Gonzalo de Oro-Pulido Plaza (born 1970)[1] is a Spanish politician of the party Vox. He was elected to the City Council of Barcelona in 2023.
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Biography
editDe Oro has two children, and lives in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi as of 2023.[2] Since 2012, he is a partner and director of Rhombus Global Consulting, a global wealth management consultancy. As of 2022, he had over 25 years of experience in banking, including employment at Banco Sabadell and Liberbank.[3][4]
De Oro joined Vox in 2018 and was made their coordinator in Barcelona in 2021. In December 2022, he was named their candidate for mayor in the 2023 Barcelona City Council election.[4] In his campaign, he said he would remove communism and Catalan separatism from the city, as well as dealing with squatting and insecurity, issues that he blamed on incumbent Ada Colau.[5] During the campaign, his son was arrested at a protest against a squat, for possession of an extendable baton. De Oro said "it isn't good, but it's understandable", claiming that residents required arms for self-defence.[6] He referred to Barcelona as the "European Mecca of illegal immigration and delinquency" and called its mayor a "dangerous psychopathic communist".[7] His party received 37,000 votes and two seats on Barcelona City Council.[8]
De Oro was the richest member of the council elected in 2023, with €800,000 in his bank accounts. He owned four apartments in Barcelona outright, and had shares in other properties and businesses.[9]
References
edit- ^ Revelles, Gisela (18 July 2024). "Gonzalo de Oro (Vox): "Barcelona ha importado la peor delincuencia de otros países"" [Gonzalo de Oro (Vox): "Barcelona has imported the worst delinquency of other countries"]. El Liberal (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Rocamora, Carme (4 March 2023). "4 dels 10 caps de llista per Barcelona viuen a Sarrià-Sant Gervasi" [4 of the 10 list leaders for Barcelona live in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi]. El Jardí (in Catalan). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Oro-Pulido, el treballador bancari d'extrema dreta que Vox vol fer batlle de Barcelona" [Oro-Pulido, the far-right banker who Vox want to make the mayor of Barcelona] (in Catalan). VilaWeb. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ a b Serano, Isabel (27 December 2022). "Gonzalo de Oro-Pulido será el candidato de VOX a la alcaldía de Barcelona". 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Serrano, Isabel (12 May 2023). "Gonzalo de Oro, el candidato de VOX a la alcaldía de una Barcelona "libre de ideología separatista y comunista"" [Gonzalo de Oro, Vox candidate for mayor of a Barcelona "free from separatist and communist ideology"]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Denuncian al hijo de un candidato de Vox por llevar una porra extensible en las protestas de Bonanova" [Son of Vox candidate charged with carrying an extendable baton in the Bonanova protests]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Europa Press. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Gili, Ana (14 May 2023). "Gonzalo de Oro (Vox): "Barcelona és la meca europea de la immigració il·legal i la delinqüència"" [Gonzalo de Oro (Vox): "Barcelona is the European Mecca of illegal immigration and delinquency"] (in Catalan). betevé. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Marmól, Alba (29 May 2023). "Vox entra por primera vez en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona con dos concejales" [Vox enters Barcelona City Council for the first time with two councillors]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Aguilera, Gemma (16 July 2023). "El concejal más rico de Barcelona: 10 propiedades y 800.000 euros en el banco" [Barcelona's richest councillor: 10 properties and 800,000 euros in the bank] (in Spanish). Tot Barcelona. Retrieved 3 August 2024.