Abel Caballero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Caballero and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez.

Abel Caballero
Mayor of Vigo
Incumbent
Assumed office June 16, 2007
Preceded by	Corina Porro
Minister of Transport
In office July 6, 1985 – July 9, 1988
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister	Felipe González
Preceded by	Enrique Barón
Succeeded by	José Barrionuevo
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 28 October 1982 – 23 April 1986
Constituency	A Coruña
Personal details
Born	Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez (1946-09-02) September 2, 1946 Ponteareas, Galicia, Spain
Political party	PSdeG-PSOE
Residence	Vigo
Alma mater	University of Santiago de Compostela
Occupation	Mayor
Profession	Professor

Abel Ramón Caballero Álvarez (born 2 September 1946) is a Spanish professor of Economics and since June 2007, the current mayor of Vigo, representing PSdeG-PSOE. Since 19 September 2015, he has also served as the president of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).

Caballero had previously served in the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing A Coruña Province from 1982 to 1986 and Pontevedra Province from 1986 to 1997.