Last Saturday, October 13, Torre Pacheco paid homage to the one who, without a doubt, is for all the "Mayor" of Torre Pacheco, as Antonio León, current councilor of the municipality, pointed out in the presentation of the book "Pedro Jiménez Ruiz, history of a good man "and in the subsequent act of naming the plaza" Alcalde Pedro Jiménez ".
The Plenary Hall of the City Council of Torre Pacheco did not have enough space to welcome the hundreds of neighbors and friends, colleagues and relatives who gathered at the presentation of the book "Pedro Jiménez Ruiz, the story of a good man", written by Juan Tomás Frutos, and the subsequent act of naming the plaza "Alcalde Pedro Jiménez", located in front of the new City Hall building.
Torre Pacheco paid homage to Pedro Jiménez, a neighbor of Torre Pacheco born in 1933 in his home after the old Town Hall, mayor for 20 years since the beginning of democracy (1979-1999), in addition to having previously been a councilor and subsequently , Gold Medal of the Villa de Torre Pacheco granted on December 6, 2000, as well as a preacher of the 2016 Patron Saint Festival. He has also been President of the Torre Pacheco Golf Club, as well as the Rotary Club and other institutions.
Dynamic man, pro-active, enterprising, tireless, deeply in love with his town and his municipality, a simple and familiar man, who has dedicated all his effort, his illusion and his intelligence to Torre Pacheco.
Pedro Jiménez, a man ahead of his time, was very clear about what he wanted for Torre Pacheco, to turn it into the municipality with the greatest economic and social development in Southeast Spain, transforming Torre Pacheco into one of the most important municipalities in Spain, giving it a modern dimension, open, dynamic and in constant progress;
a man who worked to promote and locate the municipality of Torre Pacheco, in the role that corresponds to it as the heart of the Campo de Cartagena.
Pedro Jimenez demonstrated last Saturday that he continues to maintain a vitality and an intellectual maturity that surprises every time he has an opportunity, and his people showed him once again that he is a loved person and admired by all.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco