The president of the autonomous government of the Basque Country, Spain is referred to as in Basque ("president of the Basque Government"). The correspondent title in Spanish is and, since recently, The Style Guide of the most sold newspaper in Spain, El País, recommends the spelling "lehendakari" and advises against the spelling "lendakari." or the Spanish form .The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy uses the spelling "lendakari."
List of lehendakaris
Second Republic and exile (1936–1979) Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Election President José Antonio Aguirre 1936 1960 EAJ/PNV Provisional Manuel Azaña Jesús María de Leizaola 1960 1979 EAJ/PNV
Restored autonomy (1978–present) Governments
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Election Monarch Ramón Rubial 1978 1979 PSE–PSOE Rubial Juan Carlos I Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 1980 EAJ/PNV Garaikoetxea I 1980 1984 Garaikoetxea II 1980 1984 1985 Garaikoetxea III 1984 José Antonio Ardanza 1985 1987 EAJ/PNV Ardanza I 1987 1991 Ardanza II 1986 1991 1994 Ardanza III 1990 1994 1999 Ardanza IV 1994 Juan José Ibarretxe 1999 2001 EAJ/PNV Ibarretxe I 1998 2001 2005 Ibarretxe II 2001 2005 2009 Ibarretxe III 2005 Patxi López 2009 2012 PSE–EE(PSOE) López 2009 Iñigo Urkullu 2012 2016 EAJ/PNV Urkullu I 2012 Felipe VI 2016 2020 Urkullu II 2016 2020 2024 Urkullu III 2020 Imanol Pradales 2024 Incumbent EAJ/PNV Pradales 2024
Timeline
See also Lehendakari Basque Government Ajuria Enea
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