Heliodoro Gallego

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Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta (born 9 January 1949) is a politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was a city councillor in Palencia from 1987 to 2015, and the mayor from 1991 to 1995 and 1999 to 2011. He also sat in the Senate of Spain from 1986 to 2000. He led the PSOE in the Province of Palencia from 1988 to 2008, and was president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP) for 21 months from February 2006.

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Biography

Gallego was born in Villalbarba in the Province of Valladolid, and graduated with a law degree from the University of Valladolid. He joined the Unión General de Trabajadores in 1978. As of 2006, he was married and had two children. [1]

In 1986, Gallego was elected to the Senate of Spain by the Palencia constituency, and remained in office until 2000. In local elections the following year, he led the PSOE list in Palencia, and became the city's first Socialist mayor four years later. He lost the office to Marcelo de Manuel of the People's Party (PP) in 1995, winning it back with absolute majorities in 1999 and 2003. [1] During Gallego's time in office, the city council built the Estadio Nueva Balastera for football and rugby, opening in 2006 at a cost of €18 million. [2]

In February 2006, Gallego was elected leader of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), replacing Francisco Vázquez Vázquez of A Coruña. [3] In November 2007, the PSOE substituted him for Pedro Castro Vázquez of Getafe. [4] In May that year, he won another term as mayor of Palencia, retaining his party's 13 seats on the council. [5]

Gallego was secretary-general of the PSOE in the Province of Palencia from 1988 to his decision not to run in November 2008, endorsing the uncontested candidacy of congressional deputy Julio Villarrubia  [ es ]. Disagreement with Gallego's late withdrawal resulted in 10.4% of delegates at the election not voting for Villarubia. [6] In the 2011 Spanish local elections, Gallego's 12-year mandate ended as Alfonso Polanco  [ es ] of the PP became mayor. [7] He remained as leader of the opposition, announcing in February 2015 that he would not stand in that year's election. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Heliodoro Gallego, una vida entre el Senado y la Alcaldía" [Heliodoro Gallego, a life between the Senate and the Mayor's Office]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Massa, Sara (6 December 2012). "Palencia pagó 18 millones por un estadio y ahora deja morir a su equipo por 200.000 euros" [Palencia paid €18 million for a stadium and is now letting its team die over 200,000 euros]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Helidoro Gallego es el nuevo presidente de la FEMP con los votos en contra del PP" [Heliodoro Gallego is the new president of the FEMP with votes against from the PP]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Europa Press. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "El alcalde de Palencia dejará de ser presidente de la FEMP" [Mayor of Palencia will leave office as president of the FEMP]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). 5 November 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "27M-M.- Heliodoro Gallego, reelegido alcalde de Palencia, mantiene los 13 concejales de las anteriores elecciones" [27 May elections - Heliodoro Gallego, re-elected mayor of Palencia, maintains 13 councillors from previous election] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Rico, Ricardo S. (30 November 2008). "Villarrubia accede a la secretaría del PSOE con el respaldo del 90% de los delegados" [Villarrubia accedes to secretary-general of the PSOE with the support of 90% of the delegates]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Díaz, J. M. (12 June 2011). "Polanco despide a Gallego del Ayuntamiento de Palencia pidiendo apoyo a su grupo" [Polanco takes Gallego out of Palencia City Council while asking for his group's support]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Sanz, Carlos H. (27 February 2015). "Seis de los diez ediles socialistas no irán en la lista de Miriam Andrés" [Six of the ten Socialist councillors will not be on Miriam Andrés's list]. Diario Palentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2025.
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