President of the Generalitat Valenciana
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The President of the Generalitat Valenciana is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community
of Valencian Community
. The President is chosen by the Valencian parliament, the Corts Valencianes
.
†UV lost their seats at the 1999 elections
and thereafter the PP governed alone.
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of Valencian Community
Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...
. The President is chosen by the Valencian parliament, the Corts Valencianes
Corts Valencianes
The Corts Valencianes are the main legislative body of the Generalitat Valenciana and therefore of the Valencian Community. The main location of the Corts is in the Palace of Benicarló in Valencia; however it can meet at any location in Valencian territory. The Corts has its origins in bodies...
.
List of Presidents of the Valencian Community
| Name | Took Office | Party |
|---|---|---|
| José Luis Albiñana Olmos José Luis Albiñana Olmos José Luis Albiñana Olmos is a Spanish judge and former politician in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party .Married, with three children, Albiñana qualified as a lawyer. His first political involvement came in the late 1960s when he joined the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country... |
April 1978 | PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
| Enrique Monsonís Enrique Monsonís Enric Monsonís Domingo was a Spanish liberal politician. Monsonís served as the head of the pre-autonomous government of the Consell Pre-autonòmic del País Valencià from 1979 to 1982... |
December 1979 | UCD |
| Joan Lerma Joan Lerma Joan Lerma i Blasco is a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , who served as the first democratically elected President of the Valencian Community since the restoration of democracy in the 1970s.... |
December 1982 | PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is a social-democratic political party in Spain. Its political position is Centre-left. The PSOE is the former ruling party of Spain, until beaten in the elections of November 2011 and the second oldest, exceeded only by the Partido Carlista, founded in... |
| Eduardo Zaplana Eduardo Zaplana Eduardo Andrés Julio Zaplana Hernández-Soro is a Spanish politician who served as the Partido Popular spokesman in the Spanish Congress of Deputies from 2004 to 2008.-Biography:... |
July 1995 | PP/UV Unió Valenciana Valencian Union was a nationalist political party in the Valencian Community, Spain.... † |
| José Luis Olivas | July 2002 | PP |
| Francisco Camps Francisco Camps Francisco Enrique Camps Ortiz is a Spanish politician belonging to the Partido Popular who served as President of the Generalitat Valenciana, the Valencian regional administration, in the period 2003-2011.-Biography:... |
June 2003 | PP |
| Alberto Fabra | June 28, 2011 | PP |
†UV lost their seats at the 1999 elections
Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1999
The Elections to the Corts Valencianes, 1999 were the fifth democratic elections to the Corts Valencianes, the Valencian regional parliament, since the Spanish transition to democracy and were held on 13 June of that year...
and thereafter the PP governed alone.