Marisol Yagüe

Marisol Yagüe Reyes (born 1952)[1] is a Spanish former politician. As a member of the Liberal Independent Group (GIL), she became the mayor of Marbella in 2003 following a motion of no confidence in Julián Muñoz. She was removed from office in 2006 due to being indicted in Operation Malaya, an anti-corruption investigation. In 2013 she was sentenced to six years in prison. In 2020, she was convicted of choosing her husband for a job in the council, and was disqualified from office for ten years.

Biography

Yagüe was born in La Línea de la Concepción in Andalusia.[1] As a member of mayor Jesús Gil's Liberal Independent Group (GIL), she was elected to the council in Marbella in 1995. On 13 August 2003, she became the first woman mayor of Marbella due to a motion of no confidence in GIL mayor Julián Muñoz, supported by eight GIL rebels and three councillors each of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and Andalusian Party (PA).[2]

On 29 March 2006, Yagüe was one of twenty people arrested in Operation Malaya, an anti-corruption investigation centred on Marbella. Tomás Reñones, a former footballer for Gil's Atlético Madrid, took over as mayor.[3] Days later, the Spanish government took the unprecedented step of dissolving the council and sending administrators to run the city.[4]

In October 2013, Yagüe was sentenced to six years in jail and Muñoz to two.[5] She was also fined €2.3 million.[6] In January 2016, she entered the Prisión Provincial de Málaga to serve five-and-a-half years.[7]

Yagüe was tried in October 2020 for having chosen her husband for a job in the council in 2003. She was charged with misconduct in public office and embezzlement, with the prosecution requesting five years in prison; the second charge was dropped and she was instead sentenced to ten years of disqualification from public office.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Sánchez, Nacho (15 October 2020). "La exalcaldesa marbellí Marisol Yagüe, condenada a diez años de inhabilitación por enchufar a su marido en el Ayuntamiento" [Former mayor of Marbella Marisol Yagüe sentenced to ten years of disqualification for getting her husband employed in the City Council]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  2. ^ "El culebrón marbellí (III): Marisol Yagüe" [The Marbella soap opera (III): Marisol Yagüe]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 29 March 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  3. ^ "Detenida la alcaldesa de Marbella y otras 19 personas tras una operación anticorrupción" [Mayor of Marbella and 19 others detained after an anti-corruption investigation]. ABC (in Spanish). 29 March 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  4. ^ Tremlett, Giles (5 April 2006). "Marbella council dissolved after corruption claims". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Dozens convicted in Marbella corruption scandal". BBC News. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ^ Esparza, Marta S. (4 October 2013). "La Audiencia condena a Roca a 11 años y 240 millones de multa" [Audiencia Nacional sentences Roca to 11 years in prison and €240 million fine]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  7. ^ Martín, Montse (27 January 2016). "Marisol Yagüe entra en prisión para cumplir cinco años y medio por la sentencia de Malaya" [Marisol Yagüe enters prison to serve five-and-a-half years for Operation Malaya sentence]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  8. ^ San Martín, Ignacio (14 October 2020). "Marisol Yagüe, condenada por colocar a dedo a su marido en una empresa del Ayuntamiento de Marbella" [Marisol Yagüe, sentenced for handpicking her husband for a Marbella City Council business] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
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