List of Presidents of Galicia

Under the Galician Statute of Autonomy, the President of the Xunta of Galicia is the head of the government of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. Namely, he/she is the president of the executive body of the Galician government, the Xunta de Galicia.

As in other parliamentary democracies the President is actually appointed by the Parliament which is, on the other hand, directly voted in by the citizens.

The democratic period in Galicia starts in 1977 with the end of the Francoist dictatorship. Before that Galicia had last enjoyed self-government in the Middle Ages, in addition to a short period when the Xunta Suprema de Galicia was established during the Peninsular War (1808-1813).

Technically speaking, the first two presidents up to 1981 were presidents of a non-autonomous Galicia, since the actual Statute of Autonomy was only passed in April 1981. Nonetheless, they played an important role in setting up the institution.

List of presidents

Parties

      Union of the Democratic Centre       People's Alliance of Galicia       Socialist Party of Galicia       People's Party of Galicia

Portrait		President	Took office	Left office	Party	Legislature (Election)	Head of State
		Antonio Rosón Pérez (1911–1986)	1977	1979	UCD	Pre-autonomy	King Juan Carlos I
		José Quiroga Suárez (1920–2006)	1979	1981
1	60px	Xerardo Fernández Albor (1917–)	1981	27 September 1987	APdeG	I (1981)
						II (1985)
2		Fernando Ignacio González Laxe (1952–)	27 September 1987	2 February 1990	PSdeG-PSOE
3	60px	Manuel Fraga Iribarne (1922–2012)	2 February 1990	17 April 2005	PPdeG	III (1989)
						IV (1993)
						V (1997)
						VI (2001)
4	60px	Emilio Pérez Touriño (1948–)	17 April 2005	16 April 2009	PSdeG-PSOE	VII (2005)
5	60px	Alberto Núñez Feijóo (1961–)	16 April 2009	present	PPdeG	VIII (2009)
						IX (2012)
							King Felipe VI

See also

• Xunta de Galicia
• Parliament of Galicia
• Autonomous Community
• Devolution
• History of Galicia
• Galician Statute of Autonomy