Juan Pascual Azorín Soriano
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Juan Pascual Azorín Soriano (born August 6, 1951 in Yecla) is a Spanish politician. At the moment, he is the mayor of Elda and senator by Alicante in the Spanish Senate. He belongs to PSPV.
He moved with his family to Elda at the age of eighteen months. In 1983 he was chosen town councillor in the lists of the Candidatura Independiente de Elda and later he was integrated into PSOE. In 1985 he was appointed General Secretary of the Unión General de Trabajadores in the comarca of Alt Vinalopó. As town councillor he occupied the post of Personnel and Industry, until in 1996 he held the post of Mayor of Elda. He was President of PSPV-PSOE too.
Moreover, he holds some other posts in the Senate, as Primer Vice president in the Industry, Tourism and Commerce Commission, and Primer Secretary in the Local Entities Commission, and he is President of Honour in the Institución Ferial Alicantina.