Ayuntamiento de Valladolid

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City Council of Valladolid
Ayuntamiento de Valladolid
Type Ayuntamiento
HeadquartersCasa consistorial, Plaza Mayor 1, Valladolid, Spain
Region
Valladolid
Mayor
Jesús Julio Carnero (since 2023)

The City Council of Valladolid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Valladolid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body ( ayuntamiento ) of the municipality of Valladolid, Spain.

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Organization

Its organization regime is based on the Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulatory of the Bases of the Local Regime. [1] Integrated by the Mayor and the councillors, the ayuntamiento is charged with the government and administration of the municipality. [1] 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. [1] 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. [1]

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. [2]

City hall

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City hall

The city hall 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. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Reglamento Orgánico del Ayuntamiento de Valladolid" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Valladolid. Diputación Provincial de Valladolid. 13 December 2004.
  2. "Óscar Puente, un alcalde "del, por y para el pueblo"". Europa Press.
  3. "Día grande en el centenario del ayuntamiento". El Norte de Castilla . 19 September 2008.
  4. Quintana, Sonia (2 May 2016). "El edificio que sopla 108 velas". El Norte de Castilla .