The inauguration of Luis Rodríguez as the new president Port of Alicante There was broad support from representatives of the political and business world. President Carlos Mazón attended on behalf of the Generalitat; Minister Salomé Pradas; and regional secretaries Santiago Lumbreras and Javier Sendra. Also visible with them were Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca, the PP’s deputy speaker in the Cortes and the number two of the PPCV, and the mayors of Alicante, Luis Barcala, Elche, Pablo Ruz and Crevillent, Lourdes Aznar. Political representation also included the presence of the Government’s sub-delegate Carlos Sánchez; President of State Ports Álvaro Rodríguez; and Catalan Ombudsman Antonio Mira-Perceval. Four former presidents of the port met at Rodríguez’s inauguration: Julián López Milla, Juan Ferrer, Mario Flores and José Joaquín Ripoll. María Teresa Mira-Perceval, widow of Juan Antonio Gisbert, one of the port’s former presidents, also attended.
businessmen CEV president Salvador Navarro also attended the meetings; Joaquín Pérez, president of CEV Alicante; César Quintanilla, president of Uepal; FOPA president Javier Gisbert; Antonio Arias from the band Vectalia; Nacho Amirola, president of Ineca; Carlos Baño, president of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce; and Salvador Pérez, president of Cedelco.
HE tourism sector Hosbec president Fede Fuster attended the meeting; José Mancebo, director of the Provincial Tourism Board; and Luis Castillo, president of APHA. Among the first rows was Juanjo Ruiz, rector of the GNA of Elche; Alejandro Morant, director general of IFA and also mayor of Busot; José Antonio Belso, director of Suma Gestión Tributaria; Fernando Canós, Eastern regional manager of Banco Sabadell; To Manuel Nieto, Cajamar’s regional manager in Alicante; Francisco García-Almenta, chief executive of the MOE; or Francesco Balbi, general manager of the cruise terminal.