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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