Abel Caballero | |
Office: | Mayor of Vigo |
Term Start: | June 16, 2007 |
Predecessor: | Corina Porro |
Office2: | Minister of Transport |
Monarch2: | Juan Carlos I |
Primeminister2: | Felipe González |
Term Start2: | July 6, 1985 |
Term End2: | July 9, 1988 |
Predecessor2: | Enrique Barón |
Successor2: | José Barrionuevo |
Office3: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
Term Start3: | 28 October 1982 |
Term End3: | 23 April 1986 |
Constituency3: | A Coruña |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1946 |
Birth Place: | Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain |
Birthname: | Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez |
Nationality: | Spanish |
Party: | PSdeG-PSOE |
Residence: | Vigo |
Alma Mater: | University of Santiago de Compostela |
Occupation: | Mayor |
Profession: | Professor |
Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez (born 2 September 1946) is a Spanish professor of Economics and since June 2007, the current mayor of Vigo, representing PSdeG-PSOE.[1] Since 19 September 2015, he has also served as the president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).[2]
Caballero had previously served in the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing A Coruña Province from 1982 to 1986 and Pontevedra Province from 1986 to 1997.