• Politics Juan Espadas: Pedro Sánchez's weapon against Susana Díaz

  • Andalusia The stylistic transformation of Susana Díaz

Familiar, introverted, and sociable, rigorous in his work and lover of culture.

Antonio Muñoz (La Rinconada, Seville, 1959) has become mayor of Seville days before the arrival of the Three Kings and

after having passed the Covid asymptomatically

with the third dose received.

Muñoz took the MTV, Goya and European film awards to Seville, the Michelin gala, Obama's visit ... "We have already presented other nominations, but the event organizers do not want to risk the pandemic.

When possible, I would like the Goya to come back. "

Antonio lives in the Alameda, in the center of Seville. He does not have a driving license, he usually moves on foot and has had a

stable relationship for more than twenty years

with the journalist and writer Fernando Repiso. Muñoz never concealed his sexual orientation and supports the LGTBI collective, because "sometimes we think that the rights achieved are consolidated, and suddenly you see that they are not. With the advance of the extreme right, we must try to eliminate clouds.

And it is necessary to vindicate normality and diversity, "he

says.

Repiso published in 2020 the novel

6 mujeres 6,

in which genres are mixed and that hooks the reader from the beginning.

"Of course I have read it,

and also the new one that will be released in the spring published by Planeta",

says Muñoz.

Because he is an inveterate reader -also of the international press-.

"No matter how tired I am and a lot of work I have, I have no shortage of books."

Neither is his date with the gym, at 7 in the morning.

Fernando Repiso during the presentation of his book '6 mujeres 6' last summer of 2020. In the background and dressed in blue, his partner, the current mayor of Seville AGM

Passionate about music,

The Smiths is his reference group;

he likes indie and electronics, classical and opera. "I'm a regular at the Maestranza Theater; you don't go to a four-hour opera so people can see you." In cinema he stays with Bertolucci and

Last Tango in Paris.

And about food, "it's easier to say what I don't like, such as organ meats or salmon.

I eat a lot and I love Malaga sardine skewers."

And the beach. When Antonio was 3 years old, his father, who worked in construction, emigrated to Barcelona. Soon after, the company transferred him to Malaga, and for that reason he went to school in Fuengirola. When his mother became ill, the family returned to La Rinconada, where he studied COU, to return to Malaga to study Economics.

"The atmosphere there was full of political activity

and I always identified more with the left-wing parties." He joined the PSOE in 1983, and made his political debut as a councilor in La Rinconada.

For Antonio, family comes first.

He adores his nephews, as if they were his children.

He soon lost his parents, and three years ago he suffered another blow.

His older sister passed away.

"For me it has been a blow. Especially these days I have had her present at all times, I am sure she would be very happy," he says.

Mercedes de Pablos adds that "she was the one who protected him, the one who filled his fridge with tuppers every weekend, who prepared the parties ...

It was as if he had been orphaned for the second time

. "

His long-time friends say that "he is the most beautiful friend in the world; eclectic, very polite also in private, he has a kind of inner elegance".

ENJOYMENT

They add that "he is very intelligent, he never loses his composure, he is very punctual, serious in his work and maintains a good relationship with the opposition and with the Church, despite being secular - he loves Holy Week from the street

. long and useless meetings,

and he is very team-building. At the same time, he has a great sense of humor, and he is very enjoyable. He likes the streets and people, he is very affable in treatment, respectful, and a convinced Europeanist ".

He loves to travel.

You have visited Greenland, Iran or Patagonia.

And when you travel, even in private and out of pocket, you soak up it all.

"I am a sponge. I look at street furniture,

public spaces, I analyze the treatment of tourists, their services and cultural programming."

By becoming mayor, he has decided to take charge of Culture himself

"because it is strategic and an economic engine of the city.

I believe that a more powerful bet can be made, even in areas of social transformation, where it is serving to integrate many young people ", it states.

Hereinafter?

"To make a policy of proximity, to solve daily problems. But I also have a project in mind so that Seville is an international reference in culture and tourism,

and to tackle once and for all the inequalities

of some peripheral neighborhoods. But for that I need help from the Junta de Andalucía and the central Government ".

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

Know more

  • Seville

  • Malaga

  • Goya Awards

  • PSOE

  • Coronavirus

The most impressive images that 2021 leaves us in Spain

Pandemic The sixth wave takes 600 people to Andalusian hospitals, although the occupation is still far from the worst of the pandemic

PandemicAndalucía says goodbye to the year with a new record of infections and incidence and the highest death toll since September

See links of interest

  • Last News

  • How to do

  • Translator

  • 2022 business calendar

  • Check Christmas Lottery 2021

  • Check Child's Lottery

  • Children's lottery

  • Granada CF - Barcelona

  • Real Madrid - Valencia CF

  • Unicaja - Valencia Basket

  • Rayo Vallecano - Real Betis

  • Seville - Getafe