Néstor Rego Candamil (born 2 April 1962) is a Galician teacher, politician and a member of the

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. He is leader of the

Galician People's Union The Galician People's Union () is a Galicia (Iberian Peninsula), Galician nationalist and communist political party, and is one of the registered political parties of Spain. The party publishes the magazine ''Terra e Tempo'', and the secretary gene ...

Early life

Rego was born on 2 April 1962 in

O Vicedo O Vicedo is a municipality located on the extreme northern coast of Galicia, Spain, in the province of Lugo. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Occidental. Etymology ''O Vicedo'' seems to have its base in the Latin word "vitiates". The ...

, Galicia. He grew up in A Mariña where he was acquainted with other young

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including Hernán Naval. He was educated in

Viveiro Viveiro (; ) is a town and municipality in the province of Lugo, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of A Mariña Occidental. It borders on the Cantabrian Sea, to the west of Xove and to the east of O V ...

where he joined the

Galician Revolutionary Students Galician Revolutionary Students (in Galician: ''Estudantes Revolucionarios Galegos'') was a leftwing nationalist students organization in Galicia, Spain. ERGA functioned as the students wing of the Galician People's Union (UPG). ERGA was founded ...

(ERGA) in 1977. He was one of the founders of the Galician Youth Union (UMG), the youth wing of the

(UPG). Rego has a degree in geography and history from the

University of Santiago de Compostela The University of Santiago de Compostela - USC (, ) is a public university located in the city of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. A second campus is located in Lugo, Galicia. It is one of the world's oldest universities in continuous o ...

. Whilst at university he helped found the

Comités Abertos de Faculdade Comités Abertos de Faculdade (CAF, ''Open Faculty Committees'' in English) was a student organization of Galiza. Formed from the union of different faculty assemblies. The main goals of the CAF were defending quality and the Galician language ...

, a student organization. When the

Galician Nationalist Bloc The Galician Nationalist Bloc ( , BNG) is a political party from Galicia (Spain), Galicia, formed with the merger of a series of left-wing Galician nationalism, Galician nationalist parties. It is self-defined as a "patriotic Popular front, front" ...

(BNG) was founded in 1982 Rego joined its leadership as a representative of ERGA.

Career

Rego taught

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and

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in high schools. He has taught at the Antón Losada Diéguez Institute in

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and the Antón Fraguas Institute in

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. Rego was elected to

Santiago de Compostela Municipal Council Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city has its origin in the shrine of Saint James the Great, now the Cathedral ...

at the 1995 local election as a BNG candidate. He was re-elected at the

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

and

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

local elections. Following the 1999 election the BNG formed an administration with the

Socialists' Party of Galicia The Socialists' Party of Galicia (PSdeG–PSOE; , ) is a centre-left political party in Galicia, Spain. It is the Galician affiliate of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). It defines itself as a Galicianist, social-democratic So ...

and Rego was appointed councillor for the environment. He was deputy mayor in charge of cultural affairs from 2003 to 2008. He resigned in 2008 to return to teaching. Rego was elected general-secretary of the

(UPG) in June 2012. He was elected to the BNG's executive in March 2013. At the

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he was placed first on BNG's list of candidates in the

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but the alliance failed to win any seats in the province. He contested the 2019 November general election as a BNG candidate in the Province of A Coruña and was elected to the

Electoral history

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rego, Néstor 1962 births Politicians from Galicia (Spain) Educators from Galicia (Spain) Galician Nationalist Bloc politicians Living people Members of the 14th Congress of Deputies (Spain) Spanish municipal councillors People from A Mariña Occidental University of Santiago de Compostela alumni Members of the 15th Congress of Deputies (Spain)