City Council of Madrid


The City Council of Madrid is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain.
The City Council is composed by three bodies; the Mayor who leads the City Council and the executive branch of it, the Governing Council which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the Mayor and the councillors appointed by him and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Madrid. The current Mayor of Madrid is José Luis Martínez-Almeida since June 2019.

Main bodies

Governing Council

The Junta de Gobierno of the City of Madrid is the executive branch of the City Council, formed by the Mayor and a group of councillors appointed by the Mayor. The current Board is composed of ten members, which are:

PortfolioOfficeholderOfficeholder
MayorJosé Luis Martínez-Almeida
Deputy MayorBegoña Villacís
Culture, Tourism and SportAndrea Levy
Urban DevelopmentMariano Fuentes
SpokespersonInmaculada Sanz Otero
Security and EmergenciesInmaculada Sanz Otero
Economy, Innovation and EmploymentMiguel Ángel Redondo Rodríguez
Environment and MobilityBorja Carabante
Finance and Civil ServiceEngracia Hidalgo
Families, Equality and Social WelfareSilvia Saavedra
Public Works and EquipmentPaloma García Romero

Districts

The local government of the City uses a decentralized system but ultimately led by the ayuntamiento. The Plenary is the body with authority to divide the City into districts and the Mayor has the authority to appoint the "Councillor-Presidents" chairing those districts. A Councillor-Presidents must be an elected councillor. The current officeholders are:

DistrictCouncillor-PresidentCouncillor-President
CenterJosé Fernández Sánchez
SalamancaJosé Fernández Sánchez
ArganzuelaCayetana Hernández de la Riva
ChamartínSonia Cea Quintana
RetiroSantiago Saura
TetuánBlanca Pinedo Texidor
ChamberíJavier Ramírez Caro
Fuencarral-El PardoJavier Ramírez Caro
Moncloa-AravacaLoreto Sordo Ruiz
LatinaAlberto Serrano Patiño
HortalezaAlberto Serrano Patiño

Plenary

The Plenary is the body of maximum political representation of citizens in the municipal government, exercises the powers that are expressly assigned to it and is made up of the Mayor and the councillors. The councillors are elected on the basis of universal suffrage in a secret ballot, and in turn they determine the Mayor of Madrid. Plenary sessions are public. The Plenary can operate in Committees, which will be formed by the Councillors who designate the political groups in proportion to their representation in the Plenary.
The Plenary is the body formed by the elected councillors. The passing of by-laws, annual budget and taxes; the scrutiny of the council of government and the motion of no confidence on the Mayor are tasks assigned to this entity in Spain.
The Plenary of the City Council of Madrid is formed by the following groups for the period 2019-2023:

Mayor

The current mayor is José Luis Martínez-Almeida, from People's Party, invested on 15 June 2019 by an absolute majority of the Plenary in a secret ballot among the councillors.

Mayor CandidatesVotes
José Luis Martínez-Almeida30
Manuela Carmena19
Pepu Hernández8

Elections

A list of elections since the restoration of the democratic system is presented as follows:
The City Hall is located at the Cybele Palace, formerly known as Palacio de Comunicaciones. The City Council began the process of moving from the Casa de la Villa to the Palacio de Comunicaciones in 2007.

Municipal companies

The ayuntamiento, an entity with full legal personality, fully owns the following municipal companies: Madrid Destino, EMT Madrid, EMVS Madrid and the mortuary. It also has a participation in Mercamadrid, Madrid Calle 30 and the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.

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