Politicians and Public Officials of A Limia
Directory of people from A Limia who held public office: Restoration-era deputies for the Xinzo district, Galician parliamentarians, deputies and mayors, with links to their entries. Only offices are cited, with no political assessment.
- Criterion
- public offices documented in open sources
- Neutrality
- only offices and dates, no partisan judgements
- Pending
- people of the historical memory of 1936 (separate section)
This page gathers people born in A Limia, or tied to its electoral district, who held public office. It records only offices and dates drawn from Wikidata, Galipedia and Wikipedia, without political assessments. For current mayors and councils, always consult each municipality’s website, because office-holders change [1][2].
Deputies for the Xinzo district in the Restoration
Under the Restoration system, the district of Xinzo de Limia elected deputies who were often not from the area. Teodoro Baró y Sureda (Figueres, 1842 – Malgrat de Mar, 1916), journalist, writer and politician, was deputy for the district of «Ginzo de Limia» (quote) between 1887 and 1890 [3]. Eduardo Cobián was deputy for the district from 1893 until his death; see Eduardo Cobián.
Parliament, Congress and Senate
- José Romero Becerra (Xinzo, 1930-2006), Galician deputy for UCD and Coalición Galega (1981 and 1985).
- Daniel Barata Quintas (Rairiz de Veiga, 1943-2023), deputy (1990-2001), Culture councillor and Court of Auditors councillor.
- Xabier Casares Mouriño (Xinzo, 1946), Galician parliamentarian (1997-2002).
- Dolores Villarino (Xinzo, 1945), president of the Galician Parliament.
- Ana Prieto (Xinzo, 1965), deputy in Congress (2019-2023).
- Natividad González Laso (Xinzo, 1953) was a deputy in the Galician Parliament in 2001, and Manuel López Casas (Laroá, 1948) was one in 1997 and director general for Rural Development [2].
- Isaac Vila Rodríguez (Xinzo, 1936) was mayor of Xinzo in several periods between 1979 and 2010 and senator for Ourense (1989-1993 and 2004-2008) [2].
Mayors
- Xinzo de Limia: Modesto Álvarez Elices (1935), Ramón de la Fuente Galván (1998-1999) and Isaac Vila (above) [2].
- Sandiás: Concepción Méndez Gándara, mayor for 36 years until 2015.
- Vilar de Barrio: Julio Pérez Carballo (1983-2019).
- Trasmiras: Emilio Pazos Ojea (mayor since 2006, according to Galipedia) [2].
- Vilar de Santos: Antonio Míguez Nogueiras and Rubén Colmenero Ferreiro were mayors in the term begun in 2023 [2].
- Rairiz de Veiga: Xosé Xaquín Rodríguez Ambrosio and Asunción Morgade Rúa [2].
Other offices and figures
Before democracy, the lawyer and poet Cástor Méndez Brandón, the jurist Ramón Villarino de Sáa and the lawyer and playwright Celso Romero Peláez stand out. People repressed or murdered in 1936 and Republican politicians will be dealt with in the historical memory section, with specific privacy and source rules.
Frequently asked questions
Who was deputy for the Xinzo district? In the Restoration, Teodoro Baró y Sureda (1887-1890) and Eduardo Cobián (from 1893) [1][3].
Where can I see current office-holders? On each municipality’s website and at the Galician Parliament; this page does not replace official sources [1].
Links
Sources
- Wikidata, query by place of birth (P19) in the municipalities of A Limia, 2026 (CC0). https://www.wikidata.org/
- Galipedia, articles on the people cited (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/
- «Teodoro Baró y Sureda», Spanish Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_Bar%C3%B3_y_Sureda
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