Santiago Cid Harguindey

Harguindey co-founded the football club Verín CF in 1971. Following the fall of the Francoist regime, he was appointed to be the municipal manager of Verín by Carmen Lovelle [gl]. As a member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), he was elected to the municipal council of Verín in 1979 and became vice-president of the Diputación Provincial de Orense [es]. In the 1983 election, he became Mayor of Verín after gaining support from the Galician Coalition. In 1987, he was re-elected with support from the Centrists of Galicia. In 1990, he was charged with prevarication and was ousted in a no-confidence vote on 17 October 1991.^[2] He was succeeded by Emilio González Afonso [gl].

Santiago Cid Harguindey died on 4 June 2021 at the age of 76.^[3]