Vicente Álvarez Areces

Vicente Álvarez Areces
6th President of the Principality of Asturias
In office July 20, 1999 – July 15, 2011
Monarch	Juan Carlos I
Preceded by	Sergio Marqués Fernández
Succeeded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Senator from Asturias
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 December 2011
Mayor of Gijón
In office 30 June 1987 – 3 July 1999
Personal details
Born	August 4, 1947 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE

Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces (born August 4, 1947 in Gijón), also known as Tini Areces, is an Asturian politician. He served as the sixth President of the Principality of Asturias in Spain, and he is a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party political party. He is 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.

References

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