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Borja Jesús Sanjuán Roca^[1] (born 1992)^[2] is a politician of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was appointed to the city council in Valencia in 2020 and has led his party there since 2024.

Biography

Sanjuán was born in the Tres Forques [es] neighbourhood of Valencia. At age 15, he joined Joves Socialistes, the youth sector of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV). He earned three degrees in law, political sciences, and economics from the University of Valencia. He then did a master's degree in law at the National University of Distance Education.^[2]^[3]

Sanjuán did work experience at the European Parliament for Vicente Garcés [es], and at a law firm. He then worked as a consultant for the Corts Valencianes, the Generalitat Valenciana and the Ayuntamiento of Valencia, as well as the spokesperson of the Socialist Party of the Valencian Country (PSPV) of the city of Valencia. In 2016, he joined the cabinet of advisors to Ximo Puig, President of the Valencian Government.^[2]^[3]

In late 2018, Sanjuán left his role with Puig to become an advisor to Sandra Gómez, leader of the Socialist group in the city council.^[3] He was placed eighth on their list for the 2023 Valencia City Council election,^[1] and seven were elected. Councillor for the treasury Ramón Vilar died suddenly in July 2020, and Sanjuán was confirmed as his replacement in his seat and his role.^[2] In October 2022, while the matter was awaiting a decision from the European Commission, Sanjuán asked the Archbishop of Valencia, Enrique Benavent Vidal, to voluntarily pay property tax on properties not used for worship.^[4]

In November 2022, an anti-fraud investigation into Sanjuán, spurred by an anyonymous tip-off, was closed without charge. Gómez said that Sanjuán's salary as an associate professor at the University of Valencia had always been declared, and that opposition figures such as María José Catalá of the People's Party (PP) were also paid by universities while involved in politics.^[5]

Gómez named Sanjuán second on the Socialist list for the 2023 Valencia City Council election.^[6] Control of the council went to the right, with Catalá sworn in as mayor.^[7] In July 2024, Gómez resigned due to election as a Member of the European Parliament, and Sanjuán was voted her replacement as the Socialist leader in the council.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "Listas de los candidatos a las elecciones en València" [List of candidates in the elections in Valencia]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 15 May 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bartual Roig, Josep (21 July 2020). "Borja Sanjuán será el nuevo concejal de Hacienda" [Borja Sanjuán will be the new councillor for the Treasury]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c Llorca, Alex (22 January 2019). "Conversaciones con el joven asesor que le escribía los discursos a Ximo Puig" [Conversations with the young consultant who wrote speeches for Ximo Puig]. Sueldos Públicos (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Borja Sanjuán: "Le pido al nuevo arzobispo que voluntariamente pida pagar el IBI"" [Borja Sanjuán: "I'm asking the new archbishop to voluntarily pay property tax"] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Archivada la investigación de Antifraude a Sanjuán por su trabajo como profesor asociado" [Anti-fraud investigation into Sanjuán for his work as an associate professor closed without charge] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Sandra Gómez anuncia que Borja Sanjuán será su número dos en la lista de las elecciones municipales" [Sandra Gómez announces that Borja Sanjuán will be her number two in the list for the municipal elections]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Los 33 concejales de València juran y prometen cargos, 15 de ellos en valenciano" [The 33 councillors in Valencia swear and affirm their offices, 15 of them in Valencian] (in Spanish). Valencia Plaza. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Borja Sanjuán asume la portavocía de los socialistas en el Ayuntamiento de Valencia" [Borja Sanjuán becomes spokesperson of the Socialists in Valencia City Council]. El País (in Spanish). 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2025.