Madrid City Government Overview

MAYOR

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez (born December 11, 1958) is a Spanish politician and current[update] mayor of Madrid. A stalwart of the conservative People's Party (PP), he has previously been a leading figure in various local and national legislative bodies.

Ruiz-Gallardón was born in Madrid. His father, José María Ruiz-Gallardón, was a member of the leadership of the People's Alliance (AP), precursor to the present-day People's Party. He attended secondary school in Madrid at the Jesuit School de Nuestra Señora del Recuerdo, where he was an outstanding student, and then studied law at the Universidad San Pablo CEU.

He is married to María del Mar Utrera, who is the daughter of José Utrera Molina, a former Minister of the Franco regime. They have four sons, Alberto, José, Ignacio and Rodrigo.

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon is a cousin of Trinidad Jiménez, the current Minister of Health and Social Policy of Spain.

As a lawyer, Ruiz-Gallardón sat for exams to begin a career as a prosecutor at the age of 23. He attained the position, ranking second in the twenty eighth year. He was given a position in the Málaga Provincial Court, where he served for a short time until given leave to take charge of the party's legal counsel.

In May 1983 he was elected to Madrid city council. In February 1986, at the party's Seventh National Congress, he joined its Executive Committee. In the same year, he ran unsuccessfully as a Senate candidate for Palencia in the general elections but finished fifth, 301 votes behind the successful PSOE candidate, in a district where four candidates were elected.[1] In the aftermath, the secretary general of his party, Jorge Verstrynge, retired and Ruiz-Gallardón became the interim secretary general until the Party Congress could convene.

CITY COUNCIL

Started by Juan Gómez de Mora in 1644, was followed by Jose Villareal in 1648 and subsequently by Ardemans Teodoro it ends in 1696. Juan de Villanueva in 1789 concludes the Main Street facade building Doric colonnade.

The building is renovated in 1966, replacing the flat roof slate tile, removing the stucco walls and returning to its previous appearance of brick. On the facade overlooking the town square, where you access the building, there are two twin-gate (closest to the main street is that corresponded to the Town Hall and the second to the jail in the Villa) . Inside are the main staircase, with the same decoration in 1896, but restored, the Secretariat Office Gallery and the Portrait Saleta (Saleta Real), the Hall of Goya (also called Royal Hall, Summer or receptions), the Chapel, the Board of the Custody, the Lobby Lounge Session, the Assembly Room, the Patio de Cristales, La Salette of the Dove, the Hall of Public Grandstand and the Board of the cart.

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

Transportation Arbitration Board of the Community of Madrid

Following types of conflicts:

• Transportation of goods:
  Pay the price and transportation costs.
  Breakdown or loss of merchandise.
  Failure rates.
  Stoppages.

• Transport of passengers:
  Damage or loss of luggage.
  Damage or loss of orders.
  Unilateral modification of some of the conditions
  transport.
  Accidents involving damage to third parties.
  Exception to discount (large families, etc.).
  Breach of lease contracts with or without conductor.

Social Economy and the Autonomous City of Madrid (VES)

Specialized business advisory services that promote the creation of a social enterprise.

The assessments are performed by specialists and, depending on the different legal forms for the respective associations representing the sector.

Nature Center
Madrid City Council Public * * Government Department of Economy, Employment and Citizenship * Autonomous Agency Economic Development Agency Undertakes Madrid.