Overview
- City officials confirmed his death and El País reports he was cremated in a private ceremony on Wednesday.
- He led Valencia from 1979 to 1989, driving the transformation of the Turia riverbed into the Jardín del Turia and championing the Palau de la Música and the city’s General Urban Plan.
- Mayor María José Catalá ordered flags at half-mast for three days and paused all official city functions.
- Political leaders including Ximo Puig, Diana Morant and Borja Sanjuán praised his role in Valencia’s democratic transition and modernization.
- After leaving city hall, he served in national and international posts, notably as the European Union’s administrator in Mostar in 1996 to guide postwar municipal reconstruction.