This is a list of mayors of Valencia since 1840. The Mayor of Valencia is the highest political authority of the Valencia City Council. In accordance with Organic Law 5/1985, of June 19, on the General Electoral Regime (currently in force), the mayor or mayoress is elected by the municipal corporation of councilors, who in turn are elected by universal suffrage by the citizens of Valencia with the right to vote, through municipal elections held every four years. The candidate who obtains the absolute majority of the votes is proclaimed elected. If none of them obtains said majority, the councilor who heads the most voted list is proclaimed mayor.
History
List of mayors
Spanish transition to democracy #NamePortraitTerm in officeCouncil electionParty affiliationStartedEnded1 Fernando Martínez Castellano 19 April 1979 5 October 1979()1979 Socialist Party of the Valencian Country2 Ricard Pérez Casado 5 October 1979 13 January 1989()198319873 Clementina Ródenas Villena 13 January 1989 5 July 1991()_4 Rita Barberá Nolla 5 July 1991 13 June 2015()199119951999200320072011People's Party of the Valencian Community5 Joan Ribó Canut 13 June 2015 17 June 2023()20152019 Compromís6 María José Catalá Verdet 17 June 2023 Present2023 People's Party of the Valencian Community
Timeline from 1979
See also Timeline of Valencia Generalitat Valenciana
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