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Pedro Valero, Torrevieja’s new representative for the international community
• 24 Jan 2008 •
 PEDRO Valero has been appointed the new Councillor for International Residents, Immigration and New Technology in a re-shuffle at the town hall of Torrevieja.
His previous responsibilities for Police, Traffic and Civil Defence are now under the auspices of Tomás Arenas. Arenas loses Trade and Catering Businesses which go to Agustina Esteve with Development (ADL) going to Jose Antonio Sánchez.
Valero’s appointment gave us the opportunity to ask our new councillor a few questions and to give you a chance to get to know your new representative on Torrevieja’s council for International Residents.
Valero’s mother, Rosa Mazón was the first democratically elected mayor of Torrevieja in 1979. She was, and still is, a socialist, whilst Valero is a member of the right of centre Partido Popular.
He explained, “I was born into politics. With a mother like mine it was inevitable and, when I was young, I too was a socialist …
To be a socialist when you are young means you have a heart - to be a socialist when you are older means you have no head”, Valero quipped.
In 2003, Valero became a PP councillor in Torrevieja. His responsibilities saw him take on the portfolio for Police, Traffic and Civil Defence.
In four and a half years he has seen Torrevieja’s Policia Local grow from 60 officers to nearly 200 and from one police station to five. He has overseen a programme which has resulted in crime rates falling, year-on-year, by between 40-50%.
This very stressful period in his political career resulted in a minor heart condition that required hospitalisation and a period of convalescence.
Now he is back at work, smoking a lot less and having lost 15 kilos. He joins a new, young and enthusiastic breed of councillors in the town hall and his new responsibilities see him managing, not 180 policemen, but 54% of the population of Torrevieja. “Torrevieja has an international feel to it. There are 142 different nationalities living in our town and they each bring different cultures, customs and a perspective that makes this role and this town so special.”
He continued, “We all want to live in peace, to have a job, a home and to party.
We also want to take advantage of the progress that has been made and let technology do the work.
That is why I am looking forward to the challenge as Torrevieja’s representative for international residents, immigration and new technology. It will be anything but dull.” |  Return to Top
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