Who is Eduardo Dolón, the mayor of Torrevieja?

Eduardo Jorge Dolón Sánchez was born on 1 November 1975 in Torrevieja (Alicante). He holds a degree in Business Sciences from the University of Alicante, a further degree in Business Administration and Management (UCAM) and an MBA in financial management, and he worked in consultancy and then banking before moving into politics.

A Partido Popular councillor in the early 2000s, he rose to deputy mayor and then served as mayor of Torrevieja from 2011 to 2015, with an absolute majority. After losing office he became first vice-president of the Alicante provincial council (Diputación) from 20 July 2015. He returned to the town hall in May 2019 and was re-elected in June 2023 for a third term, holding 16 of the 25 council seats (diariodealicante.net).

Torrevieja passed 100,000 registered residents in January 2024, making it the third-largest town in the province. On 22 December 2025 the council approved a 2026 budget of 187.7 million euros, up 11.38% year on year, of which 46.19 million is actual investment. The town has more registered foreign residents than Spanish ones (eldiario.es), so much so that one councillor holds a dedicated brief for international residents and European funds, a sign of the large British and northern-European communities settled along this stretch of coast.

Asked about the big urban projects in an interview with todoalicante.es on 13 November 2023, Dolón explained that the Levante breakwater scheme had been halted because safety could not be guaranteed, while insisting, on the two residential towers under construction, that one of the two would be finished by the end of the term.

Photo credit: Partido Popular Comunitat Valenciana (campaign rally of 20 May 2011), edited and cropped by contributor Ecemaml, CC BY 3.0 licence, Wikimedia Commons.

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