Juan Jesús Vivas | |
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Mayor-President of Ceuta | |
Assumed office 8 February 2001 | |
Preceded by | Antonio Sampietro |
Personal details | |
Born | Ceuta, Spain | 27 February 1953
Political party | People's Party |
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (born 27 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who is the current Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta, since 8 February 2001. [1] He is a member of the People's Party (PP). [2]
Born in Ceuta in 1953, [3] Juan Jesús Vivas earned a degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Málaga. [4] He became a member of the Assembly of Ceuta in 1999 and he was invested as Mayor-President of the autonomous city in 2001, after a successful motion of no-confidence launched against GIL's Mayor-President Antonio Sampietro. [3] [5] In 2021, he disclosed that he was not willing to renew his mandate in 2023. [3]
Vivas tested positive for COVID-19 on 10 January 2022. [6]