Urtaran, the fourth mayor who charges the most in Spain

Light and stenographers. The Ministry of Territorial Policy and Function has made public this Thursday the data of the remuneration received last year by spanish mayors or the presidents of the provincial councils, general deputies in the case of the Basque Country. Of the 8,124 municipalities, there are data for 4,063. In 2,551, its councilors did not earn any salary and 1,237 did not send the requested information to the Ministry led by Meritxell Batet. The classification leads Manuela Carmena, in Madrid, which earned 102,010 euros. Regarding the top five, the Basque Country sweeps. Bilbao, with Juan Mari Aburto in front, he obtains the silver medal with 91,318 euros; Vitoria, with Gorka Urtaran, remains in fourth place, with 81,861, and Getxo, with Imanol Landa, in fifth place, with 79,151 euros.

Between Aburto and Urtaran is Joan Ribó, alderman of Valencia, with 82,603 ​​euros. And Barcelona? It does not appear on the list, but according to the Transparency Portal of the City Council of Barcelona, Ada Colau She has a salary of 100,000 euros a year although she has set herself earning 14 payments of 2,200 euros net for ideological reasons.

Regarding the provincial councils, the Biscayan Unai Rementería leads the ranking with a comfortable difference, winning 101,964 euros in 2017. The second place is for the Barcelona, with 100,230 euros, while the bronze medal goes to the Alava penuvista Ramiro Gonzalez, with 92,414 euros. The third Basque general deputy, the Guipuzcoan Markel Olano, entered 76.4121 euros.