President of the Principality of Asturias
President of the Principality of Asturias | |
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Appointer |
Following a vote of confidence by a majority of the General Junta |
Term length |
No fixed term Regional election to the General Junta are held every 4 years at most. No term limits are imposed on the office. |
Constituting instrument | Statute of Autonomy |
Inaugural holder | Rafael Fernández Álvarez |
Formation | 1978 |
The President of the Principality of Asturias is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Asturias. The President is chosen by the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias, regional parliamentary institution.
Election
The President is elected after the constitution of the General Junta or after the cessation of the former President.
A deputy can be nominated as candidate only if at least five members propose him.
During the Investiture proceedings the nominees present their political agenda in an Investiture Speech to be debated and submitted for a Vote of Confidence by the General Junta, effecting an indirect election of the head of government. A simple majority confirms the nominee and his program. At the moment of the vote, the confidence is awarded if the candidate receives a majority of votes in the first poll (currently 23 out of 45 deputies), but if the confidence is not awarded, a second vote is scheduled two days later in which a simple majority of votes cast (i.e., more "yes" than "no" votes) is required.
Headquarters
The headquarters of the President of the Principality of Asturias are located in Oviedo. The building is in the back part of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias and both buildings are connected by an underground passage.
The building was formerly the seat of the Bank of Spain in Oviedo until 1982
The Principality of Asturias acquired the building 1982 and reformed it for its current use between 1983 and 1985.
List of Presidents of the Principality of Asturias
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
Political Party | Government | Legislature | Monarch (Reign) | |
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1 | Rafael Fernández (1932–2010) |
5 May 1982 — 18 June 1983 |
1 year, 44 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Fernández | Provisional | Juan Carlos I (1975–2014) | |
2 | Pedro de Silva (1945–) |
18 June 1983 — 10 July 1991 |
8 years, 22 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | De Silva I | I (1983) | ||
De Silva II | II (1987) | |||||||
3 | Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil (1945–) |
10 July 1991 — 18 June 1993 |
1 year, 343 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Vigil | III (1991) | ||
4 | Antonio Trevín (1956–) |
18 June 1993 — 14 July 1995 |
2 years, 26 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Trevín | |||
5 | Sergio Marqués (1946–2012) |
14 July 1995 — 20 July 1999 |
4 years, 6 days | People's Party | Marqués | IV (1995) | ||
Asturian Renewal Union | ||||||||
6 | Vicente Álvarez Areces (1943–) |
20 July 1999 — 15 July 2011 |
11 years, 360 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Areces I | V (1999) | ||
Areces II | VI (2003) | |||||||
Areces III | VII (2007) | |||||||
7 | Francisco Álvarez-Cascos (1947–) |
15 July 2011 — 24 May 2012 |
314 days | Asturias Forum | Cascos | VIII (2011) | ||
8 | Javier Fernández (1948–) |
24 May 2012 — Incumbent |
6 years, 151 days | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Fernández I | IX (2012) | ||
Felipe VI (2014–) | ||||||||
Fernández II | X (2015) |