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Pelayo Roces, Asturian Business Leader and Foro Asturias Founder, Dies at 65

Tributes at a crowded wake in Tiñana underscored his imprint on Asturian politics as well as industry.

Overview

  • The businessman and former regional deputy died Sunday in Oviedo at 65 after a cancer diagnosed about a year ago.
  • A wake was held Monday at the Juan Roces S.A. headquarters in Tiñana, and the funeral is scheduled Tuesday at 12:00 in the parish church of La Felguera.
  • He helped found Foro Asturias in 2011 after leaving his PP seat to organize the new party alongside Francisco Álvarez-Cascos.
  • He served in the Junta General from 1995, becoming second vice president for three legislatures and later spokesman for Urbanism, Housing and Infrastructure.
  • He led the family concrete prefabrication firm Juan Roces S.A. and testified in January in the case involving Álvarez-Cascos, who was subsequently acquitted.