Manuel Blasco Marqués

Manuel Blasco Marqués (born 9 February 1960)[1] is a Spanish politician of the People's Party (PP). He was a councillor in Teruel from 1987 to 2016, and the city's mayor from 1999 to 2003 and again from 2010 to 2016. He was a member of the Senate of Spain from 2004 to 2023, excluding the period 2016 to 2019 in which he sat in the Congress of Deputies. In 2023, he was named Minister of Environment and Tourism in the Government of Aragon.

Biography

Born in Teruel in Aragon, Blasco is married and has two children as of 2015.[1] He studied for a law degree, but did not complete it.[2] In 1982 he joined the People's Alliance (AP) which became the People's Party (PP) in 1989.[1] He was elected to his hometown's city council in 1987 and became mayor in 1999, serving until 2003.[1]

Blasco was president of the PP in Teruel between 2000 and 2008.[1] He was elected to the Senate of Spain in 2004.[3] In November 2010, he was elected mayor of Teruel again, as the leader of the most voted list of the 2007 election, following the collapse of the previous Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Aragonese Party (PAR) government.[4] Six months later, elections were held, and his party won the first ever absolute majority in Teruel with 12 out of 21 seats.[5][6]

In 2015, Blasco was re-elected as mayor with the votes of his eight councillors, while each other party voted their own candidate except for Citizens which abstained.[7] He resigned at the start of February 2016 due to his new seat in the Congress of Deputies, and was succeeded by Emma Buj.[8]

Blasco returned to the Senate in April 2019.[9] He was re-elected in 2023,[10] but was not sworn in, as he was named Minister of Environment and Tourism in the Government of Aragon.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Manuel Blasco". Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Alberto Herrero encabezará la lista del PP al Congreso y Manuel Blasco irá al Senado" [Alberto Herrero will lead the PP's list for Congress and Manuel Blasco will go to the Senate]. Diario de Teruel (in Spanish). 15 March 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ Alegre, Elisa (13 June 2015). "Blasco, un hombre práctico ligado a la política municipal" [Blasco, a practical man linked to municipal politics]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ^ Teruel Casado, Cristina (17 November 2010). "Manuel Blasco ya es alcalde de Teruel" [Manuel Blasco is now mayor of Teruel] (in Spanish). Aragón Digital. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ^ "El PP obtiene la mayoría absoluta de la mano de Manuel Blasco" [PP obtains an absolute majority through Manuel Blasco]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). 23 May 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  6. ^ Bardají Benabarre, Ana (23 May 2011). "Los populares hacen historia en Teruel al alcanzar la mayoría absoluta en el Ayuntamiento" [People's Party make history in Teruel by achieving absolute majority in the City Council] (in Spanish). Aragón Digital. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Manuel Blasco, reelegido alcalde de Teruel con los votos del PP" [Manuel Blasco, re-elected mayor of Teruel with the votes of the PP]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Manuel Blasco presenta su renuncia a la Alcaldía de Teruel" [Manuel Blasco presents his resignation as mayor of Teruel]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Europa Press. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Estos son los diputados y senadores elegidos por Aragón en las elecciones generales" [These are the deputies and senators elected by Aragon in the general election]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 29 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  10. ^ Rodríguez, Mapi (24 July 2023). "Estos son los nuevos senadores elegidos por Aragón en las elecciones generales" [These are the new senators elected by Aragon in the general election]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  11. ^ "Manuel Blasco, consejero de Medio Ambiente y Turismo" [Manuel Blasco, Minister of Environment and Tourism]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 12 August 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
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