Alfonso Álvarez Gándara Explained

Alfonso Álvarez Gándara
Birth Date:27 January 1939
Birth Place:Tui, Spain
Death Place:Vigo, Spain
Nationality:Spanish
Party:Galician Socialist Party
UG
Partido Galeguista
Office:Secretary General of the Partido Galeguista
Term Start:1981
Term End:1983

Alfonso Álvarez Gándara (27 January 1939 – 2 August 2021) was a Spanish politician.[1] He was one of the founders of the socialist movement in Galicia.[2]

Biography

The son of Darío Álvarez Blázquez and born in Tui, Alfonso started his career as a columnist in the local press. In 1967, he received the Premio Fernández Latorre for an article titled "La Iglesia no habla la misma lengua que los gallegos". He joined the Galician Socialist Party and became one of its key members.[3]

Gándara ran in the 1977 Spanish general election, but was unsuccessful. However, he was elected in the 1979 municipal elections as part of the Galician Unity party. From 1981 to 1983, he served as Secretary General of the Partido Galeguista.[4] He became a member of the Vigo Bar Association in 1989 and later became President of the Galician Bar Council.

Alfonso Álvarez Gándara died in Vigo on 2 August 2021 at the age of 82.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfonso Álvarez Gándara. Galegos. Spanish.
  2. News: 2 August 2021. Vigo llora la muerte del exdecano del Colegio de Abogados. Spanish. Atlántico. Vigo. 4 August 2021.
  3. News: 5 August 2021. Fallece a los 82 años el abogado Alfonso Álvarez Gándara. Spanish. La Voz de Galicia. Vigo. 4 August 2021.
  4. News: 2 August 2021. Muere Alfonso Álvarez Gándara, exdecano del Colegio de Abogados de Vigo. Spanish. Faro de Vigo. 4 August 2021.
  5. News: 2 August 2021. Fallece Alfonso Álvarez Gándara, vocal de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio. Spanish. Faro de Vigo. Pontevedra. 4 August 2021.