List of female regional presidents in Spain

As of March 2021, 13 women have served or are serving as the president of a Spanish Autonomous Community (including two acting presidents) and none have served or are serving as presidents of the autonomous cities. Currently, four women are serving as regional presidents.

Incumbent Spanish regional presidents by gender:

Male

Female

Number of female regional presidents by Autonomous Community (past and present):

0

1

2

3

History

The first woman to act as regional president was María Antonia Martínez, who served as Acting president of Murcia for almost a month after former president Andrés Hernández Ros was forced to resign. She would be later, in 1993, elected as President of the region after once again another former president, Carlos Collado, was also forced to resign.

The first woman to assume office as regional president following a regional election was Esperanza Aguirre, who was elected on November 21, 2003 by the Assembly of Madrid, also becoming the first woman to held the position since María Antonia Martínez, and she also became the first woman to resign from her position following a corruption scandal. Since then, apart from the Region of Murcia and the Community of Madrid, seven other Autonomous Communities have elected female regional Presidents after their respective regional elections.

To date, no woman has ever changed parties during her presidential term.

Demographics

To date, only nine Autonomous Communities have elected women as regional presidents, and only Navarre has elected women from different political parties to held the position. It was also the first and to date only community where a woman followed another woman as president, and is the first and to date only community to have three women in a row serve as president. The Community of Madrid and Navarre are the communities that have elected the most women to the position, with three each.

As of 2021, a total of 9 autonomous communities have never had a woman as president. Those regions are: Asturias, the Basque Country, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia and the Valencian Community and the two autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Only one autonomous community (Castile and León) has never seen a major party nominate a woman in a regional election.

No women of color have been elected as regional president.

Esperanza Aguirre from the Community of Madrid has been the longest-serving female regional president, with a mandate of 8 years and 301 days while María Antonia Martínez from the Region of Murcia has been the shortest-serving female president.

From June 25 to July 1, 2015 there was a total of 5 women serving as regional presidents, making this the period with the greatest amount of women serving at the same time.

Autonomous Communities

Name (lifespan)	State	Term start	Term end	Tenure		Notes	Departure	Ref
María Antonia Martínez García (born 1953)	Region of Murcia	March 9, 1984	March 31, 1984	22 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	First woman serving as President of the Region of Murcia (in acting capacity).	Not reelected	[1]
María Antonia Martínez García (born 1953)	Region of Murcia	May 3, 1993	July 4, 1995	2 years and 62 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	First and only woman serving as President of the Region of Murcia.	Not reelected	[1]
Esperanza Aguirre y Gil de Biedma (born 1952)	Community of Madrid	November 21, 2003	September 17, 2012	8 years and 301 days	People's Party	First woman elected President of the Community of Madrid. First woman elected President in a regional election. First woman to resign from her post. Longest-serving woman in the post. First woman to be reelected. First and only woman to be reelected twice.	Resigned	[2][3]
María Dolores de Cospedal García (born 1965)	Castilla-La Mancha	June 22, 2011	July 1, 2015	4 years and 9 days	People's Party	First and only woman elected as President of Castilla-La Mancha. First woman to defeat an incumbent President.	Not reelected
Yolanda Barcina Angulo (born 1960)	Navarre	June 28, 2011	July 22, 2015	4 years and 24 days	Navarrese People's Union	First woman elected as President of Navarre.	Not up for reelection	[4]
Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda (born 1950)	Aragon	July 14, 2011	July 4, 2015	3 years and 355 days	People's Party	First and only woman elected as President of Aragon. Oldest woman to be elected as President.	Not reelected	[5]
Susana Díaz Pacheco (born 1974)	Andalusia	September 6, 2013	January 18, 2019	5 years and 134 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	First and only woman elected President of Andalusia. Youngest woman to be elected as President.	Not reelected	[6][7]
Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas (born 1964)	Community of Madrid	June 25, 2015	April 25, 2018	2 years and 304 days	People's Party		Resigned	[8][9]
Uxue Barkos Berruezo (born 1964)	Navarre	July 22, 2015	August 6, 2019	4 years and 15 days	Geroa Bai		Not reelected	[10]
Francina Armengol Socias (born 1971)	Balearic Islands	July 2, 2015	Incumbent	6 years and 306 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	First and only woman elected President of the Balearic Islands. Defeated an incumbent President.	Serving	[11]
María Dolores Pagán Arce (born 1967)	Region of Murcia	April 4, 2017	May 3, 2017	29 days	People's Party		Only serving in acting capacity
María Chivite Navascués (born 1978)	Navarre	August 6, 2019	Incumbent	2 years and 271 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	Defeated an incumbent President. Third woman in a row to be elected President of Navarre.	Serving	[12]
Isabel Díaz Ayuso (born 1978)	Community of Madrid	August 17, 2019	Incumbent	2 years and 260 days	People's Party		Serving	[13]
Concha Andreu Rodríguez (born 1967)	La Rioja	August 29, 2019	Incumbent	2 years and 248 days	Spanish Socialist Workers' Party	First and only woman elected President of La Rioja. Defeated an incumbent President.	Serving	[14]

Timeline of women serving as governors

Notes

References

"Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia". borm.es (in Spanish). 1993-05-03.
"Real Decreto 1427/2003, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (279): 41280. 21 November 2003. ISSN 0212-033X.
Marcos, José (17 September 2012). "Esperanza Aguirre dimite". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
"Real Decreto 917/2011, de 27 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña Yolanda Barcina Angulo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (153): 68736. 28 June 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Real Decreto 1022/2011, de 13 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de Aragón a doña Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (168): 78534. 14 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Real Decreto 667/2013, de 5 de septiembre, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Junta de Andalucía a doña Susana Díaz Pacheco" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (214): 64529. 6 September 2013. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Real Decreto 5/2019, de 17 de enero, por el que se declara el cese de doña Susana Díaz Pacheco como Presidenta de la Junta de Andalucía" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (16): 4185. 18 January 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Real Decreto 533/2015, de 24 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (151): 52631. 25 June 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.
Pérez Mendoza, Sofía (25 April 2018). "Cristina Cifuentes dimite como presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
"Real Decreto 703/2015, de 21 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña Miren Uxue Barcos Berruezo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (174): 61749. 22 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Butlletí Oficial de la Comunitat Autònoma de les Illes Balears". caib.es (in Catalan). 2015-07-02.
"Real Decreto 494/2019, de 5 de agosto, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña María Victoria Chivite Navascués" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (187): 85208. 6 August 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
"Real Decreto 495/2019, de 16 de agosto, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (197): 92201. 17 August 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.
EFE (2019-08-27). "La socialista Concha Andreu, presidenta de La Rioja con apoyo de Podemos e IU". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-13.

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[1] "Boletín Oficial de la Región de Murcia". borm.es (in Spanish). 1993-05-03.

[2] "Real Decreto 1427/2003, de 20 de noviembre, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (279): 41280. 21 November 2003. ISSN 0212-033X.

[3] Marcos, José (17 September 2012). "Esperanza Aguirre dimite". El País (in Spanish). Madrid. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[4] "Real Decreto 917/2011, de 27 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña Yolanda Barcina Angulo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (153): 68736. 28 June 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.

[5] "Real Decreto 1022/2011, de 13 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de Aragón a doña Luisa Fernanda Rudi Úbeda" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (168): 78534. 14 July 2011. ISSN 0212-033X.

[6] "Real Decreto 667/2013, de 5 de septiembre, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Junta de Andalucía a doña Susana Díaz Pacheco" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (214): 64529. 6 September 2013. ISSN 0212-033X.

[7] "Real Decreto 5/2019, de 17 de enero, por el que se declara el cese de doña Susana Díaz Pacheco como Presidenta de la Junta de Andalucía" (pdf). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (16): 4185. 18 January 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.

[8] "Real Decreto 533/2015, de 24 de junio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Cristina Cifuentes Cuencas" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (151): 52631. 25 June 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.

[9] Pérez Mendoza, Sofía (25 April 2018). "Cristina Cifuentes dimite como presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid". eldiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[10] "Real Decreto 703/2015, de 21 de julio, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña Miren Uxue Barcos Berruezo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (174): 61749. 22 July 2015. ISSN 0212-033X.

[11] "Butlletí Oficial de la Comunitat Autònoma de les Illes Balears". caib.es (in Catalan). 2015-07-02.

[12] "Real Decreto 494/2019, de 5 de agosto, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra a doña María Victoria Chivite Navascués" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (187): 85208. 6 August 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.

[13] "Real Decreto 495/2019, de 16 de agosto, por el que se nombra Presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid a doña Isabel Natividad Díaz Ayuso" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (197): 92201. 17 August 2019. ISSN 0212-033X.

[14] EFE (2019-08-27). "La socialista Concha Andreu, presidenta de La Rioja con apoyo de Podemos e IU". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-13.