José Atarés

José Atarés Martínez (2 August 1960 – 26 September 2013) was a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician.

Born in El Vallecillo, Province of Teruel, Aragon, Atarés was the son of a farm manager.

His father wanted him to continue the family trade, but instead he became an estate agent, then graduated in Law from the University of Zaragoza.

[6] Belloch also awarded Atarés, as well as all other democratic mayors of the city whether living or dead, with Zargoza's Gold Medal in 2008.

Zaragoza paid tribute to him with a monument in his honour, near to the Expo 2008 site.The Avenida de las Ranillas was renamed after him, causing some controversy as locals were not consulted of the change.

Sculpture of Atarés on the street named after him in Zaragoza