 He returned to politics only once, when he attended a 1994 PSOE meeting to elect delegates in support of Prime Minister Felipe González.In 2012, Hernández Ros was awarded the Gold Medal of the Region of Murcia ("la Medalla de Oro de la Región de Murcia"), the highest honor awarded by the autonomous government of Murcia.Andrés Hernández Ros died on June 26, 2016, at the age of 67.