Vicente Álvarez Areces

Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces (4 August 1943 – 17 January 2019), also known as Tini Areces, was a Spanish politician. He served as the sixth President of the Principality of Asturias in Spain, and he was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party political party. He was also a member of the Committee of the Regions, working as a vice-president of the Party of European Socialists Group.

Vicente Álvarez Areces
6th President of the Principality of Asturias
In office 20 July 1999 – 15 July 2011
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Preceded by	Sergio Marqués Fernández
Succeeded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Senator from Asturias
In office 13 December 2011 – 17 January 2019
Mayor of Gijón
In office 30 June 1987 – 3 July 1999
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-04)4 August 1943 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Died	17 January 2019(2019-01-17) (aged 75) Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE

Areces was born in Gijón, and prior to his becoming President of Asturias in 1999, he had served as mayor of Gijón between 1987 and 1999. He died on 17 January 2019.^[1]

References

1. "Fallece de forma repentina el expresidente del Principado Vicente Álvarez Areces" [Former President of the Principality Vicente Álvarez Areces passed away suddenly]. La Nueva España. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links

• "Biography - Government of the Principality of Asturias". asturias.es. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

Preceded by José Manuel Palacio	Mayor of Gijón 1987–1999	Succeeded by Paz Fernández Felgueroso
Preceded by Sergio Marqués Fernández	President of the Principality of Asturias 1999–2011	Succeeded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos