Vicente Álvarez Areces Explained

Vicente Álvarez Areces
Office:President of the Principality of Asturias
Order:6th
Predecessor:Sergio Marqués Fernández
Successor:Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Office2:Senator from Asturias
Party:PSOE
Birth Date:4 August 1943
Birth Place:Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Death Place:Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Term Start:20 July 1999
Term End:15 July 2011
Term Start2:13 December 2011
Term End2:17 January 2019
Office3:Mayor of Gijón
Term Start3:30 June 1987
Term End3:3 July 1999

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]

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  1. Web site: Fallece de forma repentina el expresidente del Principado Vicente Álvarez Areces . La Nueva España. 17 January 2019. 17 January 2019. Former President of the Principality Vicente Álvarez Areces passed away suddenly.