| Néstor Rego | |
| Office1: | Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain |
| Constituency1: | A Coruña |
| Term Start1: | 3 December 2019 |
| Office2: | Deputy Mayor of Santiago de Compostela |
| Term Start2: | 2003 |
| Term End2: | 2008 |
| Office3: | Member of Santiago de Compostela Municipal Council |
| Term Start3: | 1995 |
| Term End3: | 2008 |
| Birth Name: | Néstor Rego Candamil |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1962 |
| Birth Place: | O Vicedo, Galicia, Spain |
| Party: | Galician People's Union Galician Nationalist Bloc (since 1982) |
| Otherparty: | Galician Revolutionary Students (1977–1988) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Santiago de Compostela |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
Néstor Rego Candamil (born 2 April 1962) is a Galician teacher, politician and a member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain. He is leader of the Galician People's Union.
Rego was born on 2 April 1962 in O Vicedo, Galicia.[1] [2] He grew up in A Mariña where he was acquainted with other young Galician nationalists including Hernán Naval.[3] He was educated in Viveiro where he joined the Galician Revolutionary Students (ERGA) in 1977.[2] [3] [4] He was one of the founders of the Galician Youth Union (UMG), the youth wing of the Galician People's Union (UPG).[3]
Rego has a degree in geography and history from the University of Santiago de Compostela.[1] [5] Whilst at university he helped found the Comités Abertos de Faculdade, a student organization.[4] [5] [6] When the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG) was founded in 1982 Rego joined its leadership as a representative of ERGA.[4] [5] [6]
Rego taught Galician language and literature in high schools.[1] [6] He has taught at the Antón Losada Diéguez Institute in A Estrada and the Antón Fraguas Institute in Santiago de Compostela.[3] [7]
Rego was elected to Santiago de Compostela Municipal Council at the 1995 local election as a BNG candidate.[4] [8] He was re-elected at the 1999, 2003 and 2007 local elections.[9] [10] Following the 1999 election the BNG formed an administration with the Socialists' Party of Galicia and Rego was appointed councillor for the environment.[3] He was deputy mayor in charge of cultural affairs from 2003 to 2008.[2] [3] [4] He resigned in 2008 to return to teaching.[3]
Rego was elected general-secretary of the Galician People's Union (UPG) in June 2012.[6] [11] He was elected to the BNG's executive in March 2013.[5] At the April 2019 general election he was placed first on BNG's list of candidates in the Province of A Coruña but the alliance failed to win any seats in the province.[12] [13] He contested the 2019 November general election as a BNG candidate in the Province of A Coruña and was elected to the Congress of Deputies.[14] [15]
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