Lola Botella
María Dolores "Lola" Botella Arbona (20 July 1945 – 31 August 2023) was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician. She was the mayor of Carcaixent in the Valencian Community from 1999 to 2015, and a deputy in the Corts Valencianes from 2007 to 2011 and from 2014 to 2015.
Biography[edit]
Botella served four terms as mayor, having the longest tenure in the city's history. Her tenure coincided with the Spanish property bubble, during which there were many new buildings in the city.[1] In 2015 she chose not to run again, giving her place at the top of the list to the leader of the local PP, Salvador Ferrer.[2]
Botella was elected to the Corts Valencianes in the 2007 Valencian regional election, running 14th on the PP list in the Valencia constituency.[3] She was listed 33rd in 2011 and was not elected, but returned to her seat in the legislature in July 2014 after 19 names ahead of her had resigned, the last being that of Serafín Castellano.[4]
In February 2013, Botella was charged with alleged misappropriation of public funds.[5] The investigation was part of the Gürtel case.[6]
Botella died at age 78, after a long illness.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fandos, Pascual (31 August 2023). "Muere Lola Botella, la alcadesa más longeva de Carcaixent" [Lola Botella, longest-serving mayor of Carcaixent, dies]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Sanjuán, H.; Pérez, Iván; Fernández, H. "El PP no arriesga y sus alcaldes repiten..." [PP does not take risks and its mayors run again...]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "RESOLUCIÓN de 10 de junio de 2007, de la Junta Electoral de la Comunitat Valenciana, por la que se publican los resultados finales y la relación de diputados y diputadas electos en las elecciones a las Corts Valencianes celebradas el día 27 de mayo de 2007. [2007/7856]" [RESOLUTION of 10 June 2007, of the Electoral Board of the Valencian Community, by which the final results are published and the list of deputies elected in the elections to the Corts Valencianes held on 27 May 2007] (PDF) (in Spanish). Diari Oficial de la Comunitat Valenciana. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "María Dolores Botella jura su cargo en Les Corts" [María Dolores Botella swears her oath in Les Corts]. La Verdad (in Spanish). EFE. 3 July 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Alós, Carlos (22 February 2013). "Imputan a la alcaldesa de Carcaixent por presunta malversación de fondos públicos" [Mayor of Carcaixent charged with alleged misappropriation of public funds]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Ferriol, J. C. (2 January 2015). "El PP limpia de imputados su grupo parlamentario en Valencia tras la salida de Costa y García" [PP clears its parliamentary group in Valencia of suspects after the exit of Costa and García]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2024.
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