Born in
Ceuta in 1953, Juan Jesús Vivas earned a degree in Economic Sciences from the
University of Málaga. He became a member of the
Assembly of Ceuta in 1999 and he was invested as Mayor-President of the autonomous city in 2001, after a successful motion of no-confidence launched against
GIL's Mayor-President
Antonio Sampietro. Vivas tested positive for
COVID-19 on 10 January 2022. ==References==