President of the Canary Islands

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President of the Canary Islands
Presidente de las Islas Canarias (Spanish)
Escudo de Canarias.svg
Coat of arms of the Canary Islands
Fernando Clavijo 2023 (cropped).jpg
since 14 July 2023
Executive branch of the Canary Islands
Style
Type Head of government
Nominator Parliament of the Canary Islands
Appointer The Monarch
countersigned by the Prime Minister
Term length 4 years
Formation29 December 1982
First holder Jerónimo Saavedra
Website Official website

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).

Contents

List

Presidents of the junta (pre-autonomy)

No.Name
(born–died)		Term of officePolitical partyRef.
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Alfonso Soriano Benítez de Lugo
(born 1936)		14 April 19789 June 19791 year, 56 days Union of the Democratic Centre
2 Fernando Bergasa Perdomo
(1938-2024)		9 June 19799 June 19801 year, 0 days Union of the Democratic Centre
3 Vicente Álvarez Pedreira
(1933–2002)		9 June 198012 June 19811 year, 3 days Union of the Democratic Centre
4 Fernando Bergasa Perdomo
(1938-2024)		12 June 1981June 19821 year Union of the Democratic Centre
5 Francisco Javier Ucelay Sabina
(1944–2001)		June 198229 December 19825 months Union of the Democratic Centre

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

Governments:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		Term of officePartyGovernment
Composition		Election Monarch
(Reign)		Ref.
Took officeLeft officeDuration
Jeronimo Saavedra 1983 (cropped).jpg 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
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(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 Fernandez Martin 2004 (cropped).jpg 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 1979 (cropped).jpg Lorenzo Olarte
(1932–2024)		3 January
1989		12 July
1991		2 years and 190 days CDS Olarte
CDS–AIC–AP 		[7]
[8]
Jeronimo Saavedra 1983 (cropped).jpg 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 2004 (cropped).jpg Manuel Hermoso
(born 1935)		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
Roman Rodriguez 2001 (cropped).jpg Román Rodríguez
(born 1935)		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]
Adan Martin 2003 (cropped).jpg 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.jpg Paulino Rivero
(born 1955)		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
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(2014–present)
Fernando Clavijo 2015 (cropped).jpg 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]
Angel Victor Torres 2023 (cropped).jpg 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 2023 (cropped).jpg Fernando Clavijo
(born 1971)		14 July
2023		Incumbent1 year and 73 days CCa Clavijo II
CCa–PP–AHI–ASG 		2023 [25]

Timeline

Ángel Víctor TorresFernando Clavijo BatllePaulino RiveroAdán Martín MenisRomán Rodríguez RodríguezManuel HermosoJerónimo SaavedraLorenzo Olarte CullenFernando Fernández MartínPresident of the Canary Islands

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  2. ↑ "Real Decreto 1594/1983, de 8 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (138). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 16125. June 10, 1983. ISSN   0212-033X.
  3. ↑ "Real Decreto 1196/1985, de 17 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (173). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 23126. July 20, 1985. ISSN   0212-033X.
  4. ↑ "Real Decreto 996/1987, de 30 de julio, por el que se dispone el cese de don Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (184). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 23710. August 3, 1987. ISSN   0212-033X.
  5. ↑ "Real Decreto 997/1987, de 30 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Fernando Manuel Fernández Martín" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (184). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 23710. August 3, 1987. ISSN   0212-033X.
  6. ↑ "Real Decreto 1591/1988, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se dispone el cese de don Fernando Manuel Fernández Martín como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (2). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 89. January 3, 1989. ISSN   0212-033X.
  7. ↑ "Real Decreto 1592/1988, de 28 de diciembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Lorenzo Olarte Cullén" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (2). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 89. January 3, 1989. ISSN   0212-033X.
  8. ↑ "Real Decreto 1077/1991, de 11 de julio, por el que se dispone el cese de don Lorenzo Olarte Cullén como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (16). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 23248. July 12, 1991. ISSN   0212-033X.
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  10. ↑ "Real Decreto 471/1993, de 2 de abril, por el que se dispone el cese de don Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (81). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 10027. April 5, 1993. ISSN   0212-033X.
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  16. ↑ "Real Decreto 856/2003, de 4 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Adán Martín Menis" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (160). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 26181. July 5, 2003. ISSN   0212-033X.
  17. ↑ "Real Decreto 967/2007, de 12 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Adán Martín Menis como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (167). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 30164. July 13, 2007. ISSN   0212-033X.
  18. ↑ "Real Decreto 968/2007, de 12 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Paulino Rivero Baute" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (167). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 30164. July 13, 2007. ISSN   0212-033X.
  19. ↑ "Real Decreto 973/2011, de 6 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Paulino Rivero Baute" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (161). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 71640. July 7, 2011. ISSN   0212-033X.
  20. ↑ "Real Decreto 631/2015, de 8 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Paulino Rivero Baute como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (163). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 56965. July 9, 2015. ISSN   0212-033X.
  21. ↑ "Real Decreto 632/2015, de 8 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias a don Fernando Clavijo Batlle" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (163). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 56966. July 9, 2015. ISSN   0212-033X.
  22. ↑ "Real Decreto 445/2019, de 15 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Fernando Clavijo Batlle como Presidente del Gobierno de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (169). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 76370. July 16, 2019. ISSN   0212-033X.
  23. ↑ "Real Decreto 446/2019, de 15 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de Canarias a don Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (169). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 76371. July 16, 2019. ISSN   0212-033X.
  24. ↑ "Real Decreto 643/2023, de 13 de julio, por el que se declara el cese de don Ángel Víctor Torres Pérez como Presidente de Canarias" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (167). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 101941. July 14, 2023. ISSN   0212-033X.
  25. ↑ "Real Decreto 644/2023, de 13 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente de Canarias a don Fernando Clavijo Batlle" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (167). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado: 101942. July 14, 2023. ISSN   0212-033X.

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