Íñigo de la Serna
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Iñigo de la Serna MP |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
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Assumed office 4 November 2016 |
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| Monarch | Felipe VI |
| Prime Minister | Mariano Rajoy |
| Preceded by | Ana Pastor Julián |
| Mayor of Santander | |
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In office 16 June 2007 – 4 November 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Gonzalo Piñeiro |
| Succeeded by | Gema Igual |
| President of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions | |
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In office 26 June 2015 – 12 December 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Annemarie Jorritsma |
| Succeeded by | Stefano Bonaccini |
| President of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces | |
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In office 23 July 2012 – 19 September 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Ignacio Zoido |
| Succeeded by | Abel Caballero |
| Member of the Parliament of Cantabria | |
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In office 18 June 2015 – 4 November 2016 |
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| Alderman of the City Hall of Santander | |
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In office 14 June 2003 – 4 November 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
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18 September 1973 Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Spain |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Cantabria |
Íñigo Joaquín de la Serna Hernáiz (born January 10, 1971 in Bilbao) is a Spanish politician and civil engineer. He was the Mayor of Santander between 2007 and 2016 and he is the current Minister of Public Works since November 4, 2016.
Although born in Bilbao, he has lived all his life in Santander. Only son, he studied at the San Agustín College in the Cantabrian capital and did COU in Ohio, United States, before joining the University of Cantabria School of Civil Engineering, where he graduated as civil engineer. He worked in the Apia XXI engineering office.
Its political trajectory begins when in 1999 is named chief of the cabinet of the Councilor of Environment of the Government of Cantabria, José Luis Gil. In 2003 he takes the office of the Department of Environment, Water and Beaches in the City of Santander. In 2004, he was elected Deputy Secretary of the People's Party of Cantabria, and later presented himself to the municipal elections of 2007. Íñigo de la Serna was elected Mayor of Santander in that election, obtaining 15 of the 27 councilors/aldermans (the PSC-PSOE obtained 7 and the PRC the remaining 5).
When he was elected, he became the second youngest mayor of a provincial capital of Spain after Agustín Conde (Conde was elected Mayor of Toledo in 1995 with 30 years), since he was only 36 years old, he obtanied an absolute majority of 52% of the votes, being this the first time that it appeared. In the municipal elections of 2011, it revalidates its absolute majority more broadly as Mayor of Santander, obtaining 18 of the 27 councilors (the PSC-PSOE obtained 5 and the PRC the remaining 4). He became the fourth most voted mayor of Spain obtaining the highest record of his party in the city with 56% of the votes.
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