Jaime Martínez (Spanish politician)

Jaime Martínez Llabrés (born 9 May 1971)[1] is a Spanish politician of the People's Party. He was elected mayor of Palma de Mallorca in 2023, having previously been Minister of Tourism and Sport in the Government of the Balearic Islands from 2013 to 2015.

Biography

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Martínez is an architect by profession and is married and has three children. He and his wife, who is from the Canary Islands, set up an architectural firm specialising in hotels and other buildings for the tourist industry. He had over 25 years of architectural experience before becoming mayor in 2023, and said that politics was a "parenthesis or two" within his professional career.[2]

In December 2013, Martínez was appointed Minister of Tourism and Sport by José Ramón Bauzá, President of the Government of the Balearic Islands. He had previously been director general of tourism, and replaced Carlos Delgado, who had resigned for personal reasons.[3]

After defeat in the 2015 Balearic regional election, Bauzá resigned as leader of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands, and Martínez led a critical sector against new leader Biel Company.[2] In February 2021, Martínez was elected leader of the PP in Palma, with all but four of the 558 votes.[4]

In January 2023, national PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo chose Martínez as candidate for mayor of Palma in the year's local elections. Martínez promised investment in the tourist industry, the local police force and cleaning of the city.[5] In the election, the PP took the plurality with 11 seats out of 29, but would have needed the support of the 6 councillors from Vox in order to gain a majority, with the other 12 seats leaning to the left;[6] in the end, he was elected mayor as each other party voted for their own candidates. Martínez turned down a coalition government with Vox, whose candidate Fulgencio Coll had to announce him as the new mayor, per convention by being the oldest person on the council.[7]

References

  1. ^ Perpinyà, Joan Miquel (16 May 2023). ""Somos la única alternativa al bloque de izquierdas, que han demostrado no saber gestionar"" ["We are the only alternative to the left-wing bloc, who have demonstrated that they don't know how to manage things"]. Mallorca Diario (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b Bauzà, Jaume (18 June 2023). "Jaime Martínez, el arquitecto de una nueva Palma" [Jaime Martínez, the architect of a new Palma]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Bauzá pide a Martínez que 'continúe el rumbo' hacia la recuperación" [Bauzá asks Martínez to 'continue the progress' towards recovery]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. ^ "Martínez y Galmés, elegidos presidentes del PP de Palma y del PP de Mallorca" [Martínez and Galmés, elected presidents of the PP of Palma and the PP of Mallorca]. Crónica Balear (in Spanish). 27 February 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  5. ^ Porcel, Guillem (22 January 2023). "Jaime Martínez, candidato del PP a la alcaldía de Palma: "Mis prioridades son la limpieza, la seguridad, la movilidad y la vivienda"" [Jaime Martínez, PP candidate for mayor of Palma: "My priorities are cleanliness, security, mobility and housing"]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  6. ^ Segura, Patricia (28 May 2023). "Vuelco electoral en Palma: Jaime Martínez (PP) gana las elecciones y necesitaría el apoyo de Vox" [Electoral overturn in Palma: Jaime Martínez (PP) wins the elections and would need the support of Vox] (in Spanish). Onda Cero. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  7. ^ Zabala, Sergio (17 June 2023). "Jaime Martínez es investido como alcalde de Palma en minoría" [Jaime Martínez is installed as mayor of Palma in a minority government] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
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