Julio Revuelta

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Julio Revuelta Altuna (born 7 March 1959)[1] is a Spanish politician. As a member of the People's Party (PP), he was a city councillor in Logroño from 1991 to 2007, and the mayor from 2000 to 2007. He founded his own Ciudadanos de Logroño for the 2011 election, which was then absorbed into the Riojan Party (PR+). He was that party's lead candidate in the 2019 Riojan regional election, in which they did not win a seat.

Biography

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Revuelta was born in Burgos in Castile and León.[1] He graduated in architecture from the University of Navarre.[2]

In 1991, Revuelta was elected to the city council in Logroño, representing the People's Party (PP). From 1994, he led them in the chamber, and from 1995 to 2000 he was deputy mayor to José Luis Bermejo [es], then succeeding him.[3]

Works from Revuelta's mandate included the Gran Vía Juan Carlos I throughfare.[2] His party won the plurality of seats in the 2007 election, but the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Riojan Party (PR+) formed a pact and installed Tomás Santos [es] as mayor; Revuelta resigned his council seat as a result.[4]

In March 2011, in the run-up to local elections, Revuelta left the PP and founded Ciudadanos de Logroño. In his leaving letter, he accused the president of the People's Party of La Rioja and President of La Rioja, Pedro Sanz, of not attempting a pact that would have kept the party in control of the regional capital in 2007.[4]

Ciudadanos de Logroño merged into PR+ in January 2012.[5] In June 2017, former Ciudadanos de Logroño member Rubén Antoñanzas was elected president of PR+, and Revuelta was named secretary general.[6]

In the 2019 Riojan regional election, Antoñanzas declined to run as PR+'s list leader, instead opting to do so for the local election in Logroño, so Revuelta led the list at regional level.[7] The party ran a joint list with Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD).[8] The list did not win a seat in the Parliament of La Rioja.[9]

In November 2024, Revuelta was one of the previous four mayors to be awarded the Gold Medal of the City of Logroño.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sin Palabras: la ecociudad de Julio Revuelta" [Without words: Julio Revuelta's eco-city] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "El alcalde de la Gran Vía" [The mayor of the Main Street]. El Día de La Rioja (in Spanish). 23 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Logroño". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b "El ex alcalde Julio Revuelta deja el PP para liderar un nuevo partido" [Former mayor Julio Revuelta leaves the PP to lead a new party] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Miembros de Ciudadanos pasarán a la directiva del refundado Partido Riojano" [Members of Citizens will go into the executive of the refounded Riojan Party]. El Correo (in Spanish). 18 January 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Rubén Antoñanzas es proclamado presidente del PR+ con el 90,9% de los votos" [Rubén Antoñanzas is proclaimed president of PR+ with 90.9% of the vote] (in Spanish). Nueve Cuatro Uno. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ Sáenz, E. (20 June 2018). "Julio Revuelta encabezará la candidatura del PR+ en las elecciones al Parlamento" [Julio Revuelta will lead the PR+ candidacy in the elections to Parliament]. La Rioja (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ^ "El PR+ y UPyD firman un acuerdo de integración en las listas al 26 M" [PR+ and UPyD sign an integration agreement in the lists for the 26 May elections]. La Rioja (in Spanish). 14 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  9. ^ Pérez, Cristina (26 May 2019). "El PSOE desbanca al PP en La Rioja, tras 24 años de hegemonía popular" [PSOE dislodges the PP in La Rioja, after 24 years of PP hegemony] (in Spanish). RTVE. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  10. ^ "Exalcaldes Julio Revuelta, Tomás Santos, Cuca Gamarra y Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza recibirán la Medalla de Oro de Logroño" [Former mayors Julio Revuelta, Tomás Santos, Cuca Gamarra and Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza will receive the Gold Medal of Logroño] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2025.