Mateo Isern

Mateo Isern Estela[1] (born 4 April 1959),[2] also sometimes referred to with the Catalan first name Mateu,[3] is a Spanish former politician. As a member of the People's Party, he was a city councillor and the mayor of Palma de Mallorca from 2011 to 2015, and a member of the Congress of Deputies in the first half of 2016. He retired from politics after a failed attempt to be re-elected as mayor in 2019.

Biography

Born in Palma de Mallorca, Isern was a lawyer and businessman when in January 2011, he was given the People's Party's (PP) nomination for mayoral candidate of the city.[4] In the election in May, he won an absolute majority of 17 seats on the city council.[5] In October 2014, he announced he would not run for re-election in 2015 and would leave politics, believing he did not have enough support from the party.[6]

In October 2015, Isern returned to politics, submitting a candidacy to lead the PP list for the Balearic Islands constituency in the general election in December.[7] He was chosen to lead the list for the Congress of Deputies with 61.5% support from the executive of the People's Party of the Balearic Islands.[8] One week after being elected, he suffered a motorcycle accident with his wife. He was temporarily paralysed and then used a wheelchair before having months of rehabilitation. He did not mention the accident until returning to politics in December 2018.[9]

Isern declined to run for re-election in the 2016 Spanish general election, citing "completely unforeseen circumstances".[3] He retired from politics, before being brought back by the president of the Balearic PP, Biel Company, to run for mayor of Palma again in 2019. The incumbent coalition of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Més per Mallorca and Podemos won 15 out of 27 seats, and Isern retired from politics.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Isern Estela, Mateo" (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mateo Isern". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  3. 1 2 Álvarez, Daniel; Font, Miquel A. (11 May 2016). "Mateu Isern no repetirá como candidato del PP "por circunstancias absolutamente imprevistas"" [Mateu Isern will not run for re-election as PP candidate "due to completely unforeseen circumstances"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  4. ↑ Capó, Josep (28 January 2011). "El abogado y empresario Mateu Isern será el candidato del PP a la alcaldía de Palma" [Lawyer and businessman Mateu Isern will be PP candidate for mayor of Palma]. Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Isern se compromete a administrar con 'humildad' un resultado 'histórico'" [Isern commits to administering with 'humbleness' a 'historic' result]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Isern no será el candidato a la alcaldía de Palma y dejará la política al terminar la legislatura" [Isern will not be candidate for mayor of Palma and will leave politics once the legislature ends]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "Isern se presenta como candidato al Congreso tras «haber recuperado la ilusión de poder ayudar»" [Isern presents himself as a candidate for Congress after "having recovered the excitement in being able to help"]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Europa Press. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "El PP elige a Mateo Isern para encabezar la lista al Congreso" [PP chooses Mateo Isern to lead list for Congress]. Última Hora (in Spanish). 4 November 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  9. ↑ Mateos, Alicia (19 December 2018). "Mateo Isern: «Tuve que elegir entre mi carrera política o mi familia y elegí a mi familia»" [Mateo Isern: "I had to choose between my political career or my family and I chose my family"]. Última Hora (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Aguiló, Josep María (29 May 2019). "El candidato del PP a la Alcaldía de Palma abandona la política tras los resultados del 26-M" [PP candidate for mayor of Palma abandons politics after the results of the 26 May elections]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 March 2026.
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