Manoel Soto Ferreiro (6 April 1944 – 27 November 2019) was a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician.
[1] In the 1980s, Soto reformed the industrial city with new sculptures and projects, such as renovation of the Balaídos stadium for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.
[1] He and his administration locked themselves in the city hall during the neo-Francoist 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt.
He often clashed with Manuel Fraga, the right-wing President of the Regional Government of Galicia, over investment.
His own party Progresistas Vigueses earned seats in opposition in 1999 and 2003, and his reconstituted Partido Galeguista Demócrata was unsuccessful.