The president of the Supreme Court is the head of the Supreme Court of Spain, an office created in 1812. Since 1980, the president of the Supreme Court is also the president of the General Council of the Judiciary, the governing body of the Judiciary of Spain. As such, the president is the defined in Section 105 of the Judiciary Organic Act as the "first judicial authority of the Nation" and "represents the Judicial Power and its governing body". That precept also establishes that the president will hold those "category and honors" corresponding to the holder of one of the three powers of the State.

List of presidents of the Supreme Court Since its creation in 1812, 48 people have served as president in 49 presidencies, and one as acting president. The first president was Ramón Posada y Soto, who served during the first period of the institution from 1812 to 1814. The shortest presidency was that of José Hevia y Noriega, who served 113 days, and the longest was that of José Castán Tobeñas, who served 22 years and 81 days. Lorenzo Arrazola y García has been the only person to serve in two different terms, the first between 1851 and 1853 and the second time from 1856 to 1864.

Eight of them have also held the position of president of the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). The first holder was Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles y Rodríguez from 1980 to 1986. Carlos Lesmes was the longest-serving president of the CGPJ, serving for , four of them ad interim. After his resignation, justice Francisco Marín Castán assumed the office ad interim, but not the position of president of the CGPJ.

The current and 49th president of the Supreme Court, as well as 9th president of the General Council of the Judiciary, is Isabel Perelló, since September 2024.

President* Díaz Sampedro, Braulio. La politización de la justicia: El Tribunal Supremo (1836–1881), memoria para optar al grado de doctor. Madrid: Universidad Complutense, 2004. PP.296–297. . Tenure Tenure length Prior/other position Head of State 1 Ramón Posada y Soto(1746–1815) –4 May 1814 Indies Councilor(1810–1812) Ferdinand VIIOffice abolished between 1814 and 1820 2 Antonio Cano Manuel y Ramírez de Arellano(1768–1836)–27 May 1823 State Councilor(1820)Office abolished between 1823 and 1834 3 José Hevia y Noriega(1776–1834) –23 July 1834 State Councilor(1833–1834)Isabella II 4 Vicente Cano Manuel y Ramírez de Arellano(1774–1838) –9 January 1838 Minister of Grace and Justice(1821–1822)5Francisco Fernández del Pino Burgos-León(1768–1843)–2 September 1840President of the Finance Supreme Court

(1834–1835) 6 José María Calatrava y Peinado(1781–1846) –29 July 1843 92ndPresident of the Congress of Deputies(1839) 7 Nicolás María Garelli(1777–1850) –12 February 1850 Senator for Valencia(1843) 8 José María Manescau(1772–1850) –22 December 1850 Senator for life(1849–1850) 9 Lorenzo Arrazola y García(1795–1873) –9 April 1853 Minister of Grace and Justice(1849–1851) 10 Francisco Olabarrieta y Urquijo(1784–1858) –8 December 1854 Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1843–1853) 11 José Alonso Ruiz de Conejares(1781–1855) –13 April 1855 Minister of Grace and Justice(1854) 12 Claudio Antón de Luzuriaga(1792–1874) –17 October 1856 Minister of State(1854–1855) 13 Lorenzo Arrazola y García(1795–1873) –16 September 1864 8th President of the Supreme Court(1851–1853) 14 Ramón López Vázquez(1807–1868) –13 October 1868 Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1856–1864) 15 Joaquín Aguirre de la Peña(1807–1869) –19 July 1869 Chairman of the Revolutionary Superior Junta(1868)Francisco Serrano

(regent)16Pedro Gómez de la Serna(1806–1871)–12 December 18717thAttorney General(1854–1856)Amadeo I17Cirilo Álvarez Martínez de Velasco(1807–1878)–6 November 1878Senator for Madrid(1872)See presidents of the First Republic18Fernando Calderón Collantes(1811–1890)–23 July 1882Minister of Grace and Justice(1877–1879)Alfonso XII19Eduardo Alonso Colmenares(1820–1888)–31 March 1888Senator for life(1877–1882)Alfonso XIII20Eugenio Montero Ríos(1832–1914)–10 September 1888Minister of Development(1885–1886)21Hilario Igón y del Royst(?–1895)–16 July 1892Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1875–1889)22Emilio Bravo y Romero(1827–1893)–24 January 1893Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1874–1892)23Juan Francisco Bustamante(1824–1898)–10 September 1895Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1875–1889)24Santos Isasa y Valseca(1822–1907)–5 June 190117th

Governor of the Bank of Spain(1895)25Eduardo Martínez del Campo y Acosta(1840–1911)–21 October 1909Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1891–1901)26José Aldecoa y Villasante(1838–1917)–19 June 1917Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1883–1910)27José Ciudad Aurioles(1849–1924)–5 March 1923Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1903–1917)28Buenaventura Muñoz Rodríguez(1853–1925)–7 February 1924Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1910–1923)29Andrés Tornos y Alonso(1854–1926)–30 November 1926Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1912–1924)30Rafael Bermejo Ceballos-Escalera(1857–1929)–28 January 1929Diario ABC (30-01-1929), p. 32.Diario ABC (17-09-1929), p. 27.Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1910–1926)31Francisco García Goyena y Alzugaray(1859–1935)–25 April 1930Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1904–1929)32Antonio Marín de la Bárcena(1858–1930)–6 October 1930Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1909–1930)33José María Ortega Morejón(1860–1948)–20 April 1931Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1918–1930)34Diego Medina y García(1866–1942)–21 August 1936Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1930–1931)See presidents of the Second Republic35Mariano Gómez González(1883–1951)–1 April 1939Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1932–1936)36Felipe Clemente de Diego y Gutiérrez(1866–1945)–15 August 1945Member of the General Codification Commission(1938)Francisco Franco37José Castán Tobeñas(1889–1969)–2 December 1967Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1934–1945)38Francisco Ruiz-Jarabo(1901–1990)–12 June 1973Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1944–1945)39Valentín Silva Melero(1905–1982)–4 August 1977Member of Parliament(1949–1973)Juan Carlos I40Ángel Escudero del Corral(1916–2001)–24 October 1980Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1967–1977)Presidents of the Supreme Court and of the General Council of the Judiciary (1980–present)41Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles y Rodríguez(1927–2005)–29 October 1985Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1979–1980)Juan Carlos I42Antonio Hernández Gil(1915–1994)–8 November 1990President of the Council of State(1982–1985)43Pascual Sala(1935–)–25 July 1996President of the Court of Auditors(1988–1990)44Javier Delgado Barrio(1932–2026)–8 November 2001Magistrate of the Constitutional Court(1995–1996)45Francisco José Hernando(1936–2013)–26 September 2008Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1986–2001)46Carlos Dívar(1941–2017)–30 June 20127th President of the National Court(2001–2008)47Gonzalo Moliner(1944–)–11 December 2013Magistrate of the Supreme Court(1998–2008)48Carlos Lesmes(1958–)–12 October 2022Magistrate of the Supreme Court(2010–2013)Felipe VI -Francisco Marín Castán(1952–)–4 September 2024Magistrate of the Supreme Court(2000–2022) 49Isabel Perelló(1958–)–presentMagistrate of the Supreme Court(2009–2024)

See also Supreme Court of Spain President of the Supreme Court of Spain President of the Constitutional Court of Spain General Council of the Judiciary

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