President of the Generalitat Valenciana

President of Valencian Community

Incumbent
Ximo Puig
since 2015
Inaugural holder José Luis Albiñana Olmos
Formation 1978

The President of the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian: President de la Generalitat Valenciana) is the head of government of the Spanish autonomous community of Valencia. The President is chosen by the Valencian parliament, the Corts Valencianes.

List of Presidents of the Generalitat Valenciana

Name[1] Took Office Government party/
Government coalition
José Luis Albiñana Olmos April 1978[2] PSOE
Enrique Monsonís December 1979[3] UCD
Joan Lerma December 1982 PSOE
Eduardo Zaplana July 1995 PP/UV*
José Luis Olivas July 2002 PP
Francisco Camps June 2003 PP
Alberto Fabra June 2011 PP
Ximo Puig June 2015 PSOE/Compromís

*UV lost their seats at the 1999 elections and thereafter the PP governed alone.

References

  1. ↑ List of Valencia Presidents Historiaelectoral.com, accessed 15 June 2011
  2. ↑ El socialista Albiñana, presidente del Consejo del País Valenciano, El Pais, 11 April 1978
  3. ↑ Enrique Monsonís, un liberal convencido, El Pais, 8 October 2011
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