Francisco de la Torre Prados (born 21 December 1942)[1] is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician who has been the mayor of Málaga since 2000.

De la Torre has won six local elections, though in 2015 and 2019 his party needed support from Citizens to form a majority in the city hall.

[8] An article in La Opinión de Málaga was mostly positive on his two decades, apart from some expensive failed projects such as the Museum of Gems,[9] and sanitation worker strikes.

[11] In October 2017, De la Torre was awarded the National Order of the Legion of Honour on the 50th anniversary of Málaga's French community organisation.

[12] In November 2018, President of Russia Vladimir Putin made him the first Spanish recipient of the Medal of Pushkin, for having opened museums of Russian art in the city.