Villamantilla
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Villamantilla is a municipality
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 of the Community of Madrid, Spain
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.

It is mostly known because at its head is the only Black mayor of Spain, Juan Antonio de la Morena (for the right-wing Partido Popular
People's Party (Spain)
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), born from a Spanish father and a mother from (former Spanish colony) Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
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. He was first elected in 2007 (57.83% for the PP list), and reelected in 2011 (62.64%). His father, uncle and grandfather had already been mayors or vice-mayors of the town, including under Franco
Francisco Franco
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's dictatorship.
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