| Josep Maria de Porcioles | |
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Amer |
| Death Place: | Vilassar de Dalt |
| Office: | 108th Mayor of Barcelona |
| Term Start: | 15 March 1957 |
| Term End: | 11 May 1973 |
| Predecessor: | Antoni Maria Simarro i Puig |
| Successor: | Enric Masó i Vázquez |
| Party: | FET y de las JONS |
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Josep Maria de Porcioles i Colomer (in Catalan; Valencian pronounced as /ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə ðə puɾsiˈɔləz/; Amer, 15 July 1904 – Vilassar de Dalt, 3 September 1993) was the mayor of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain for sixteen years, from 15 March 1957 until 11 May 1973 during the fascist dictatorship of Francisco Franco.[1] His long administration is associated with the rapid economic and industrial growth of the city during Spain's desarrolisme and unplanned urban sprawl in Barcelona to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of immigrants attracted to the city from southern Spain. He was finally forced to retire in 1973 due to neighbourhood protests over the poor quality of the housing in the new areas and lack of social provision, and the speculation and corruption associated with the mayor.[2] [3] [4] He is interred in the Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.