vicente alberto álvarez areces (4 august 1943 – 17 january 2019), also known as tini areces, was a spanish politician. he was the sixth president of the principality of asturias in spain from 1999 to 2011. 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.