Manuela Carmena of the leftist Ahora Madrid coalition, will be inaugurated as mayor of the Spanish capital on Saturday (June 13).<br /><br /> Her party says she has obtained the support of the Socialist Party.<br /><br /> In recent months, the 71-year-old retired judge has become a leading figure in local politics amid huge political and social change taking place throughout the country.<br /><br /> The Ahora-Socialist bloc includes anti-austerity party Podemos and will, effectively, take away control of the capital from the conservative PP Party after 24 uninterrupted years.<br /><br /> Change also seems likely in Barcelona, in the form of Barcelona in Common – an alliance, which again includes the left-wing Podemos.<br /><br /> If successful in forming a coalition, leader of the group Ana Colau will become the first female mayor of one of Spain’s most-visited cities.
