List of lehendakaris
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The president of the autonomous government of the Basque Country, Spain is referred to as Eusko Jaurlaritzako lehendakaria in Basque ("president of the Basque Government"). The correspondent title in Spanish is Presidente del Gobierno Vasco and, since recently, lehendakari[1] or the Spanish form lendakari.[2]
List of lehendakaris
[edit | edit source]Second Republic and exile (1936–1979)
[edit | edit source]- Governments
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election | President (Tenure) |
Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
| File:José Antonio Aguirre 1939 (cropped).jpg | José Antonio Aguirre (1904–1960) |
7 October 1936 |
22 March 1960† |
23 years and 167 days | EAJ/PNV | Provisional PNV–PSOE–IR–ANV– PCE until 1952 UR until 1960 |
N/A | President Manuel Azaña File:Coat of Arms of Spain (1931-1939).svg (1936–1939) |
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| Spanish Republican government in exile (1939–1977) | ||||||||||
| File:Jesús María de Leizaola 1980 (cropped).jpg | Jesús María de Leizaola (1896–1989) |
22 March 1960 |
16 December 1979 |
19 years and 269 days | EAJ/PNV | |||||
Restored autonomy (1978–present)
[edit | edit source]- Governments
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Government Composition |
Election | Monarch (Reign) |
Ref. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration | ||||||||
| File:Ramón Rubial 1983 (cropped).jpg | Ramón Rubial (1906–1999) |
17 February 1978 |
9 June 1979 |
1 year and 112 days | PSE–PSOE | Rubial PNV–PSE–UCD–EE |
N/A | King Juan Carlos I File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg (1975–2014) |
[3] | |
| File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg | Carlos Garaikoetxea (born 1938) |
9 June 1979 |
15 April 1980 |
5 years and 231 days | EAJ/PNV | Garaikoetxea I PNV–PSE–UCD–EE |
[4] [5] [6] | |||
| 15 April 1980 |
18 April 1984 |
Garaikoetxea II PNV |
1980 | |||||||
| 18 April 1984 |
26 January 1985 |
Garaikoetxea III PNV |
1984 | |||||||
| File:José Antonio Ardanza 2011 (cropped).jpg | José Antonio Ardanza (1941–2024) |
26 January 1985 |
28 February 1987 |
13 years and 341 days | EAJ/PNV | Ardanza I PNV |
[7] [8] [9] [10] | |||
| 28 February 1987 |
2 February 1991 |
Ardanza II PNV–PSE |
1986 | |||||||
| 2 February 1991 |
31 December 1994 |
Ardanza III PNV–EA–EE until Oct 1991 PNV–PSE from Oct 1991 |
1990 | |||||||
| 31 December 1994 |
2 January 1999 |
Ardanza IV PNV–PSE–EE–EA until Jul 1998 PNV–EA from Jul 1998 |
1994 | |||||||
| File:Juan José Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg | Juan José Ibarretxe (born 1957) |
2 January 1999 |
14 July 2001 |
10 years and 125 days | EAJ/PNV | Ibarretxe I PNV–EA |
1998 | [11] [12] [13] [14] | ||
| 14 July 2001 |
25 June 2005 |
Ibarretxe II PNV–EA until Sep 2001 PNV–EA–IU–EB from Sep 2001 |
2001 | |||||||
| 25 June 2005 |
7 May 2009 |
Ibarretxe III PNV–EA–EB–B |
2005 | |||||||
| File:Patxi López 2011 (cropped).jpg | Patxi López (born 1959) |
7 May 2009 |
15 December 2012 |
3 years and 222 days | PSE–EE (PSOE) |
López PSE–EE |
2009 | [15] [16] | ||
| File:Iñigo Urkullu 2019 (cropped).jpg | Iñigo Urkullu (born 1961) |
15 December 2012 |
26 November 2016 |
11 years and 190 days | EAJ/PNV | Urkullu I PNV |
2012 | [17] [18] [19] [20] | ||
| King Felipe VI File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg (2014–present) | ||||||||||
| 26 November 2016 |
5 September 2020 |
Urkullu II PNV–PSE–EE |
2016 | |||||||
| 5 September 2020 |
22 June 2024 |
Urkullu III PNV–PSE–EE |
2020 | |||||||
| File:Imanol Pradales 2024 (cropped).jpg | Imanol Pradales (born 1975) |
22 June 2024 |
Incumbent | 2 years and 17 days | EAJ/PNV | Pradales PNV–PSE–EE |
2024 | [21] | ||
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The Style Guide of the most sold newspaper in Spain, El País, recommends the spelling "lehendakari" Archived 2010-10-26 at the Wayback Machine and advises against the spelling "lendakari."
- ^ The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy uses the spelling "lendakari."[permanent dead link]
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