Juan Mari Aburto

Mayor of Bilbao

Juan Mari Aburto graduated in Law from Deusto University and holds a post-graduate Diploma in Legal-Financial Affairs from the same university; he has been mayor of the capital of Bizkaia since 2015.

He holds a Diploma in Public Policy Evaluation and has been the Basque Government’s Minister for Employment and Social Affairs and its Services Director in the Basque Ministry of the Interior.

He has also been Councillor for the President’s Office, Social Action, Second Deputy General, and Spokesperson at Bizkaia Provincial Government.

Aburto has been Mayor of the capital of Bizkaia since 13 June 2015.