Bilbao City Council

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Bilbao City Council
Bilboko Udala
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Bilbao City Hall
Local government overview
Jurisdiction Municipality of Bilbao
Employees2,431 employees (2012) [1]
Annual budget€512.8 million (2014) [2]
Local government executive
Website www.bilbao.eus

The Bilbao City Council (Basque : Bilboko Udala) is the ayuntamiento of Bilbao (Spain). Its headquarter, the Bilbao City Hall, is located in the Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza. The city council is made up of an executive body and a normative municipal plenary. The executive body consists of the mayor and the Governing Junta of the Town of Bilbao (Spanish : Junta de Gobierno de la Villa de Bilbao). The council performs executive and administrative tasks, and functions in correspondence with the mayor. The junta consists of no more than nine people, its members can be appointed by the mayor. [3]

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Municipal administration

The constituent is elected every four years by universal suffrage. The electoral census is made up of all registered residents in Bilbao over the age of 18 as well as nationals of Spain and other member states of the European Union. According to the General Electoral Regime Law (Spanish : Ley del Régimen Electoral General), [4] the number of eligible councilors is based on the population of the municipality.

The municipal plenary serves to represent the citizenry in the municipal government. It is responsible for the debate and adoption of government policies including: regulations, laws, municipal budgets, urban planning plans, service management, etc. The plenary is made up of 29 councilors and is chaired by the mayor. [5]

Mayoralty

These are the mayors who have governed the city council since 1979: [6]

Mayors of Bilbao FromToParty
Jon Castañares Larreategui 19 April 197922 May 1983 EAJ-PNV
José Luis Robles Canibe 23 May 198319 July 1987EAJ-PNV
José María Gorordo 20 July 198717 December 1990EAJ-PNV
Jesús María Duñabeitia 20 December 199014 June 1991EAJ-PNV
Josu Ortuondo Larrea 17 June 19912 July 1999EAJ-PNV
Iñaki Azkuna Urreta 3 July 199920 March 2014EAJ-PNV
Ibon Areso Mendiguren 21 March 201412 June 2015EAJ-PNV
Juan María Aburto Rike 13 June 2015IncumbentEAJ-PNV

The mayor who has held office for the longest time since democracy has been Iñaki Azkuna (14 years) of the Basque Nationalist Party, a position he held from the 1999 elections until his death in 2014, reelected in 2003, 2007 and 2011. [7] Previously, the other mayors who held office for the longest time were Joaquín Zuazagoitia Azcorra (16 years), Josu Ortuondo Larrea (8 years), Pilar Careaga Basabe (6 years), and Federico Moyúa Salazar (6 years).

Electoral results

Elections19791983198719911995199920032007201120152019
Political partyMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayorMayor
EAJ-PNV 1311911981113151314
PSE-EE / PSOE49764557445
EH Bildu / Bildu444
EP / Udalberri23
PP / AP / CP 4247887643
Ganemos 2—
IU-EB ——2132—
EA 32—12—
EH / HB 635424
ICV-EHE52
EE 1232
UCD 5

Political groups

The councillors form political groups, which are distributed according to their aligned ideologies in the 2019 municipal elections:

Current distribution of the Bilbao City Council
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  EAJ-PNV: 14
  PSE-EE: 5
  EH Bildu: 4
  Elkarrekin Podemos: 3
  PP: 3
CandidacyListVotes%Mayor
Euzko Alderdi Jeltzalea-Partido Nacionalista Vasco (EAJ-PNV) Juan María Aburto Rike 71.82242,6914
Partido Socialista de Euskadi-Euskadiko Ezkerra (PSE-EE)Alfonso Gil Invernón26.78315,925
Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu)Jone Goirizelaia Ordorika25.13814,944
Elkarrekin Podemos Ana Viñals Blanco17.66110,503
Partido Popular (PP)Raquel González Díez-Andino15.4419,183

Municipal areas and entities served

Areas

  • Circulation & Transport
  • Urbanism & Environment
  • Culture & Education
  • Works & Services
  • Human Resources
  • Safety
  • Citizen Relation
  • Social action
  • Economy & Tax
  • Tourism & Party
  • Euskera
  • Equality & Cooperation
  • Employment, Youth & Sport
  • Health & Consumption
  • Participation & District Councils
  • Public spaces

Entities

  • Azkuna Zentroa : Cultural and sports center.
  • Surbisa: Municipal agency for urban rehabilitation.
  • Municipal Housing: Municipal housing service.
  • Artxanda Funicular : Means of transportation to Mount Archanda.
  • Cimubisa: Municipal computer service.
  • Lan Ekintza Bilbao : Municipal agency for economic promotion.
  • Bilbao Kirolak: Society for the management of sports activities, facilities and services.
  • Teatro Arriaga : Municipal theater.
  • Bilbao Musika: Organization that manages the Municipal School of Music, the Municipal Band of Txistularis and the Municipal Band of Music of Bilbao.
  • Bilbao Arte: Foundation for the promotion of art.
  • Bilbao Servicios: Manages municipal markets and funeral services.

International recognition

The annual reports by Transparency International pointed out in 2008, 2009, and 2010, that the City Council was the most "transparent" in Spain in terms of institutional communication, citizen relations, services, public works, and the economy. [8] [9] [10] [11]

In 2010, Bilbao was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, in recognition of the City Council's leadership. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Sergio Eguía, «Vitoria, el Ayuntamiento vasco con más empleados», El Correo, 27 de enero de 2012.
  2. ↑ «Bilbao tendrá en 2014 un presupuesto de 512,8 millones, un 12,7% más», El Mundo, 28 de octubre de 2013.
  3. ↑ Bilbao City Council. "La Junta de Gobierno de la Villa de Bilbao: Naturaleza, Atribuciones y Organización" . Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ley Orgánica 5/1985, Art. 169" . Retrieved 6 November 2008.
  5. ↑ "El Pleno Municipal: Naturaleza, Atribuciones y Organización". Bilbao City Council. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Agirreazkuenaga, Joseba; Urquijo, Mikel (20 December 2013). "Informe sobre la Informe sobre la Galería de Alcaldes del Galería de Alcaldes del Ayuntamiento de Bilbao Ayuntamiento de Bilbao". Leioa: Universidad del País Vasco. p. 37.
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