Timeline since 1979
The following is a list of mayors ( alcaldes ) of Alicante since 1669.
| Mayor | Political Party | Office started | Office ended | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Falcó Blanes | Military absolutist (Bourbon) | ? | 1705 | |
| Francisco Martínez de Vera Bosch, I Marqués del Bosch | Military absolutist (Bourbon) | 1705 | 1706 | |
| Daniel O'Mahony | Military absolutist (Bourbon) | 1706 | 1706 | Surrendered to British 24 August 1706 |
| Richard Gorges | Military (British) | 1706 | 1707 | |
| John Richards | Military (British) | 1707 | 1709 | Killed during the Siege of Alicante |
| Patricio Miset | Military absolutist (Bourbon) | 1709 | 1710 | First Alcalde Mayor |
| Fernando Pinacho | Military absolutist | 1710 | 1715 | |
| José de Chaves | Military absolutist | 1715 | 1721 | |
| Juan de Cereceda | Military absolutist | 1721 | 1723 | |
| Conde de Roydeville | Military absolutist | 1723 | 1727 | |
| Alejandro de la Motte | Military absolutist | 1727 | 1734 | |
| Felipe Solís Gante | Military absolutist | 1734 | 1741 | |
| Alejandro de la Motte (2) | Military absolutist | 1741 | 1746 | |
| Antonio de Alós de Rius, I Marqués de Alós | Military absolutist | 1746 | 1760 | |
| José Ladrón de Guevara | Military absolutist | 1760 | 1767 | |
| Guillaume René de Baillencourt, I Count of Baillencourt | Military absolutist | 1767 | 1775 | |
| Jorge Dunant | Military absolutist | 1775 | 1783 | |
| Francisco Poveda | Military absolutist | 1783 | 1793 | |
| José Antonio Romeo | Military absolutist | 1793 | 1797 | |
| José de Alós Bru, II Marqués de Alós | Military absolutist | 1797 | 1798 | |
| José Senmanat | Corregidor | 1798 | 1804 | |
| José Betegón Blanco de Salcedo | Corregidor | 1804 | 1809 | |
| Cayetano de Iriarte | Corregidor | 1809 | 1811 | |
| Antonio de la Cruz | Corregidor | 1811 | 1812 | |
| José Sanjuán | Corregidor | March 1812 | August 1812 | |
| Nicolás Scorcia Ladrón Pascual del Pobil, II Count of Soto Ameno | Aristocratic liberal | 1812 | 1813 | |
| Manuel Soler de Vargas | Bourgeoisie | 1813 | 1813 | |
| Tomás Pro | Absolutist | 1814 | 1814 | |
| Luis Riquelme | Corregidor | 1814 | 1814 | |
| José Casimiro de Lavalle | Corregidor | 1814 | 1814 | |
| Fernando Sante-Croix | Corregidor | 1815 | 1819 | |
| Wenceslao Prieto de la Rosa | Corregidor | 1819 | 1820 | |
| Pablo Miranda Salanova | Corregidor | 1820 | 1820 | |
| Manuel Soler de Vargas (2) | Bourgeoisie liberal | 1820 | 1820 | |
| José Pascual del Pobil Guzmán, V Baron of Finestrat | Aristocratic liberal | 1820 | 1821 | |
| Pedro Vignau | Liberal | 1822 | 1822 | |
| Manuel Soler de Vargas (3) | Bourgeoisie liberal | 1823 | 1823 | |
| Pedro Fermín Iriberry | Corregidor | 1823 | 1832 | |
| Isidro de Diego | Corregidor | 1833 | 1835 | |
| José Pascual del Pobil Guzmán, V Baron of Finestrat (2) | Military absolutist | 1835 | ||
| Rafael Bernabéu | Progressive Party | 1835 | 1935 | |
| Mariano Oriente | Liberal | 1835 | 1837 | |
| Miguel Mariano Pascual de Bonanza Roca de Togares | Moderate Party | 1838 | 1839 | |
| Manuel Carreras Amérigo | Progressive Party | 1839 | 1840 | |
| Rafael Bernabéu (2) | Progressive Party | 1840 | 1840 | |
| Mariano Oriente (2) | Liberal | 1841 | 1842 | |
| Antonio Campos Domenech | Unión Liberal | 1842 | 1842 | |
| Tomás de España Sotelo | Progressive Party | 1842 | 1842 | |
| Miguel Mariano Pascual de Bonanza Roca de Togares (2) | Moderate Party | 1843 | 1844 | |
| Cipriano Bergez Dufoo | Progressive Party | 1844 | 1844 | |
| Miguel Mariano Pascual de Bonanza Roca de Togares (3) | Moderate Party | 1844 | 1847 | |
| Tomás de España Sotelo (2) | Progressive Party | 1848 | 1852 | |
| José Minguilló Boluda | Moderate Party | 1853 | 1853 | |
| Rafael Pascual del Pobil Estellés | Moderate Party | 1853 | 1853 | |
| Domingo Morelló Segura | Moderate Party | 1854 | 1854 | |
| Manuel Carreras Amérigo (2) | Progressive Party | 1854 | 1854 | |
| Francisco Javier Riera Galbis | Progressive Party | 1854 | 1855 | |
| Pedro García Linares | 1855 | 1856 | ||
| José Gabriel Amérigo Morales | Moderate Party | 1856 | 1856 | |
| José Adrián Viudes Gardoqui, II Marqués de Río Florido | Progressive Party | 1856 | 1857 | |
| José Miguel Caturla Pérez | 1857 | 1858 | ||
| Anselmo Bergez Dufoo | Progressive Party | 1858 | 1864 | |
| Miguel Mariano Pascual de Bonanza Roca de Togares (4) | Moderate Party | 1865 | 1866 | |
| Juan Bonanza Roca de Togores | Conservative | 1867 | 1868 | |
| Miguel Colomer y Verges | Progressive | 1869 | 1869 | |
| Eleuterio Maisonnave y Cutayar | Republican | 1869 | 1873 | |
| Miguel Colomer y Verges (2) | Progressive | 1873 | 1874 |
| Mayor | Political Part | Office started | Office ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel de Elizaicin y España | Liberal | 1923 | 1924 |
| Miguel Salvador Arcángel | Conservative | 1924 | 1925 |
| Julio Suárez-Llanos y Sánchez | Pro-monarchy | 1925 | 1930 |
| Florentino de Elizaicin y España | Conservative | 1930 | 1930 |
| Gonzalo Mengual Segura | Pro-monarchy | 1930 | 1931 |
| Ricardo Pascual del Pobil y Chicherri | Conservative | 1931 | 1931 |
| Mayor | Political Party | Office started | Office ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz | Radical Republican Socialist Party | 1931 | 1934 |
| Alfonso Martín Santaolalla | Radical Republican Party | 1934 | 1936 |
| José Pascual de Bonanza Pardo | Conservative | 1936 | 1936 |
| Lorenzo Carbonell Santacruz | Republican Left | 1936 | 1936 |
| Rafael Millá Santos | Spanish Communist Party | 1936 | 1937 |
| Santiago Martín Hernández | Spanish Socialist Workers Party | 1937 | 1938 |
| Ángel Company Sevila | Iberian Anarchist Federation | 1938 | 1939 |
| Ramón Hernández Fuster | Spanish Socialist Workers Party | 1939 | 1939 |
| Mayor | Political Party | Office Started | Office Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrosio Luciáñez Riesco | Movimiento Nacional | 1939 | 1942 |
| Román Bono Marín | Movimiento Nacional | 1942 | 1946 |
| Manuel Montesinos Gómiz | Movimiento Nacional | 1946 | 1949 |
| Francisco Alberola Such | Movimiento Nacional | 1949 | 1954 |
| Agatángelo Soler Llorca | Movimiento Nacional | 1954 | 1963 |
| Fernando Flores Arroyo | Movimiento Nacional | 1963 | 1966 |
| José Abad Gosálbez | Movimiento Nacional | 1966 | 1970 |
| Ramón Malluguiza Rodríguez de Moya | Movimiento Nacional | 1970 | 1973 |
| Francisco García Romeu | Movimiento Nacional | 1973 | 1976 |
| Mayor | Political Party | Office started | Office ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Manuel Martínez Aguirre | Valencian Union | 1976 | 1977 |
| Ambrosio Luciáñez Piney (interim) | 1977 | 1979 | |
| Pascual Coloma Sogorb (interim) | 1979 | 1979 |
| Mayor | Political Party | Office started | Office ended |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Luis Lassaletta | PSPV-PSOE | 1979 | 1991 |
| Ángel Luna | PSPV-PSOE | 1991 | 1995 |
| Luis Díaz Alperi | PP | 1995 | 2008 |
| Sonia Castedo Ramos | PP | 2008 | 2014 |
| Andrés Llorens (interim) | PP | 2014 | 2015 |
| Miguel Valor Peidró | PP | 2015 | 2015 |
| Gabriel Echávarri | PSPV-PSOE | 2015 | 2018 |
| Eva Montesinos (interim) | PSPV-PSOE | 2018 | 2018 |
| Luis José Barcala Sierra | PP | 2018 | now |
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