About Ignacio Velázquez Rivera
Born 1953. Ignacio Velázquez Rivera is a Spanish politician.
Ignacio Velázquez Rivera (born 1953) was a Spanish politician who served as mayor of Melilla from 1991 and became the first Mayor-President on 14 March 1995 when it became an autonomous community. He held the post until 1998.
Velázquez was born in Ceuta, one of the other Spanish exclaves in mainland Africa.
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Who is Ignacio Velázquez Rivera?
Spanish politician
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Ignacio Velázquez Rivera was born in 1953 in Ceuta.
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Ignacio Velázquez Rivera is a politician.
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Ignacio Velázquez Rivera is Spanish.
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