Juan Jesús Vivas | |
Office: | Mayor-President of Ceuta |
Term Start: | 8 February 2001 |
Predecessor: | Antonio Sampietro |
Office2: | Chairman of the People's Party of Ceuta |
Termstart2: | 25 May 2009 |
Predecessor2: | Pedro Gordillo |
Office3: | Member of the Assembly of Ceuta |
Termstart3: | 15 June 1999 |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1953 |
Birth Place: | Ceuta, Spain |
Party: | People's Party of Ceuta |
Alma Mater: | University of Málaga |
Juan Jesús Vivas Lara (born 27 February 1953) is a Spanish politician who is the current Mayor-President of the autonomous city of Ceuta, since 8 February 2001.[1] He is a member of the People's Party (PP).[2]
Born in Ceuta in 1953,[3] Juan Jesús Vivas earned a degree in Economic Sciences from the University of Málaga.[4] He became a member of the Assembly of Ceuta in 1999 and he was invested as Mayor-President of the autonomous city in 2001, after a successful motion of no-confidence launched against GIL's Mayor-President Antonio Sampietro.[5] In 2021, he disclosed that he was not willing to renew his mandate in 2023.
Vivas tested positive for COVID-19 on 10 January 2022.[6]