Vicente de la Fuente García

Vicente de la Fuente García
Vicente de la Fuente García
Mayor of Betanzos
	In office; 1979–1983
Preceded by	Ramón Sánchez García
Succeeded by	Antolín Sánchez
Personal details
Born	29 January 1934; Betanzos, Spain
Died	22 December 2021 (aged 87)
Political party	UCD

Vicente de la Fuente García (29 January 1934 – 22 December 2021) was a Spanish politician. A member of the Union of the Democratic Centre, he served as Mayor of Betanzos from 1979 to 1983.^[1] He died on 22 December 2021, at the age of 87.^[2] He was the first Mayor elected in Betanzos after the fall of Francoist Spain.^[3]

Mayorship

As mayor of Betanzos, de la Fuente worked to bring back transparency that was lacking during the Francoist era. This included recovering municipal archival documents and opening a municipal archive. In addition, he revived Anuario Brigantino [gl] after a 30-year pause in publication. The publication, which is a university-level research journal, has since been archived at the Library of Congress.^[3]^[4]

Personal life

Vincente de la Fuente had 9 children.^[2]

Legacy

The mayor of Betanzos at the time of his death, María Barral, has proposed to rename the Santo Domino cultural building to Centro Cultural Vincente de la Fuente.^[5]

References

^ "Balance de Gestión" (PDF). Ayuntamentio de Betanzos (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b "Fallece el exalcalde de Betanzos Vicente de la Fuente García a los 87 años". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Betanzos. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b Erias, Alfredo (24 December 2021). "En memoria de Vicente de la Fuente". La Opinión de A Coruña (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ Villar, Marta (28 September 2007). "El "Anuraio" ya está en internet". La Opinión de A Coruña. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
^ "La sede cultural de Santo Domingo de Betanzos llevará el nombre de Vicente de la Fuente". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 27 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[1] "Balance de Gestión" (PDF). Ayuntamentio de Betanzos (in Spanish).

[la-voz-2] "Fallece el exalcalde de Betanzos Vicente de la Fuente García a los 87 años". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Betanzos. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.

[erias-opinion-a-coruña-3] Erias, Alfredo (24 December 2021). "En memoria de Vicente de la Fuente". La Opinión de A Coruña (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[4] Villar, Marta (28 September 2007). "El "Anuraio" ya está en internet". La Opinión de A Coruña. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

[5] "La sede cultural de Santo Domingo de Betanzos llevará el nombre de Vicente de la Fuente". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 27 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.

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Vicente de la Fuente García

Mayorship

Personal life

Legacy

References

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