Alberto Rojo Blas
{{short description|Spanish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Alberto Rojo
| image = (Alberto Rojo) Toma de posesión de la directora del Instituto de la Mujer y el delegado de la Junta en Guadalajara (19648277652) (cropped).jpg
| birth_date = 1975
| birth_place = Guadalajara, Spain
| nationality = Spanish
| party = Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
| office = Mayor of Guadalajara
| term_start = 15 June 2019
| office2 = Member of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
| term_start2 = 2003
| term_end2 = 2007
| office3 = Mayor of Hita
| term_start3 = 2003
| term_end3 = 2011
| constituency2 = Guadalajara
}}
Alberto Rojo Blas (born 1975) is a Spanish politician, Mayor of Guadalajara since June 2019. He previously served as Mayor of Hita from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Biography
Born in 1975 in Guadalajara, Rojo earned a diploma in Business Sciencies from the University of Alcalá.{{Cite web|url=https://www.castillalamancha.es/sites/default/files/perfiles/ficha_profesional_alberto_rojo_blas_delegado_de_la_junta_en_guadalajara.pdf|title=Alberto Rojo Blas Delegado de la Junta en Guadalajara|website=JCCM|access-date=15 June 2019}} He become a member of the Socialist Youth organization in Guadalajara, becoming their Secretary-General, in what it was his first political responsibility.{{Cite journal|last=Romero|first=David|date=10 May 2019|title=Las fotos de su vida de Alberto Rojo|url=http://www.encastillalamancha.es/castilla-la-mancha/guadalajara/las-fotos-de-su-vida-de-alberto-rojo-psoe-guadalajara-el-elefante-de-peluche-su-abuelo-isi-el-tupe/|journal=En Castilla-La Mancha}} He was Mayor of Hita between 2003 and 2011.{{Cite journal|date=2018-11-26|title=Alberto Rojo, alcalde de Hita de 2003 a 2011, candidato oficial del PSOE a la Alcaldía de Guadalajara en mayo de 2019|url=https://www.elheraldodelhenares.com/guadalajara/alberto-rojo-alcalde-de-hita-de-2003-a-2011-candidato-oficial-del-psoe-a-la-alcaldia-de-guadalajara-en-mayo-de-2019/|journal=El Heraldo del Henares|access-date=15 June 2019}} He was a member of the 6th Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha (2003–2007).{{Cite journal|last=Bachiller|first=Carmen|date=2018-11-22|title=El delegado de la Junta quiere ésser candidato a la Alcaldía de Guadalajara|url=https://www.eldiario.es/clm/delegado-Junta-candidato-Alcaldia-Guadalajara_0_838516468.html|journal=eldiario.es|access-date=15 June 2019}} Employed at the logistics company Grupo Pol between 2010 and 2015, Rojo was appointed as Delegate of the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla–La Mancha in Guadalajara in 2015. He led the PSOE list vis-à-vis the May 2019 municipal election in Guadalajara. Following the announcement of a government agreement with Citizens,{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/valencia/noticia-cs-psoe-pacten-governar-dos-anys-cadascun-les-alcaldies-ciudad-real-albacete-20190613132928.html|title=Cs i PSOE pacten governar dos anys cadascun en les alcaldies de Ciudad Real i Albacete|website=Europa Press|date=13 June 2019 |access-date=13 June 2019}}{{Cite journal|last=Jiménez|first=S.|date=2019-06-13|title=PSOE y Ciudadanos sellan en Castilla-La Mancha su primer gran pacto para repartirse gobiernos municipales|url=https://www.periodicoclm.es/articulo/politica/psoe-cs-cierran-acuerdo-pacto-nivel-regional-castilla-mancha-repartiran-alcaldias-gobiernos-municipales/20190613135235009779.html|journal=Periódico CLM|access-date=15 June 2019}} Rojo was invested Mayor on 15 June 2019.
He was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies from Guadalajara in the 2023 Spanish general election.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=Resultados Castilla-La Mancha: El PP logra dar el vuelco y se impone como el partido más votado |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/castilla-la-mancha/pp-logra-dar-vuelco-impone-partido-votado-20230723231235-nt.html |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Diario ABC |language=es}}
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Category:Mayors of places in Castilla–La Mancha
Category:Guadalajara, Spain municipal councillors
Category:Members of the 6th Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha
Category:Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians
Category:University of Alcalá alumni
Category:Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain)
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