Juan Jesús Vivas
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (born 27 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who is the current Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta, since 8 February 2001.[1] He is a member of the People's Party (PP).[2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vivas and the second or maternal family name is Lara.
Juan Jesús Vivas
Biography[edit]
Born in Ceuta in 1953,[3] Juan Jesús Vivas earned a degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Málaga.[4] He became a member of the Assembly of Ceuta in 1999 and he was invested as Mayor-President of the autonomous city in 2001, after a successful motion of no-confidence launched against GIL's Mayor-President Antonio Sampietro.[3][5] In 2021, he disclosed that he was not willing to renew his mandate in 2023.[3]
Vivas tested positive for COVID-19 on 10 January 2022.[6]