Overview
- Madrid mayor José Luis Martínez‑Almeida announced López de la Riva's death on Friday, June 26, 2026, and offered public condolences while praising his institutional service.
- López de la Riva had served as secretary general of the Plenary since 2006, a role in which he ran plenary procedure, presided over sessions and ensured legal compliance for council decisions.
- He combined municipal work with a long legal career, including a law degree from Universidad de Deusto, a magistracy in contentious‑administrative courts and a 2012 post as a legal adviser at the Constitutional Court.
- During recent mandates he advised on high‑profile council matters such as the emergence of the Grupo Mixto and legal issues tied to the Grupo Municipal Vox, and he also held secretarial posts at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid.
- The Ayuntamiento said the next planned plenary will go ahead and include a tribute to him, while the council has not yet announced funeral arrangements or a successor for the secretary general post.