Mateo Cañellas Martorell, commonly known as Mateu Cañellas (born 27 April 1972 in Inca, Mallorca), is a retired Spanish middle distance runner and former politician.

He served as Minister of Sports and Youth of the Baleric Islands from 2007 to 2010 in the Antich II government.

[1][2] He was a member of the regionalist party Majorcan Union.

In 2011, he was accused of being a part of a corruption case in his party, and given liberty with charges,[3] until in 2016 he was acquitted.

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