President of the Regional Government of Andalusia

President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
Presidente de la Junta de Andalucía
Seal of the Junta de Andalucía
Incumbent Juan Manuel Moreno since 18 January 2019
Residence	Palacio de San Telmo, Seville
Nominator	Parliament of Andalusia
Appointer	The Monarch countersigned by the Prime Minister
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Rafael Escuredo
Formation	1982
Website	juntadeandalucia.es

The president of the Regional Government of Andalusia^[1][2][3] (Spanish: Presidente de la Junta de Andalucía) or, simply the president of Andalusia (Spanish: Presidente de Andalucía), is the premier of the devolved government of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. The presidency is one of the three branches of the Regional Government of Andalusia (Junta de Andalucía), the institution whereby the government of the community is organized.^[4] The other two branches of are the Parliament of Andalusia and the Council of Government.

The current president of Andalusia is Juan Manuel Moreno of the PP, who has held the office since 18 January 2019.^[5][6]

Election

Under Article 118 of the regional Statute of Autonomy, investiture processes to elect the president of the Regional Government of Andalusia require of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot in the Parliament of Andalusia. If unsuccessful, a new ballot will be held 48 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If the proposed candidate is not elected, successive proposals are to be transacted under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament shall be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Before 2007, the Statute provided for these parliamentary deadlocks to be solved by deeming the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats to be automatically elected.^[7]

Functions

The functions of the president of the Regional Government of Andalusia come regulated under Article 117 of the regional Statute, with him or her being tasked with the direction and coordination of the activity of the Council of Government, the coordination of regional Administration, the appointment and separation of the regional ministers and the supreme representation of both the autonomous community and the ordinary one of the State in Andalusia. The president is politically accountable to Parliament. may temporarily delegate his or her own executive functions to one of the vice presidents or regional ministers and may propose, on his/her own initiative or at the request of citizens—always in accordance with the provisions of Article 78 of the Statute as well as the State legislation—the holding of popular votes within the autonomous community, on matters of general interest in regional or local matters.^[7]

List of officeholders

Governments:

•   PSOE
•   PP
•   Mixed coalition

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party		Government Composition	Election	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Duration
	Plácido Fernández Viagas (1924–1982)	27 May 1978	2 June 1979	1 year and 6 days		PSOE–A	Viagas PSOE–UCD–PCE	N/A	Juan Carlos I (1975–2014)	[8]
	Rafael Escuredo (born 1944)	2 June 1979	24 July 1982	4 years and 282 days		PSOE–A	Escuredo I PSOE–UCD–PCE–PSA			[9] [10] [11]
		24 July 1982	10 March 1984				Escuredo II PSOE	1982
	José Rodríguez de la Borbolla (born 1947)	10 March 1984	28 July 1986	6 years and 138 days		PSOE–A	Borbolla I PSOE			[12] [13] [14]
		28 July 1986	26 July 1990				Borbolla II PSOE	1986
	Manuel Chaves (born 1945)	26 July 1990	30 July 1994	18 years and 255 days		PSOE–A	Chaves I PSOE	1990		[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]
		30 July 1994	13 April 1996				Chaves II PSOE	1994
		13 April 1996	27 April 2000				Chaves III PSOE–PA	1996
		27 April 2000	24 April 2004				Chaves IV PSOE–PA	2000
		24 April 2004	18 April 2008				Chaves V PSOE	2004
		18 April 2008	7 April 2009 (resigned)				Chaves VI PSOE	2008
During this interval, First Vice President Gaspar Zarrías served as acting officeholder.
	José Antonio Griñán (born 1946)	23 April 2009	5 May 2012	4 years and 136 days		PSOE–A	Griñán I PSOE			[23] [24] [25] [26]
		5 May 2012	6 September 2013				Griñán II PSOE–IULV	2012
	Susana Díaz (born 1974)	6 September 2013	13 June 2015	5 years and 134 days		PSOE–A	Díaz I PSOE–IULV until Jan 2015 PSOE from Jan 2015			[27] [28] [29]
									Felipe VI (2014–present)
		13 June 2015	18 January 2019				Díaz II PSOE	2015
	Juan Manuel Moreno (born 1970)	18 January 2019	22 July 2022	5 years and 101 days		PP	Moreno I PP–Cs	2018		[30] [31]
		22 July 2022	Incumbent				Moreno II PP	2022

Timeline

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