Inés Rey

Inés Rey García (born 11 July 1982) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politician. She was elected mayor of A Coruña in 2019.

Biography

Rey was born in A Coruña in Galicia on the same day that Spain hosted the 1982 FIFA World Cup final.[1] She studied law at the University of A Coruña, where she was also the most voted member of the student union. As of 2019, she has two children.[2]

In 2001, 19-year-old Rey joined the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and two years later she had her first meeting with the city's mayor Francisco Vázquez Vázquez. Her time was mostly spent on her legal profession, apart from in 2011, when she was placed number two on the PSOE list for the Senate of Spain for the A Coruña constituency; incumbent mayor Javier Losada topped the list and was the only member elected.[2]

Rey was the youngest and only female of four candidates in the PSOE primaries for mayor of A Coruña in 2019.[2] She took 53.4% of the vote in the second round, a run-off over incumbent party spokesperson on the city council, José Manuel García; García had taken the most votes of the first round.[3] In the elections in May, the People's Party (PP) received the most votes and nine seats, with the PSOE marginally behind but with the same amount of seats. Through a pact with the six councillors of Marea Atlántica, Rey had the support of the majority of the 27-person council and was expected to be installed as mayor; she had never held any public or party office before.[4] The two councillors from the Galician Nationalist Bloc also voted in her favour in June, making her the first female mayor of the city.[5]

In the 2023 local elections, Rey's PSOE rose to 11 seats, gaining a majority with the support of the four councillors of the BNG, but governing alone.[6] In September 2023, she was elected vice president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).[7]

References

  1. ^ Zautúa, Israel (12 December 2024). "Inés Rey luce la camiseta de Naranjito para celebrar que A Coruña es bimundialista" [Inés Ray wears the Naranjito shirt to celebrate that A Coruña is a two-time World Cup host] (in Spanish). DxT Campeón. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Eiroa, E. (17 June 2019). "Así es Inés Rey, la nueva alcaldesa de A Coruña: de militante a alcaldesa en siete meses de vértigo" [This is Inés Rey, the new mayor of A Coruña: from activist to mayor in a dizzying seven months]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Inés Rey gana la segunda vuelta de las primarias y será candidata del PSdeG en La Coruña" [Inés Rey wins the second round of the primaries and will be PSdeG in A Coruña]. ABC (in Spanish). 25 November 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Xulio Ferreiro se hunde y la socialista Inés Rey será alcaldesa pactando con Marea Atlántica" [Xulio Ferreiro is sunk and Socialist Inés Rey will be the mayor in a pact with Marea Atlántica]. ABC (in Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ Lombao, David (15 June 2019). "La socialista Inés Rey, primera alcaldesa de la historia democrática en A Coruña" [Socialist Inés Rey, first female mayor in the democratic history of A Coruña]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ^ Bravo, Isabel (17 June 2023). "Inés Rey, investida alcaldesa de A Coruña: "É tempo de acordos, outra vez"" [Inés Rey, invested as mayor of A Coruña: "It's time for agreements, again"] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ^ García, David (28 September 2023). "Inés Rey, alcaldesa de A Coruña y vicepresidenta primera de la FEMP: «Los ayuntamientos vamos a milagro semanal, con test de estrés permanente»" [Inés Rey, mayor of A Coruña and first vice president of FEMP: "We at city councils go to weekly miracles, with permanent stress tests"]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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