The president of the Government of Aragon (), also known as the president of the General Deputation of Aragon () or, simply, the president of Aragon (), is the head of government of Aragon, an autonomous community in Spain. The President is elected to a four-year term by the Aragonese Corts and presides over the Government of Aragon.
Election Under Article 48 of the regional Statute of Autonomy, investiture processes to elect the president of the Government of Aragon require of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot will be held 24 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If the proposed candidate is not elected, successive proposals are to be transacted under the same procedure within a 10-day timespan. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Corts shall be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called. Before 2007, the Statute provided for these parliamentary deadlocks to be solved by deeming the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats to be automatically elected.
List of officeholders Governments:
Portrait Name Term of office Party Government Election Monarch Juan Antonio Bolea 1978 1979 UCD Bolea I Juan Carlos I 1979 1980 Bolea II 1980 1981 Bolea III Gaspar Castellano 1981 1982 UCD Castellano I 1982 1982 Castellano II Juan Antonio de Andrés 1982 1983 UCD De Andrés Independent Santiago Marraco 1983 1987 PSOE Marraco 1983 Hipólito Gómez de las Roces 1987 1991 PAR Gómez de las Roces 1987 Emilio Eiroa 1991 1993 PAR Eiroa 1991 José Marco 1993 1995 PSOE Marco Santiago Lanzuela 1995 1999 PP Lanzuela 1995 Marcelino Iglesias 1999 2003 PSOE Iglesias I 1999 2003 2007 Iglesias II 2003 2007 2011 Iglesias III 2007 Luisa Fernanda Rudi 2011 2015 PP Rudi 2011 Felipe VI Javier Lambán 2015 2019 PSOE Lambán I 2015 2019 2023 Lambán II 2019 Jorge Azcón 2023 2026 PP Azcón I 2023 2026 Incumbent Azcón II 2026
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See also Joaquín Ascaso Budría, President of the Regional Defence Council of Aragon
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