Miguel Celdrán

Miguel Ángel Celdrán Matute (4 March 1940 – 28 January 2021) was a Spanish politician.^[1] He was a member of the People's Party.

Miguel Celdrán
The monument of Miguel Celdrán
Mayor of Badajoz
In office 17 June 1995 – 4 March 2013
Preceded by	Gabriel Montesinos [es]
Succeeded by	Francisco Javier Fragoso [es]
Senator from Badajoz
In office 2 April 2004 – 9 April 2007
In office 27 March 2000 – 22 November 2000
Member of the Assembly of Extremadura for the Province of Badajoz
In office 19 June 2007 – 21 June 2011
Member of the Ayuntamiento de Badajoz [es]
In office 4 July 1991 – 4 March 2013
Personal details
Born	Miguel Ángel Celdrán Matute 4 March 1940 Badajoz, Francoist Spain
Died	28 January 2021(2021-01-28) (aged 80) Badajoz, Spain
Political party	PP

Biography

Prior to his political career, Celdrán directed a driving school and served as a technical engineer for the Spanish government.

In the early 1980s, he joined the Liberal Party, led by Joaquín Garrigues Walker, which had merged with the Union of the Democratic Centre. In 1990, he joined the People's Party and was elected to the Municipal Council of Badajoz the following year. He was elected as mayor of the commune on 26 May 1995 and was reelected in 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was then elected to the Senate of Spain to represent Badajoz, but resigned after only eight months. He regained his seat on 14 March 2004, but did not stand in the subsequent elections. On 27 May 2007, he was elected to the Assembly of Extremadura, representing the Province of Badajoz.^[2] Additionally, he served as a member of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces.

Miguel Celdrán died in Badajoz on 28 January 2021 at the age of 80.