Three days of official mourning have been declared in La Algalba, Sevilla, following the death on Friday night of the Mayor, Marcos Agüera García.
Socialist Marcos Agüera García gained an absolute majority at the recent elections but had already decided not to continue in municipal politics due to ill health.
The first deputy Diego Manuel Agüera Piñero will take over as Mayor of La Algalba, a post he held in 2009.