President of the Principality of Asturias

President of the Principality of Asturias
Coat of Arms of the Principality of Asturias
Incumbent Javier Fernández Fernández since 2012
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)
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)

See also

• General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
• Government of the Principality of Asturias