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Vicente Álvarez Areces

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Vicente Álvarez Areces
6th President of the Principality of Asturias
In office
20 July 1999 – 15 July 2011
MonarchJuan Carlos I
Preceded bySergio Marqués Fernández
Succeeded byFrancisco 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
Died17 January 2019(2019-01-17) (aged 75)
Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Political partyPSOE

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.

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

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  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.
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Preceded by Mayor of Gijón
1987–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Principality of Asturias
1999–2011
Succeeded by