Abel Caballero

Abel Caballero
Mayor of Vigo
Assumed office
June 16, 2007
Preceded byCorina Porro
Minister of Transport
In office
July 6, 1985 – July 9, 1988
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Prime MinisterFelipe González
Preceded byEnrique Barón
Succeeded byJosé Barrionuevo
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office
28 October 1982 – 23 April 1986
ConstituencyA Coruña
Personal details
Born
Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez

(1946-09-02) September 2, 1946 (age 78)
Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain
Political partyPSdeG-PSOE
ResidenceVigo
Alma materUniversity of Santiago de Compostela
OccupationMayor
ProfessionProfessor

Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez (born 2 September 1946) is a Spanish professor of Economics and since June 2007, the current mayor of Vigo, representing PSdeG-PSOE.[1] Since 19 September 2015, he has also served as the president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).[2]

Caballero had previously served in the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing A Coruña Province from 1982 to 1986 and Pontevedra Province from 1986 to 1997.

  1. ^ "Biografía do Alcalde - Concello de Vigo".
  2. ^ "Abel Caballero, elegido presidente de la FEMP". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Europa Press. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 2019-04-22.