José Ramón Gómez Besteiro (Lugo, 1967) returns to the political forefront together with his appointment as Government delegate after spending seven years away from the media highlight. The one who was common secretary of the PSdeG between 2013 and 2016 determined to step apart and resign as chief of the social gathering in Galicia after being investigated by Judge Pilar de Lara in relation to numerous crimes, all of them archived.
In this time away from the entrance line, Besteiro solely allowed himself to be seen on the PSdeG Congress, the place Valentín Gómez Formoso took over the reins of the social gathering. Sitting within the entrance row with social gathering officers such because the presidents of the Lugo, José Tomé, and Pontevedra, Carmela Silva, he was greeted with applause by the militants current on the assembly.
After the investigations in opposition to him have been lifted, Besteiro returns to the political entrance line in a context wherein the PSdeG haven’t but cleared up the query of who might be their candidate for the Presidency of the Xunta. Although it may also be interpreted that the appointment of Miñones as Minister of Health brings him nearer to this potential profession, Formoso himself went as far as to say that he could be keen to step apart and help Besteiro as a candidate for the Xunta if he determined to run for it. .
The present chief of the PSdeG, who has already confirmed that he’ll run for re-election as a candidate for the Mayor of As Pontes (A Coruña), mentioned that he would give technique to Besteiro as a candidate if obligatory and if the scenario arose, “for justice” and “out of private loyalty” with whom he considers certainly one of his “finest mates”.
Political profession
Graduated in Law and a socialist militant since he completed his diploma, Besteiro entered politics by the hands of the previous mayor of Lugo Xosé López Orozco, who launched him to the company in 1999. Town Planning councilor and spokesman for the native authorities, he was promoted in 2007 to the Presidency of the Lugo Provincial Council, nearly in parallel to his promotion inside the social gathering: after directing the social gathering on the native stage, he ended up being elected provincial secretary by acclamation.
In 2013 he took over the reins of the social gathering in Galicia after successful the primaries for the then mayor of A Illa de Arousa (Pontevedra), Manel Vázquez, with 77 % of the votes. Thus, in September 2013, he succeeded Pachi Vázquez, who later turned certainly one of his predominant inside rivals.
After two and a half years on the head of the social gathering in Galicia, in March 2016 he left the formation because of the judicial investigations launched in opposition to him by Judge Pilar de Lara and which, years later, have been archived. After his departure, a supervisor led by the till then his quantity two, Pilar Cancela, started to direct the social gathering.