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

Second Republic and exile (1936–1979)

Governments
  •   War cabinet/Government in exile
More information Portrait, Name (Birth–Death) ...
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government
Composition
Election President
(Tenure)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
José Antonio Aguirre
(1904–1960)
7 October
1936
22 March
1960
23 years and 167 days EAJ/PNV Provisional
PNVPSOEIRANV
PCE until 1952
UR until 1960
N/A President
Manuel Azaña

(1936–1939)
Spanish Republican
government in exile

(1939–1977)
Jesús María de Leizaola
(1896–1989)
22 March
1960
16 December
1979
19 years and 269 days EAJ/PNV
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Restored autonomy (1978–present)

Governments
More information Portrait, Name (Birth–Death) ...
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Government
Composition
Election Monarch
(Reign)
Ref.
Took office Left office Duration
Ramón Rubial
(1906–1999)
17 February
1978
9 June
1979
1 year and 112 days PSE–PSOE Rubial
PNVPSEUCDEE
N/A King
Juan Carlos I

(1975–2014)
[3]
Carlos Garaikoetxea
(born 1938)
9 June
1979
15 April
1980
5 years and 231 days EAJ/PNV Garaikoetxea I
PNVPSEUCDEE
[4]
[5]
[6]
15 April
1980
18 April
1984
Garaikoetxea II
PNV
1980
18 April
1984
26 January
1985
Garaikoetxea III
PNV
1984
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
PNVPSE
1986
2 February
1991
31 December
1994
Ardanza III
PNVEAEE until Oct 1991
PNVPSE from Oct 1991
1990
31 December
1994
2 January
1999
Ardanza IV
PNVPSE–EEEA until Jul 1998
PNVEA from Jul 1998
1994
Juan José Ibarretxe
(born 1957)
2 January
1999
14 July
2001
10 years and 125 days EAJ/PNV Ibarretxe I
PNVEA
1998 [11]
[12]
[13]
[14]
14 July
2001
25 June
2005
Ibarretxe II
PNVEA until Sep 2001
PNVEAIU–EB from Sep 2001
2001
25 June
2005
7 May
2009
Ibarretxe III
PNVEAEB–B
2005
Patxi López
(born 1959)
7 May
2009
15 December
2012
3 years and 222 days PSE–EE
(PSOE)
López
PSE–EE
2009 [15]
[16]
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

(2014–present)
26 November
2016
5 September
2020
Urkullu II
PNVPSE–EE
2016
5 September
2020
22 June
2024
Urkullu III
PNVPSE–EE
2020
Imanol Pradales
(born 1975)
22 June
2024
Incumbent 91 days EAJ/PNV Pradales
PNVPSE–EE
2024 [21]
Close

Timeline

Imanol PradalesIñigo UrkulluPatxi LópezJuan José IbarretxeJosé Antonio ArdanzaCarlos GaraikoetxeaRamón RubialJesús María de LeizaolaJosé Antonio Aguirre (politician)

See also

References

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