Abel Caballero | |
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Mayor of Vigo | |
Assumed office June 16, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Corina Porro |
Minister of Transport | |
In office July 6, 1985 – July 9, 1988 | |
Monarch | Juan Carlos I |
Prime Minister | Felipe González |
Preceded by | Enrique Barón |
Succeeded by | José Barrionuevo |
Member of the Congress of Deputies | |
In office 28 October 1982 – 23 April 1986 | |
Constituency | A Coruña |
Personal details | |
Born | Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez September 2, 1946 Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain |
Political party | PSdeG-PSOE |
Residence | Vigo |
Alma mater | University of Santiago de Compostela |
Occupation | Mayor |
Profession | Professor |
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.