Carlos Velázquez (politician)

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Carlos Velázquez Romo (born 1980)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. He was elected to the town council in Seseña in the Province of Toledo in 2007 and served as its mayor from 2011 to 2019. From 2012 to 2019, he was a deputy in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha. In 2023, he was elected to the city council in Toledo.

Biography[edit]

Born in Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, Velázquez graduated in law from the University of Castilla–La Mancha. After working in the private sector, he contested the 2007 Spanish local elections as leader of the People's Party (PP) list in the town of Seseña, where they came second; he was also elected to the Provincial Deputation of Toledo and kept his seat until 2012. In the 2011 local elections, he became mayor.[2]

In January 2012, Velázquez was sworn in as a deputy in the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha representing the Toledo constituency, after Jesús Labrador resigned to take the role as government delegate in the region.[3] He was re-elected in 2015.[4] In the 2019 local elections, he lost his mayoralty to Silvia Fernández of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).[5] In September 2018, after the resignation of María Dolores de Cospedal, he ran for president of the People's Party of Castilla–La Mancha, taking 35.11% of the vote against Francisco Núñez.[6]

In July 2021, Velázquez ran unopposed to be president of the PP in his home province.[7] The following January, he returned to the Provincial Deputation, where he was proposed as party spokesperson but refused it.[8]

Velázquez was announced in December 2022 as the PP candidate for mayor of Toledo in the 2023 Spanish local elections.[9] In the May elections, the PSOE of incumbent mayor Milagros Tolón came first with 11 out of 25 seats while the PP gained three seats to reach nine.[10] Velázquez began negotiations with the four councillors from Vox in order to form a majority.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Morlanes, Alberto (23 May 2023). "Carlos Velázquez: "En Toledo hay ganas de cambio y el PP es la única opción que lo garantiza"" [Carlos Velázquez: "In Toledo, people want change and the PP is the only option that guarantees it"]. El Español (in Spanish).
  2. ^ López, María (4 December 2022). "Carlos Velázquez es el elegido por el PP para disputar la Alcaldía de Toledo" [Carlos Velázquez is chosen by the PP as candidate for Mayor of Toledo]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Carlos Velázquez, alcalde de Seseña, jura su cargo como diputado regional" [Carlos Velázquez, mayor of Seseña, sworin into his office as regional deputy] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. ^ Avilés Pozo, Alicia (18 June 2015). "Arranca la legislatura 'tricolor' de Castilla-La Mancha" [Castilla-La Mancha's "tricolour" legislature begins]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  5. ^ Manjavacas, Fidel (7 June 2019). "Silvia Fernández (PSOE) será investida alcaldesa con la abstención de Más Seseña" [Silvia Fernández (PSOE) will be invested as mayor with the abstention of Más Seseña]. Toledo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Francisco Núñez presidirá el PP de Castilla-La Mancha tras superar a su rival en las primarias por 29 puntos" [Francisco Núñez will be president of the PP of Castilla-La Mancha after defeating his opponent in the primaries by 29 percentage points]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 28 September 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Carlos Velázquez: «Es la oportunidad para que el PP recupere sus mejores cotas en Toledo»" [Carlos Velázquez: "It's the opportunity for the PP to recover its best heights in Toledo"]. ABC (in Spanish). 12 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  8. ^ Manjavacas, Fidel (22 February 2022). "Silencio en el PP de la Diputación de Toledo: nadie ejerce de portavoz tras la entrada de Carlos Velázquez" [Silence in the PP in the Deputation of Toledo: nobody is spokesperson since the entrance of Carlos Velázquez]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Carlos Velázquez, candidato del PP a la alcaldía de Toledo" [Carlos Velázquez, PP candidate for mayor of Toledo] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  10. ^ Sánchez, Valle (28 May 2023). "El PP de Carlos Velázquez gobernará el Ayuntamiento de Toledo si pacta con Vox" [Carlos Velázquez's PP will govern Toledo City Hall if they form a pact with Vox]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  11. ^ Manjavacas, Fidel (13 June 2023). "PP y Vox avanzan en las negociaciones para formar gobierno en Toledo: "Van por buen camino"" [PP and Vox advance in negotiations to form government in Toledo: "They're on the right track"]. Toledo Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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