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, a president of an Autonomous Community serves as the

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in each of the seventeen

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and in the two Autonomous cities, where they receive the name of "Mayor-Presidents". As such, regional presidents are responsible for implementing regional laws and overseeing the operation of the state

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. As regional leaders, governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools, among them executive laws, executive budgets, and legislative proposals. The figure of a vice-president is not regulated, and as such, each regional president can decide whether to appoint them or not.

Role and powers

Autonomous communities in Spain have their own set of devolved powers; typically those communities with stronger local nationalism have more powers, and this type of devolution has been called ''asymmetrical''. Some scholars have referred to the resulting system as a federal system in all but name, or a "federation without federalism". Spain is not a

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, but a

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. While sovereignty is vested in the nation as a whole, represented in the central institutions of government, the nation has, in variable degrees,

devolved Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level. It is a form of administrative decentralization. Devolved territories ...

power to the communities, which, in turn, exercise their right to self-government within the limits set forth in the constitution and their autonomous statutes. Each Autonomous community has its own Statute of Autonomy, and government, consisting of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The president heads the government's executive branch in each Autonomous community or city and has control over government budgeting and a role in legislation. Spanish regional presidents do not have term limits and as such, they can serve indefinitely. All regional presidents are indirectly elected, as it is the role of the regional parliaments to appoint them following regional elections, if they can command a majority. Presidents of Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, whose Statutes of Autonomy and election laws were created by a special fast procedure, can also select the actual election date and trigger snap elections, and have frequently done so, particularly in the Basque Country and Catalonia. The Andalusian elections are usually set to coincide with the Spanish general elections, but again, there is no requisite to that effect in the Andalusian legislation. In the rest of Autonomies, elections are fixed to a certain common date, which is currently "the fourth Sunday of May each four years".Madrid Assembly
Statute of Autonomy of Madrid
§10.7

History

Demographics

Party

There are currently 13 Autonomous communities and cities with a People's Party president, 4 Autonomous communities with a

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president and 2 with regionalist or nationalist presidents.

Tenure

For each term, presidents serve four years in office. All members of regional parliaments are elected for four-year terms, but the president of the community has the faculty to dissolve the legislature and call for early elections. Nonetheless, in all communities except for the Basque Country,

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, Galicia, and

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

elections are held the last Sunday of May every four years, concurrent with municipal elections in all Spain. The longest-serving current and continuously president is Emiliano García-Page from Castilla-La Mancha, serving since July 2015. The longest-serving regional president of all time was Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra of

Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

, who was elected in 1983 and lasted until 2007, when he returned to his position as professor in the University of Extremadura. The shortest-serving president of all time was Antonio Rodríguez Basulto of

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, who served for 126 days between January 25 and May 30, 1983.

Age

The oldest current regional president is Alfonso Fernández Mañueco from

Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a pop ...

, born in . The youngest current regional president is

Fernando López Miras Fernando López Miras (born 4 October 1983) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party and President of the Region of Murcia since May 2017. Career References 1983 births Presidents of the Region of Murcia Members of the Reg ...

of the

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ...

who was born on . The youngest regional president to serve was

Joan Lerma Joan Lerma Blasco (born 15 July 1951 in Valencia, Spain) is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), who served as the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Government since the restoration of demo ...

of the Valencian Community (born in 1951), who became President of the Valencian government in 1982, at the age of 31.

Gender

As of July 2023, there are 14 male regional presidents and 5 female regional presidents:

Marga Prohens Margalida Prohens Rigo (; born 24 May 1982) is a Spanish People's Party (Spain), People's Party (PP) politician. She served in the Parliament of the Balearic Islands from 2011 to 2019, and the Congress of Deputies. In 2021, she became president ...

of the

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María Guardiola María Guardiola Martín (born 5 December 1978) is a Spanish People's Party (PP) politician serving as the President of the Autonomous Government of Extremadura since 2023. After two decades as a civil servant within the Government of Extr ...

Isabel Díaz Ayuso Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso (; born 17 October 1978) is a Spanish politician and journalist serving as the president of the Community of Madrid since 2019. She is also the president of the People's Party of the Community of Madrid since 2022 ...

of the

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María José Sáenz de Buruaga María José Sáenz de Buruaga Gómez (born 4 June 1968) is a Spanish politician from the People's Party (PP) serving as the President of Cantabria since 2023. President of the party's regional branch since 25 March 2017. She previously served ...

Cantabria Cantabria (, ; ) is an autonomous community and Provinces of Spain, province in northern Spain with Santander, Cantabria, Santander as its capital city. It is called a , a Nationalities and regions of Spain, historic community, in its current ...

and

María Chivite María Victoria Chivite Navascués (born 5 June 1978) is a Spanish politician who serves as the President of the Government of Navarre. She has been the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party of Navarre (PSN–PSOE) since December 2014. A mem ...

Navarre Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...

. Of those, Chivite belongs to the social-democratic

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, while Prohens, Guardiola, Sáenz de Buruaga and Díaz Ayuso are from the conservative People's Party. Seventeen women have served or are currently serving as regional presidents, including three in an acting capacity.

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, the Basque Country, the

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, Castile and León,

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, Galicia,

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and the

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

have never had a female regional president. The first female regional president was María Antonia Martínez García of the Region of Murcia, who was elected on May 3, 1993, succeeding Carlos Collado Mena. The Region of Murcia is the only Autonomous community to have had female regional presidents from both major parties, although conservative María Dolores Pagán Arce served only in the acting capacity for a short time. Navarre was the first region where a woman followed another woman as regional president, with Uxue Barkos succeeding

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(they were from different parties). Uxue Barkos was also succeeded by another woman, current President María Chivite. The Community of Madrid and Navarre have had the most female regional presidents with a total of three, and Navarre is also the first region to have three women in a row serve as president. The total of five female regional presidents serving from June 25 to July 1, 2015 and since July 14, 2023 at the same time is the current record in Spain.

LGBT status

There is currently one regional LGBT president,

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from

. In addition, former president of the Canary Islands

Jerónimo Saavedra Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo (3 July 1936 – 21 November 2023) was a Spanish politician and academic. He served as President of the Canary Islands twice, from 1983 to 1987, and again from 1991 to 1993. He became the first president of the Canar ...

, recognized his homosexuality years after leaving the position. At the moment they are the only presidents or former regional presidents to have declared so.

Birthplace

As no region has laws that establish the need to be born in the region in order to reach the presidency, 21 of the regional presidents were born outside the Autonomous community where they served: * Andalusia: Manuel Chaves (Ceuta),

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(Madrid) and

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(Catalonia). * Aragon:

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and Emilio Eiroa (Asturias) and

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(Andalusia). * Asturias: Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (Castilla-La Mancha) and

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(Madrid). * Balearic Islands: José Ramón Bauzá (Madrid). * Canary Islands: Lorenzo Olarte (Galicia). * Cantabria:

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(Basque Country). * Castile and León:

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(Madrid). * Castilla-La Mancha:

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(Madrid). * Catalonia:

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(Andalusia). * Community of Madrid: Joaquín Leguina (Cantabria). * Region of Murcia: Pedro Antonio Sánchez (La Rioja). * Navarre:

(Castile and León). * Valencian Community: Eduardo Zaplana (Murcia) and Jose Luis Olivas (Castilla-La Mancha). Juan Manuel Moreno (Andalusia) is the only current regional president born outside of the Autonomous community he governs. Apart from those, Francesc Antich Oliver, from the Balearic Islands, was born in

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, although he holds Spanish nationality, and Carlos Collado Mena, from Murcia, was born in

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, from exiled Spaniards during the

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Religion

Although Spain is a still predominantly Catholic country, the latest studies show an increasing decline of religious beliefs in Spanish society, with the latest CIS study conducted in May 2021 indicating that compared to 58.2% of the Spanish population that declare themselves Catholic, 37.5% declare themselves either atheist, agnostic or non-believer. Currently, the presidents of Andalusia, Asturias, the Basque Country, Extremadura, Galicia and Murcia declare themselves as Catholics, while the presidents of Aragon, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid declare themselves to be either atheist or non-believers.

Physical disability

Salary

The highest salary currently being accepted is that of Catalan President Salvador Illa at €136,177.50. The lowest salary is that of Cantabrian President María José Sainz de Buruaga at €65,555.09. Seven autonomies (Aragon, Basque Country, Catalonia, La Rioja, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha and Galicia) and the two autonomous cities currently offer their presidents a higher salary than the €85,608.72 paid to the

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Regional election timeline

Each tenure is set to last for four years. Presidents of Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia can trigger snap elections, that would then restart the count until the next one. In the rest of Autonomies, elections are fixed to a certain common date, which is currently "the fourth Sunday of May each four years". If snap elections are triggered in these regions (''See'' ''

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s''), the mandate given to the next elected president would last until the calendar date in which elections would have been called again.

Term limits

The Region of Murcia and Extremadura were the only Autonomous Communities that, since 2014, limit the number of terms of their Presidents. The Region of Murcia sets the limit at two, whether consecutive or not, while Extremadura stated that "not being able to be elected president of the Junta de Extremadura those who have already held this position for two successive terms, unless four years have passed since the end of their term and, in no case, whoever has held this position for at least eight years can be elected". However, in 2019, the article that limited the terms of the President of Extremadura was repealed. Two more regions, Catalonia and Castilla-La Mancha, have had their Statutes of Autonomy modified to allow their regional parliaments to establish a term limit, although mandates have not been regulated. In 2021, the Assembly of Murcia eliminated the term limit that would have forbidden president López Miras from seeking a third term.

Relationship with vice-president

The existence of the figure of a vice-president varies by Autonomous community. In all communities it is a power of the elected President to appoint a vice-president to replace them if needed, but not all Presidents choose to have an official one, instead appointing a member of their cabinet as their possible replacement. *One Autonomous community has three vice-presidents: Navarre (Félix Taberna, PSOE; Ana Ollo, GBai and Begoña Alfaro, Contigo) *Three Autonomous communities have two vice-presidents: The Basque Country ( Ibone Bengoetxea, PNV and Mikel Torres,

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), Castilla-La Mancha (José Luis Martínez, PSOE and José Manuel Caballero, PSOE) and Galicia (Francisco Conde and Diego Calvo, PP). *Seven Autonomous communities have a vice-president: Those communities are Aragon (Mar Vaquero, PP), Asturias (Gimena Llamedo, PSOE), Balearic Islands (Antoni Costa, PP), Canary Islands ( Manuel Domínguez, PP), Castile and León ( Juan García-Gallardo, Vox) and Murcia ( José Ángel Antelo, Vox) and the Valencian Community ( Susana Camarero, PP). *Six Autonomous communities do not have a vice-president: Andalusia, Cantabria, Catalonia, Extremadura, La Rioja and the Community of Madrid. *The two Autonomous cities do not have a vice-president.

Constitutional qualifications by region

In national politics

Many regional presidents have served, in addition to the regional level, at different levels of the national government, before or after their election as regional presidents. * Andalusia: ** Manuel Chaves: Minister of Labour and National Health Service (1986-1990), Minister of Territorial Policy (2009-2010), Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Administration (2010-2011), Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain (2009-2011),

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(2011). **

: Minister of Health and Consumption (1992-1993), Minister of Labour and Social Policy (1993-1996). * Aragon: ** Luisa Fernanda Rudí:

President of the Congress of Deputies The president of the Congress of Deputies () is the speaker of the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales (the Spanish parliament). The president is elected among the members of the Congress and is, after the king and th ...

(2000-2004). * Asturias: **

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(1996-2000). * Balearic Islands: ** Jaume Matas:

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(2000-2003). **

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(2023–present). * Basque Country: **

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(2016). * Canary Islands: **

: Minister of Public Administration (1993-1995), Minister of Education and Science (1995-1996). * Castile and León: **

(1996-2004). ** Jesús Posada:

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(1999-2000), Minister of Public Administrations (2000-2002),

(2011-2016). **

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: Minister for the Presidency (2001-2002),

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(2002-2004). * Castilla-La Mancha: **

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(2004-2006),

(2008-2011). **

(2016-2018). * Catalonia: **

: Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism (2004-2006). ** Salvador Illa:

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(2020-2021). * Galicia: **

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: Minister of Information and Tourism (1962-1969),

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(1975-1976). * Community of Madrid: ** Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón:

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(2011-2014). **

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: Minister of Education, Culture and Sport (1996-1999),

(1999-2002). **

Cristina Cifuentes María Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas (born 1 July 1964) is a former Spanish politician of the People's Party. She was the President of the Community of Madrid from 24 June 2015 to her 25 April 2018 resignation. From 16 January 2012 to 13 April 201 ...

: Government Delegate in the Community of Madrid (2012-2015). * Valencian Community: ** Eduardo Zaplana: Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2002-2004).

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Role and powers

History

Demographics

Party

Tenure

Age

Gender

LGBT status

Birthplace

Religion

Physical disability

Salary

Regional election timeline

Term limits

Relationship with vice-president

Constitutional qualifications by region

In national politics

See also

Footnotes

References

External links

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