{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Politics of the Basque Country}}
The [[President (government title)|president]] of the [[Autonomous Community|autonomous government]] of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain is referred to as {{lang|eu|Eusko Jaurlaritzako lehendakaria}} in [[Basque language|Basque]] ("president of the Basque Government"). The correspondent title in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] is {{lang|es|Presidente del Gobierno Vasco}} and, since recently, {{lang|eu|[[lehendakari]]}}<ref>The Style Guide of the most sold newspaper in Spain, ''[[El País (Spain)|El País]]'', recommends the spelling [http://estudiantes.elpais.com/libroestilo/dic_le.asp "lehendakari"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026082005/http://estudiantes.elpais.com/libroestilo/dic_le.asp |date=2010-10-26 }} and advises against the spelling "lendakari."</ref> or the Spanish form {{lang|es|lendakari}}.<ref>The [[dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy]] uses the spelling [http://rae.es/lendakari "lendakari."]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==List of lehendakaris==
===Second Republic and exile (1936–1979)=== ;Governments: * {{legend2|#F1EAD8|[[Spanish Civil War|War cabinet]]/[[Government in exile]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" width="250"| Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="3"| Term of office ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party ! rowspan="2" width="225"| Government<br/>{{small|Composition}} ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Election ! rowspan="2" width="75"| [[President of the Republic (Spain)|President]]<br/>{{small|(Tenure)}} ! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! width="85"| {{small|Took office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Left office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Duration}} |- | rowspan="2" width="65"| [[File:José Antonio Aguirre 1939 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="2"| '''[[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|José Antonio Aguirre]]'''<br/>{{small|(1904–1960)}} | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|7 October}}<br/>1936 | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 March}}<br/>1960{{dagger}} | rowspan="2" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1936|10|7|1960|3|22|sep=and}} | rowspan="2" width="1" style="background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | rowspan="2" width="90"| [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | rowspan="3" style="background:#F1EAD8;"| Provisional<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|PSOE]]–[[Republican Left (Spain)|IR]]–[[Basque Nationalist Action|ANV]]–<br/>[[Communist Party of Spain|PCE]] until 1952<br/>[[Republican Union (Spain, 1934)|UR]] until 1960}} | rowspan="3" style="color:#ccc;"| {{small|N/A}} | scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{small|[[President of the Republic (Spain)|President]]}}<br/>'''[[Manuel Azaña]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of Spain (1931-1939).svg|60px]]<br/>{{small|(1936–1939)}} | rowspan="2"| |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{smaller|''[[Spanish Republican government in exile|Spanish Republican<br/>government in exile]]''}}<br/>{{small|(1939–1977)}} |- | [[File:Jesús María de Leizaola 1980 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Jesús María de Leizaola]]'''<br/>{{small|(1896–1989)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 March}}<br/>1960 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|16 December}}<br/>1979 | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1960|3|22|1979|12|16|sep=and}} | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | |}
===Restored autonomy (1978–present)=== ;Governments: * {{legend2|#E1F2E1|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} * {{legend2|#FCD8DA|[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE/PSE–EE]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} * {{legend2|#E9E9E9|[[Coalition government|Mixed coalition]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.4em; text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;" |- ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Portrait ! rowspan="2" width="250"| Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="3"| Term of office ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party ! rowspan="2" width="225"| Government<br/>{{small|Composition}} ! rowspan="2" width="65"| Election ! rowspan="2" width="75"| [[Monarchy of Spain|Monarch]]<br/>{{small|(Reign)}} ! rowspan="2"| {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! width="85"| {{small|Took office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Left office}} ! width="85"| {{small|Duration}} |- | width="65"| [[File:Ramón Rubial 1983 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Ramón Rubial]]'''<br/>{{small|(1906–1999)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|17 February}}<br/>1978 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|9 June}}<br/>1979 | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1978|2|17|1979|6|9|sep=and}} | width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country}};"| | width="90"| [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country|PSE–PSOE]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Rubial<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country|PSE]]–[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]–[[Euskadiko Ezkerra|EE]]}} | rowspan="2" style="color:#ccc;"| {{small|N/A}} | rowspan="13" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{small|[[Monarchy of Spain|King]]}}<br/>'''[[Juan Carlos I]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg|60px]]<br/>{{small|(1975–2014)}} | <ref>{{cite news|last=Ceberio|first=Jesús|date=18 February 1978|title=Ramón Rubial, presidente del Consejo General Vasco|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1978/02/18/espana/256604440_850215.html|language=es|newspaper=[[El País]]|location=Vitoria|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref> |- | rowspan="3"| [[File:Carlos Garaikoetxea 1979 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="3"| '''[[Carlos Garaikoetxea]]'''<br/>{{small|(1938–2026)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|9 June}}<br/>1979 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 April}}<br/>1980 | rowspan="3" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1979|6|9|1985|1|26|sep=and}} | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | rowspan="3"| [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Garaikoetxea I<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country|PSE]]–[[Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)|UCD]]–[[Euskadiko Ezkerra|EE]]}} | rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite news|last=Angulo|first=Javier|date=10 June 1979|title=El decreto de incompatibilidades afecta al presidente del CGV|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1979/06/10/espana/297813607_850215.html|language=es|newspaper=El País|location=Bilbao|access-date=5 September 2020}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=91|date=15 April 1980|language=es|title=Real Decreto 675/1980, de 13 de abril, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1980/04/15/pdfs/A08100-08100.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=8100}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=93|date=18 April 1984|language=es|title=Real Decreto 771/1984, de 16 de abril, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Carlos Garaikoetxea Urriza|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1984/04/18/pdfs/A10960-10960.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=10960}}</ref> |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 April}}<br/>1980 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|18 April}}<br/>1984 | style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Garaikoetxea II<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]}} | [[1980 Basque regional election|1980]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|18 April}}<br/>1984 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 January}}<br/>1985 | style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Garaikoetxea III<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]}} | rowspan="2"| [[1984 Basque regional election|1984]] |- | rowspan="4"| [[File:José Antonio Ardanza 2011 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="4"| '''[[José Antonio Ardanza]]'''<br/>{{small|(1941–2024)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 January}}<br/>1985 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|28 February}}<br/>1987 | rowspan="4" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1985|1|26|1999|1|2|sep=and}} | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | rowspan="4"| [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Ardanza I<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]}} | rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=23|date=26 January 1985|language=es|title=Real Decreto 82/1985, de 25 de enero, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don José Antonio Ardanza Garro|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1985/01/26/pdfs/A02196-02196.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=2196}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=51|date=28 February 1987|language=es|title=Real Decreto 281/1987, de 27 de febrero, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don José Antonio Ardanza Garro|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/02/28/pdfs/A06092-06092.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=6092}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=29|date=2 February 1991|language=es|title=Real Decreto 94/1991, de 1 de febrero, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don José Antonio Ardanza Garro|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1991/02/02/pdfs/A03686-03686.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=3686}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=313|date=31 December 1994|language=es|title=Real Decreto 2616/1994, de 30 de diciembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don José Antonio Ardanza Garro|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1994/12/31/pdfs/A39613-39613.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=39613}}</ref> |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|28 February}}<br/>1987 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|2 February}}<br/>1991 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza II<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country|PSE]]}} | [[1986 Basque regional election|1986]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|2 February}}<br/>1991 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|31 December}}<br/>1994 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza III<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]]–[[Euskadiko Ezkerra|EE]] until Oct 1991<br/>[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country|PSE]] from Oct 1991}} | [[1990 Basque regional election|1990]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|31 December}}<br/>1994 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|2 January}}<br/>1999 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza IV<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]] until Jul 1998<br/>[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]] from Jul 1998}} | [[1994 Basque regional election|1994]] |- | rowspan="3"| [[File:Juan José Ibarretxe 2007 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="3"| '''[[Juan José Ibarretxe]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1957)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|2 January}}<br/>1999 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 July}}<br/>2001 | rowspan="3" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|1999|1|2|2009|5|7|sep=and}} | rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | rowspan="3"| [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe I<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]]}} | [[1998 Basque regional election|1998]] | rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=2|date=2 January 1999|language=es|title=Real Decreto 2900/1998, de 30 de diciembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Juan José Ibarreche Marcuartu|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1999/01/02/pdfs/A00067-00067.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=67}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=168|date=14 July 2001|language=es|title=Real Decreto 812/2001, de 13 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Juan José Ibarreche Marcuartu|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/07/14/pdfs/A25596-25596.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=25596}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=151|date=25 June 2005|language=es|title=Real Decreto 752/2005, de 24 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2005/06/25/pdfs/A22489-22489.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=22489}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=111|date=7 May 2009|language=es|title=Real Decreto 809/2009, de 6 de mayo, por el que se dispone el cese de don Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu como Presidente del Gobierno Vasco|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/05/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-7583.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=39430}}</ref> |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|14 July}}<br/>2001 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|25 June}}<br/>2005 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe II<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]] until Sep 2001<br/>[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]]–[[United Left–Greens|IU–EB]] from Sep 2001}} | [[2001 Basque regional election|2001]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|25 June}}<br/>2005 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|7 May}}<br/>2009 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe III<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Eusko Alkartasuna|EA]]–[[United Left–Greens|EB–B]]}} | [[2005 Basque regional election|2005]] |- | [[File:Patxi López 2011 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Patxi López]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1959)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|7 May}}<br/>2009 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 December}}<br/>2012 | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2009|5|7|2012|12|15|sep=and}} | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left}};"| | [[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE<br/>(PSOE)]] | style="background:#FCD8DA;"| López<br/>{{small|[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE]]}} | [[2009 Basque regional election|2009]] | <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=111|date=7 May 2009|language=es|title=Real Decreto 810/2009, de 6 de mayo, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Francisco Javier López Álvarez|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/05/07/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-7584.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=39431}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=301|date=15 December 2012|language=es|title=Real Decreto 1672/2012, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se declara el cese de don Francisco Javier López Álvarez como Presidente del Gobierno Vasco|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/12/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-15143.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=85404}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"| [[File:Iñigo Urkullu 2019 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | rowspan="4"| '''[[Iñigo Urkullu]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1961)}} | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|15 December}}<br/>2012 | rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 November}}<br/>2016 | rowspan="4" style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2012|12|15|2024|06|22|sep=and}} | rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | rowspan="4"| [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | rowspan="2" style="background:#E1F2E1;"| [[First government of Iñigo Urkullu|Urkullu I]]<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]}} | rowspan="2"| [[2012 Basque regional election|2012]] | rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=301|date=15 December 2012|language=es|title=Real Decreto 1673/2012, de 14 de diciembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Iñigo Urkullu Renteria|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/12/15/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-15144.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=85405}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=286|date=26 November 2016|language=es|title=Real Decreto 540/2016, de 25 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Iñigo Urkullu Renteria|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2016/11/26/pdfs/BOE-A-2016-11133.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=82891}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=238|date=5 September 2020|language=es|title=Real Decreto 808/2020, de 3 de septiembre, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Iñigo Urkullu Renteria|format=pdf|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2020/09/05/pdfs/BOE-A-2020-10256.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=73674}}</ref><br/><ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=151|date=22 June 2024|language=es|title=Real Decreto 585/2024, de 21 de junio, por el que se declara el cese de don Iñigo Urkullu Renteria como Presidente del Gobierno Vasco|format=pdf|url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2024/06/22/pdfs/BOE-A-2024-12644.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=72403}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| {{small|[[Monarchy of Spain|King]]}}<br/>'''[[Felipe VI]]'''<br/>[[File:Coat of Arms of Spain.svg|60px]]<br/>{{small|(2014–present)}} |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|26 November}}<br/>2016 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|5 September}}<br/>2020 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| [[Second government of Iñigo Urkullu|Urkullu II]]<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE]]}} | [[2016 Basque regional election|2016]] |- | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|5 September}}<br/>2020 | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 June}}<br/>2024 | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| [[Third government of Iñigo Urkullu|Urkullu III]]<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE]]}} | [[2020 Basque regional election|2020]] |- | [[File:Imanol Pradales 2024 (cropped).jpg|65px]] | '''[[Imanol Pradales]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1975)}} | class="nowrap"| {{smaller|22 June}}<br/>2024 | class="nowrap"| Incumbent | style="font-size:95%;"| {{age in years and days|2024|06|22|sep=and}} | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Basque Nationalist Party}};"| | [[Basque Nationalist Party|EAJ/PNV]] | style="background:#E9E9E9;"| [[Government of Imanol Pradales|Pradales]]<br/>{{small|[[Basque Nationalist Party|PNV]]–[[Socialist Party of the Basque Country–Basque Country Left|PSE–EE]]}} | [[2024 Basque regional election|2024]] | <ref>{{cite journal|publisher=Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|issue=151|date=22 June 2024|language=es|title=Real Decreto 586/2024, de 21 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidente del Gobierno Vasco a don Imanol Pradales Gil|format=pdf|url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/2024/06/22/pdfs/BOE-A-2024-12645.pdf|issn=0212-033X|page=72404}}</ref> |}
===Timeline=== {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:130 left:20 AlignBars = late
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bar:Aguirre from: 07/10/1936 till: 22/03/1960 color:PNV text:"[[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|Aguirre]]" fontsize:10 bar:Leizaola from: 22/03/1960 till: 16/12/1979 color:PNV text:"[[Jesús María de Leizaola|de Leizaola]]" fontsize:10 bar:Rubial from: 17/02/1978 till: 09/06/1979 color:PSE text:"[[Ramón Rubial|Rubial]]" fontsize:10 bar:Garaikoetxea from: 09/06/1979 till: 26/01/1985 color:PNV text:"[[Carlos Garaikoetxea|Garaikoetxea]]" fontsize:10 bar:Ardanza from: 26/01/1985 till: 02/01/1999 color:PNV text:"[[José Antonio Ardanza|Ardanza]]" fontsize:10 bar:Ibarretxe from: 02/01/1999 till: 07/05/2009 color:PNV text:"[[Juan José Ibarretxe|Ibarretxe]]" fontsize:10 bar:López from: 07/05/2009 till: 15/12/2012 color:PSE text:"[[Patxi López|López]]" fontsize:10 bar:Urkullu from: 15/12/2012 till: 22/06/2024 color:PNV text:"[[Iñigo Urkullu|Urkullu]]" fontsize:10 bar:Pradales from: 22/06/2024 till: end color:PNV text:"[[Imanol Pradales|Pradales]]" fontsize:10
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==See also== * [[Lehendakari]] * [[Basque Government]] * [[Ajuria Enea]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Basque}} [[Category:Politicians from the Basque Country (autonomous community)]] [[Category:Lists of governors and heads of sub-national entities]] [[Category:Presidents of the Basque Government|*]] [[Category:Spain politics-related lists|Basque Autonomous Community Presidents]] [[Category:Lists of Basque people|Lehendakaris]]