 1892. The building, a work of
Repullés y Vargas, was inaugurated on 19 September 1908, although by that time the construction was not yet finished.
See also
*
Local government in Spain
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References
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Valladolid
Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...
Valladolid
Politics of Castile and León