Overview
- City authorities confirmed his death and suspended official municipal events for the mourning period.
- He led the city from 1979 to 1989, implementing the General Urban Plan that remains in effect.
- He is credited with turning the old Turia riverbed into a garden and advancing the Palau de la Música.
- After his mayoralty he served as a European Union administrator in Mostar following the Balkan wars.
- Leaders including María José Catalá, Ximo Puig, Diana Morant and Pilar Bernabé issued tributes highlighting his role in Valencia’s democratic transition.