Andrés Ocaña

Andrés Ocaña Rabadán (26 April 1955 – 2 March 2017) was a Spanish politician and academic who served as the Mayor of Córdoba from 2009 to 2011.[1][2]

Andrés Ocaña
Andrés Ocaña in 2011
Mayor of Córdoba
In office
8 May 2009 – 11 June 2011
Preceded byRosa Aguilar
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Nieto
Córdoba City Councillor
In office
23 June 1995 – 11 June 2011
Personal details
Born26 April 1955
Aguilar de la Frontera, Spain
Died2 March 2017 (2017-03-03) (aged 61)
Córdoba, Spain
Political partyUnited Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia

Ocaña was born in the town of Aguilar de la Frontera in the Province of Córdoba in 1955.[1] He served as a member of the Córdoba city council from 1995 until 2011 during the rule of the governing United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia (IU).[1]

In 2009, Córdoba mayor Rosa Aguilar resigned from office when she was appointed counselor of the government of Andalusia.[1] Ocaña succeeded Aguilar as the city's mayor.[1] Ocaña served as Mayor from 2009 until 2011, when the opposition People's Party (PP) won an absolute majority in the Córdoba city council in the 2011 municipal elections.[1][2]

Ocaña died of a myocardial infarction on 2 March 2017, at the age of 62.[1]

References
  1. "Muere el ex alcalde de Córdoba Andrés Ocaña tras sufrir un infarto". El Mundo. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  2. Poyato, Francisco J. (2017-03-03). "Andrés Ocaña, el político de la sala de máquinas". ABC. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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