Antoni Noguera

Antoni Noguera Ortega (born 27 December 1979)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Més per Mallorca. He was a city councillor Palma de Mallorca from 2011 to 2023, and the mayor from 2017 to 2019. He was coordinator of his party between 2019 and 2021.

Biography

Noguera grew up in the Pere Barau neighbourhood of Palma de Mallorca.[2] From 2006 to 2008 he was secretary general of the Joves d'Esquerra Nacionalista, the youth wing of the Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM). On 12 October 2006, he led the group in a protest against the National Day of Spain, saying "we have nothing to celebrate, because the Spanish state has dedicated all of its history to violently colonising countries of Latin America and the Catalan Countries, that is to say, all those countries that had a very important historic past".[3]

In 2010, Noguera was named coordinator of culture and youth by the council of his hometown of Palma de Mallorca. Running in third place on the list of the PSM, IniciativaVerds (IV), and Entesa per Mallorca (ExM), he was elected to the council in 2011, as the youngest councillor on an opposition party in that term. He made proposals regarding culture and tourism, which were approved by the People's Party (PP)-led local government.[4]

Noguera was the Més per Mallorca candidate for mayor of Palma in the 2015 local elections. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Més, and Podemos formed a pact in which José Hila of the PSOE would be mayor for the first two years and Noguera for the latter two, with Podemos's Miquel Comas holding the spokesperson's role.[5] Noguera was in charge of city planning in Hila's administration.[2] On 30 June 2017, Noguera was sworn in as Palma's first mayor from Més or its predecessors.[2]

In April 2018, effective from June, Noguera's administration passed a ban on holiday rentals within multi-residence buildings, excluding houses unless in protected areas.[6] Habtur, an organisation representing the interests of holiday rentals, appealed to the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands, which reversed the prohibition in September 2021. In February 2023, the Supreme Court of Spain decided in favour of the city council and reinstated the ban.[7]

In the 2019 local elections, the three-party government in Palma was renewed, with Hila returning as mayor. Noguera was put in charge of culture and welfare.[8] In November 2019, Noguera was elected coordinator of Més for a two-year term, with 87% of the 262 votes, while the party had 2,500 members eligible to vote.[9]

Noguera said in October 2021 that he doubted he would run for any office in 2023.[10] He did run in the 2023 local elections, but in 29th place on the Més list, which would have required a hegemonic victory for him to be re-elected.[11]

References

  1. ↑ González, Mónica (1 December 2019). "Antoni Noguera: «No seremos la muleta de nadie, exijo al PSOE un cambio de actitud»" [Antoni Noguera: "We won't be anybody's crutch, I demand a change of attitude from the PSOE"]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Antoni Noguera ya es alcalde de Palma" [Antoni Noguera is now the mayor of Palma]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Los jóvenes d'Esquerra Nacionalista piden la «independencia» en L'Almudaina" [Joves d'Esquerra Nacionalista ask for "independence" in L'Almudaina]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 13 October 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Galán, Raquel (21 December 2011). "El concejal de la unanimidad" [The councillor of unanimity]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Hila será alcalde de Palma los dos primeros años de legislatura con el gobierno tripartito" [Hila will be mayor of Palma for the first two years of the legislature with a three-party government]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Spain's Palma to ban holiday rentals after residents' complaints". BBC News. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Antoni Noguera: "El derecho a la vivienda está muy por encima del negocio del alquiler turístico en pisos"" [Antoni Noguera: "The right to housing comes a lot higher than the business of tourist rentals in flats"] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Capó, Josep (14 June 2019). "Se cierra el pacto en el ayuntamiento de Palma con la incorporación de Podemos" [Pact in Palma City Council is sealed with the incorporation of Podemos]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  9. ↑ Pol, Antoni (29 November 2019). "Antoni Noguera es elegido con el 87% de los votos coordinador de Més per Mallorca" [Antoni Noguera is elected with 87% of votes as coordinator of Més per Mallorca]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  10. ↑ Sitges, Joan (31 October 2021). "Antoni Noguera: «En 2023 no veo mi nombre en ninguna lista electoral»" [Antoni Noguera: "I don't see my name on any electoral list in 2023"]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Esta es la lista de Més per Palma que encabeza Neus Truyol y en la que hay cinco independientes" [This is the Més per Palma list which Neus Truyol leads and in which there are five independents]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). EFE. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
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