Mayor of Bilbao

Mayor of Bilbao
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Incumbent Ibon Areso since March 21, 2014
Term length	Four years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Ambrosio Orbegozo
Formation	1836 1979 (modern)

Coat of arms of Bilbao.

The mayor of Bilbao (Basque: Bilboko alkatea, Spanish: Alcalde de Bilbao) is the head of the municipal government of Bilbao, Spain. He presides over the Bilbao City Council.

The current mayor of Bilbao is Ibon Areso, who became mayor immediately after the death of Iñaki Azkuna.

Mayors of Bilbao since 1979

This is a list of the mayors of Bilbao since the restoration of democracy in Spain.

Since the Spanish transition to democracy, seven individuals have served as mayors of Bilbao. The longest term was that of Iñaki Azkuna, who served for almost 15 years as mayor until his death. All modern mayors of Bilbao have been members of the Basque Nationalist Party.

#	Mayor	Term start	Term end		Party
1	Castañares, JonJon Castañares	April 19, 1979	May 22, 1983		Basque Nationalist Party
2	Robles, José LuisJosé Luis Robles	May 22, 1983	July 19, 1987		Basque Nationalist Party
3	Gorordo, José MariaJosé Maria Gorordo	July 20, 1987	December 17, 1990		Basque Nationalist Party
4	Duñabeitia, Jesús MaríaJesús María Duñabeitia	December 17, 1990	June 14, 1991		Basque Nationalist Party
5	Ortuondo, JosuJosu Ortuondo	June 17, 1991	July 2, 1999		Basque Nationalist Party
6	Azkuna, IñakiIñaki Azkuna	July 3, 1999	March 20, 2014		Basque Nationalist Party
7	Areso, IbonIbon Areso	March 21, 2014	June 13, 2015		Basque Nationalist Party
8	Aburto, Juan MaríaJuan María Aburto	June 13, 2015	Incumbent		Basque Nationalist Party