President of the Canary Islands

The president of the Canary Islands is the head of government of the Canary Islands, one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, while the monarch Felipe VI remains the head of state as king of Spain (and therefore of the Canary Islands).

President of the Canary Islands
Presidente de las Islas Canarias (Spanish)
Coat of arms of the Canary Islands
Incumbent Fernando Clavijo Batlle since 14 July 2023
Executive branch of the Canary Islands
Style	His Excellency Mr. President
Type	Head of government
Nominator	Parliament of the Canary Islands
Appointer	The Monarch countersigned by the Prime Minister
Term length	4 years
Formation	29 December 1982
First holder	Jerónimo Saavedra
Website	Official website

List

Presidents of the junta (pre-autonomy)

No.	Name (born–died)	Term of office			Political party		Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Alfonso Soriano Benítez de Lugo (born 1936)	14 April 1978	9 June 1979	1 year, 56 days		Union of the Democratic Centre
2	Fernando Bergasa Perdomo (1938–2024)	9 June 1979	9 June 1980	1 year, 0 days		Union of the Democratic Centre
3	Vicente Álvarez Pedreira (1933–2002)	9 June 1980	12 June 1981	1 year, 3 days		Union of the Democratic Centre
4	Fernando Bergasa Perdomo (1938–2024)	12 June 1981	June 1982	1 year		Union of the Democratic Centre
5	Francisco Javier Ucelay Sabina (1944–2001)	June 1982	29 December 1982	5 months		Union of the Democratic Centre

Presidents of the government (after the approval of the Statute of Autonomy)

Governments:

•   PSOE
•   CCa
•   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government Composition	Election	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Jerónimo Saavedra (1936–2023)	13 January 1983	10 June 1983	4 years and 202 days		PSOE	Saavedra I PSOE	N/A	King Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)	[1] [2] [3] [4]
		10 June 1983	20 July 1985				Saavedra II PSOE	1983
		20 July 1985	3 August 1987				Saavedra III PSOE
	Fernando Fernández Martín (born 1943)	3 August 1987	3 January 1989	1 year and 153 days		CDS	Fernández CDS–AIC–AP	1987		[5] [6]
	Lorenzo Olarte (1932–2024)	3 January 1989	12 July 1991	2 years and 190 days		CDS	Olarte CDS–AIC–AP			[7] [8]
	Jerónimo Saavedra (1936–2023)	12 July 1991	31 March 1993 (censured)	1 year and 264 days		PSOE	Saavedra IV PSOE–AIC	1991		[9] [10]
	Manuel Hermoso (1935–2025)	5 April 1993	15 July 1995	6 years and 103 days		CCa (AIC)	Hermoso I CCa			[11] [12] [13]
		15 July 1995	17 July 1999				Hermoso II CCa until May 1996 CCa–PP from May 1996	1995
	Román Rodríguez (born 1956)	17 July 1999	5 July 2003	3 years and 353 days		CCa (ICAN)	Rodríguez CCa–PP until May 2002 CCa from May 2002	1999		[14] [15]
	Adán Martín (1943–2010)	5 July 2003	13 July 2007	4 years and 8 days		CCa (ATI)	Martín CCa–PP until May 2005 CCa from May 2005	2003		[16] [17]
	Paulino Rivero (born 1952)	13 July 2007	7 July 2011	7 years and 361 days		CCa	Rivero I CCa–PP until Oct 2010 CCa from Oct 2010	2007		[18] [19] [20]
		7 July 2011	9 July 2015				Rivero II CCa–PSOE	2011	King Felipe VI (2014–present)
	Fernando Clavijo (born 1971)	9 July 2015	16 July 2019	4 years and 7 days		CCa	Clavijo I CCa–PSOE until Dec 2016 CCa from Dec 2016	2015		[21] [22]
	Ángel Víctor Torres (born 1966)	16 July 2019	14 July 2023	3 years and 363 days		PSOE	Torres PSOE–NCa–Podemos–ASG	2019		[23] [24]
	Fernando Clavijo (born 1971)	14 July 2023	Incumbent	2 years and 44 days		CCa	Clavijo II CCa–PP–AHI–ASG	2023		[25]

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