City Council of Pontevedra

City Council of Pontevedra
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Type
Type
Leadership
Structure
Political groups
Government (14)
  •   BNG (9)
  •   PSdeG–PSOE (5)

Opposition (11)

Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
28 May 2023
Next election
May 2027
Meeting place
Principal Theatre
Website
www.pontevedra.gal

The City Council of Pontevedra (Galician: Concello de Pontevedra; Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Pontevedra) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Pontevedra, Spain. The current mayor of Pontevedra is Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, in office since 4 July 1999.

The city council is composed by three bodies: the mayor who leads the city council; the executive branch, the governing council, composed by the mayor and the councillors appointed by him; and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Pontevedra. The mayor is elected by the members of the plenary among its members the day the new municipal corporation is formed after the local election.

Since 1880, the city council is headquartered at the Pontevedra City Hall.[1] Since 2010, its central administrative services are housed in the Michelena 30 building.[2] Also since 2010, and during a comprehensive reform of the City Hall, the council plenary sessions are held in the Principal Theatre.[3]

  1. ^ "The Town Hall faces its second comprehensive reform in 129 years of history". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 29 March 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Revealed secrets of Michelena 30, the headquarters of the City Council of Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The municipal plenary sessions will return to the Teatro Principal on September 19". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.