List of Real Madrid CF presidents

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Madrid, Spain that competes in La Liga, the most senior football league in Spain. Since its founding, the club has had 18 different presidents. The club is owned by the club-members of Real Madrid CF, and similarly to a limited liability company, they elect the president by a ballot. The president has the responsibility for the overall management of the club, including formally signing contracts with players and staff. In Spain, it is customary for the president to watch the games in which the first-team participates, together with the president from the opposing team.

Since its foundation, Real Madrid CF has been owned and operated only by its members (all Spanish) called socios, unlike most European football clubs. Santiago Bernabéu Yeste remains the longest-running president of The Whites (35 years, from 1943 to 1978). In addition, under Bernabéu's presidency the club won the most trophies (32). In July 2000 former Real player Alfredo Di Stéfano was appointed Honorary President of the club.[1]

List of presidents

Below is the official presidential history of Real Madrid CF until the present day.[2]

Santiago Bernabéu was club president for 35 years.
Florentino Pérez is the current president of the club.
Name From To
Julián Palacios 1900 6 March 1902
Juan Padrós 6 March 1902 January 1904
Carlos Padrós January 1904 1908
Adolfo Meléndez 1908 July 1916
Pedro Parages July 1916 16 May 1926
Luis de Urquijo 16 May 1926 1930
Luis Usera 1930 31 May 1935
Rafael Sánchez Guerra 31 May 1935 4 August 1936
Adolfo Meléndez 4 August 1936 27 November 1940
Antonio Santos Peralba 27 November 1940 11 September 1943
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste 11 September 1943 2 June 1978
Luis de Carlos September 1978 24 May 1985
Ramón Mendoza 24 May 1985 26 November 1995
Lorenzo Sanz 26 November 1995 16 July 2000
Florentino Pérez 16 July 2000 27 February 2006
Ramón Calderón 2 July 2006 16 January 2009
Vicente Boluda 16 January 2009 31 May 2009
Florentino Pérez 1 June 2009 present

List of honorary presidents
Name Appointed
Carlos Padrós 1908[3]
Adolfo Meléndez 1913[4]
Alfonso XIII de Borbón 29 June 1920[5]
Santiago Bernabéu de Yeste 27 May 1948[6]
Alfredo Di Stéfano 5 November 2000[7]
Francisco "Paco" Gento 2016[8]

References
  1. "Real Madrid legend Di Stefano returns to hospital after heart check-up". SportFeatures. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. "Presidents". Realmadrid.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  3. Presidencia de Honor de Carles Padrós Archived 2013-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Presidencia de Honor de Adolfo Meléndez Archived 2013-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Presidencia de Honor de Alfonso de Borbón Archived 2012-07-03 at Archive.today
  6. Presidencia de Honor de Santiago Bernabéu
  7. Presidencia de Honor de Alfredo Di Stéfano Archived 2013-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Presidencia de Honor de Paco Gento
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