José Ángel Cuerda

{{Short description|Spanish politician}}

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|office = Mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz

|term_start = 11 May 1979

|term_end = 4 July 1999

|office2 = Member of Basque Parliament

|term_start2 = 22 March 1984

|term_end2 = 21 November 1989

|predecessor = Alfredo Marco Tabar

|successor = Alfonso Alonso

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|birth_place = Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

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|party = Basque Nationalist Party

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José Ángel Cuerda Montoya (born 17 March 1934) is a Spanish politician of the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV). He was the first democratically elected mayor of Vitoria-Gasteiz, serving from 1979 to 1999.{{cite news |last1=Méndez |first1=Mila |title=José Ángel Cuerda, un alcalde pionero: "Nunca tuve coche, en Vitoria los mayores van a donde les da la gana"|trans-title=José Ángel Cuerda, a pioneering mayor: "I never had a car, in Vitoria seniors go wherever they please"|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/somosagro/sostenibilidad/2019/05/21/jose-angel-cuerda-alcalde-pionero-nunca-coche-vitoria-mayores-van-da-gana/00031558448762842764601.htm |access-date=30 August 2022 |work=La Voz de Galicia |date=22 May 2019 |language=Spanish}}

Cuerda was known for his promotion of the environment and green space in his city as well as championing sustainable city planning for the wellbeing of residents. Though officially a member of the right-wing PNV, he said in 2019 "I never received instructions from the PNV, nor did I stop being a member of left-wing movements in the Basque Country, Spain, or around the world".