The councilor Yolanda González Huergo, spokesperson for the municipal group We can-Equo Gijón, has died this Thursday at the age of 49 after a long illness. She had been away from the consistory for weeks since the disease she had been fighting for years had forced her to be hospitalized in Cabueñes.
Law degree from the University of Oviedo, in 2004 she became a Siero career official. Practically all of her professional life was focused on the field of urban planning. Linked to social movements and language demands, Yolanda Huergo valued her election as a mayoral candidate in March 2019.
Listen Yolanda González Huergo is presented as a candidate for mayor of Gijón in Play SER
From the municipal group, he turned his efforts to the survival of the social income, The best of the air quality or the application of the call There are ready Homer. In her last interview in BE Gijón, expressed its firm commitment to the most vulnerable families and took stock of the work done.
The news of Yolanda Huergo’s death has shocked her fellow party members. Other political formations have also mourned her loss. The mayor, Ana González, highlights “her great passion for Gijón and concern for dignifying the lives of her neighbors. It is a sad day,” added the socialist councilor.
He Gijón City Council has decreed two days of official mourning. For this reason, the flags will fly at half mast until Saturday noon.
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