Bilbao City Council

The Bilbao City Council () 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 (). 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.

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 (), 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.

Mayoralty

These are the mayors who have governed the city council since 1979: Mayors of BilbaoFromToPartyJon Castañares Larreategui19 April 197922 May 1983EAJ-PNVJosé Luis Robles Canibe23 May 198319 July 1987EAJ-PNV20 July 198717 December 1990EAJ-PNVJesús María Duñabeitia20 December 199014 June 1991EAJ-PNVJosu Ortuondo Larrea17 June 19912 July 1999EAJ-PNVIñaki Azkuna Urreta3 July 199920 March 2014EAJ-PNVIbon Areso Mendiguren21 March 201412 June 2015EAJ-PNVJuan María Aburto Rike13 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. Previously, the other mayors who held office for the longest time were (16 years), Josu Ortuondo Larrea (8 years), Pilar Careaga Basabe (6 years), and Federico Moyúa Salazar (6 years).

Electoral results Results of recent municipal elections in BilbaoPolitical party202320192015201120072003199919951991198719831979SeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsSeatsBasque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) 1214 13 15 13 13 9 9 11 9 11 13Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu)- 6 4 4 4 — — — — — — — —Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE PSOE) 5 5 4 4 7 5 5 4 6 7 9 4People's Party of the Basque Country (PP)-People's Alliance (AP)-People's Coalition (CP) 4 3 4 6 7 8 8 7 4 2 4 — Elkarrekin Podemos (EP)--Ezker Anitza-IU (EzAn–IU)-Equo Berdeak 2 3 2 — — — — — — — — —United Left–Greens (EB-B)-Communist Party of the Basque Country (PCE-EPK) 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0Eusko Alkartasuna (EA) EH Bildu EH Bildu EH Bildu 0 EAJ-PNV EAJ-PNV 0 2 3 — — Euskadiko Ezkerra (EE) PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE PSE-EE 2 3 2 1Ganemos Goazen Bilbao (GGB) — 0 2 — — — — — — — — —Euskal Herritarrok (EH)-Herri Batasuna (HB) — — — — — illegalised 4 2 4 5 3 6 (ICV-EHE) — — — — — — 2 5 — — — —Democratic and Social Centre (CDS)-Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) — — — — — — — — 0 0 0 5

Political groups The councillors form political groups, which are distributed according to their aligned ideologies in the 2023 municipal elections: + Current distribution of the Bilbao City Council CandidacyTop candidateVotes%Seats Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) Juan Mari Aburto 54 445 36.58 12 Euskal Herria Bildu (EH Bildu) María del Río Pereda 28 124 18.89 6 Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left (PSE-EE) Nora Abete García 24 356 16.36 5 People's Party of the Basque Country (PP) Esther Martínez Fernández 17 950 12.06 4 Elkarrekin Podemos (EP) Ana Viñals Blanco 11 871 7.97 2

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.

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

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