List of lehendakaris

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

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 PNV–PSOE–IR–ANV– 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

Restored autonomy (1978–present)

Governments

•   PNV
•   PSE/PSE–EE
•   Mixed coalition

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 PNV–PSE–UCD–EE	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 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
	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
	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
	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 PNV–PSE–EE	2016
		5 September 2020	22 June 2024				Urkullu III PNV–PSE–EE	2020
	Imanol Pradales (born 1975)	22 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year and 70 days		EAJ/PNV	Pradales PNV–PSE–EE	2024		[21]

Timeline

See also

• Lehendakari
• Basque Government
• Ajuria Enea