Augusto Hidalgo

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Augusto Hidalgo Macario (born 10 May 1972)[1] is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He was elected to the city council of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands in 2007 and was mayor from 2015 to 2023. Since 2023, he is vice president of the Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria (es).

Early and personal life

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Born in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Through the National University of Distance Education (UNED), he graduated in Political Sciences and Sociology, and earned master's degrees in Prevention of Occupational Hazards and Training of Trainers.[1] His father, Augusto Hidalgo Champsaur, was labour lawyer and anti-Francoist activist.[2][3] According to his own official online biography, the younger Hidalgo was suspended from school at the age of 14 for going on strike.[4] As of 2019, Hidalgo is married and has a daughter.[4]

Political career

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Hidalgo's early years of political activity were spent in the Canarian United Left (IUC) and the Canarian Initiative (Icán). He led the former's list in the Las Palmas constituency for the 2000 Spanish general election. After leaving politics for the private sector, he returned and was elected to Las Palmas city hall in the 2007 elections, representing the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). In 2011, he retained his seat and was also elected to the Gran Canaria Island Council.[4]

In October 2014, Hidalgo won the primary to be the PSOE candidate for mayor of Las Palmas in the 2015 election.[5] In June, he succeeded the People's Party (PP) incumbent Juan José Cardona (es) as mayor, with support from Podemos and local left-wing party New Canaries.[6] In 2015, his was the second-largest city governed by the PSOE, after Seville; news agency EFE named him as a representative of a wave of progressive mayors elected that year while saying that he differed from his contemporaries such as Abel Caballero (Vigo) and José María González Santos (Cádiz) in having a more reserved personality and approach.[4]

Hidalgo's three-way pact was repeated in 2019.[4] He did not run for re-election in 2023, becoming one of 19 out of 29 of the incumbent Las Palmas councillors to not return.[7]

In September 2022, Hidalgo submitted his application to lead the PSOE in the following year's election to the Island Council.[8] In the election, the PSOE and New Canaries renewed their government pact by taking 14 seats, while the PP, Vox and Canarian Coalition had 13 together.[9] Hidalgo was named vice president, and put in charge of the Ministry of Public Works and Infrastructure, Architecture and Housing.[10]

On 30 April 2022, Hidalgo was named secretary general of the PSOE in Las Palmas, naming a 32-person executive split equally between men and women, with 18 being retained from the previous administration.[11] He resigned three years later, ceding the position to his successor as mayor, Carolina Darias.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Augusto Hidalgo". La Provincia (in Spanish). 29 November 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Por ellos, por él" [For them, for him] (in Spanish). Telde Actualidad. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ^ Cantero, María (30 June 2019). "Adiós al Látigo Negro" [Goodbye to the Black Whip]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Augusto Hidalgo, la cara discreta del "los ayuntamientos del cambio"" [Augusto Hidalgo, the discreet face of "the city halls of change"]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). EFE. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Augusto Hidalgo gana las primarias socialistas para concurrir como candidato a la Alcaldía de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" [Augusto Hidalgo wins the Socialist primary to run as candidate for Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  6. ^ "El socialista Augusto Hidalgo se convertirá en alcalde" [Socialist Augusto Hidalgo will become mayor] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  7. ^ Villullas, Adzubenam (14 June 2023). "Hidalgo cierra sus ocho años de mandato en un pleno lleno de despedidas" [Hidalgo ends his eight years in office in a plenary session full of farewells]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Augusto Hidalgo (PSOE) presenta su candidatura para presidir el Cabildo de Gran Canaria" [Augusto Hidalgo (PSOE) presents his candidacy to be president of the Gran Canaria Island Council]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  9. ^ Montesdeoca, Jesús (29 May 2023). "Antonio Morales logra su tercer mandato en el Cabildo de Gran Canaria" [Antonio Morales achieves his third mandate in the Gran Canaria Island Council]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  10. ^ "El Consorcio de Vivienda aprueba un presupuesto de 6,8 millones de euros para el año 2024" [Ministry of Housing approves a budget of 6.8 million euros for the year 2024] (in Spanish). Canarias7. 16 November 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Augusto Hidalgo, nuevo secretario general del PSOE de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria" [Augusto Hidalgo, new secretary general of the PSOE of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria] (in Spanish). 30 April 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  12. ^ Medina Álvarez, Esther (2 May 2025). "El vicepresidente del Cabildo da un paso a un lado y cede la secretaría local del PSOE a Carolina Darias" [Vice president of the Island Council steps aside and cedes the position of local PSOE secretary to Carolina Darias]. La Provincia (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 September 2025.