José Bernal (politician)

José Bernal Gutiérrez (born 3 November 1974)[1] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He was elected to Marbella City Council in 2011 and was mayor from 2015 to 2017. He was a member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 2012 to 2016.

Biography

In January 2011, Bernal was elected as the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) candidate for mayor of Marbella with 106 votes out of 121.[2] His party lost 5,000 votes in the election in May, as Ángeles Muñoz of the People's Party (PP) retained her office.[3]

Bernal was a member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 2012 to 2016. During his time in the legislature, he called for Marbella's council to be audited for what he believed to be financial mismanagement by Muñoz's government, who denied the accusations.[4]

In the 2015 elections, Bernal was installed as the first PSOE mayor of Marbella since 1991, due to a four-party pact with United Left/The Greens–Assembly for Andalusia, Podemos and Opción Sampedreña (OSP), a localist group for San Pedro Alcántara.[5] In August 2017, the two councillors from OSP supported a motion of no confidence in him, restoring Muñoz as mayor.[6]

Bernal ran unopposed to be the PSOE candidate for mayor of Marbella in 2019.[7] His party rose from eight to ten members of the 27-person council, but the PP under Muñoz won an absolute majority.[8] He was elected to the Provincial Deputation of Málaga and ran for president of the body, which was won by the incumbent Francisco Salado of the PP with support from Citizens.[9]

Bernal expressed his disappointment as the PSOE fell back to eight seats in the 2023 local election.[10] He held the position of secretary general of the party in the city from 2008 to January 2022, and regained it in April 2025.[11]

References

  1. ^ Castro, Nieves (27 August 2018). "José Bernal: «Las de 2019 son las últimas elecciones a las que me presento. Y seré alcalde»" [José Bernal: "2019 is the last election I'm running for. And I will be mayor"]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ^ Sánchez, Princesa (11 January 2011). "Los socialistas apoyan por mayoría la candidatura de Bernal a la alcaldía" [Majority of Socialists support Bernal's candidacy for mayor]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Bernal no puede reprimir las lágrimas tras el batacazo" [Bernal can't hold back tears after overwhelming defeat]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). 23 May 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. ^ Villanueva, José Carlos (18 October 2012). "El PSOE dice que el Parlamento andaluz ordena auditar Marbella y el PP lo desmiente" [PSOE says that Andalusian Parliament orders an audit of Marbella and the PP denies it]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  5. ^ Albarral, María (11 June 2015). "José Bernal consigue la alcaldía de Marbella para el PSOE, 24 años después" [José Bernal achieves Marbella mayor's office for the PSOE, after 24 years]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  6. ^ Barbotta, Héctor (29 August 2017). "Ángeles Muñoz back as mayor of Marbella". Diario Sur. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  7. ^ "José Bernal repetirá como candidato del PSOE a la alcaldía de Marbella" [José Bernal will be PSOE candidate for mayor of Marbella again] (in Spanish). Marbella 24 Horas. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  8. ^ García, L. (27 May 2019). "Ángeles Muñoz recupera una ajustada mayoría absoluta en Marbella" [Ángeles Muñoz recovers a narrow absolute majority in Marbella] (in Spanish). Málaga Hoy. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  9. ^ Romero, Antonio M. (17 July 2019). "Francisco Salado, reelegido presidente de la Diputación de Málaga" [Francisco Salado, re-elected president of the Deputation of Málaga]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  10. ^ "El PSOE de Marbella reconoce los «malos resultados» porque aspiraban «a mucho más»" [Marbella PSOE recognises the "bad results" because they aspired "to a lot more"]. La Opinión de Málaga (in Spanish). 31 May 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  11. ^ "José Bernal, reelegido como secretario general del PSOE de Marbella" [José Bernal, re-elected as secretary general of the Marbella PSOE] (in Spanish). Marbella 24 Horas. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
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