The president of the autonomous government of the Basque Country, Spain is referred to as in Basque ("president of the Basque Government"). The correspondent title in Spanish is and, since recently, or the Spanish form .
List of lehendakaris
Second Republic and exile (1936–1979)
;Governments:
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! rowspan="2" width="65"| Portrait
! rowspan="2" width="250"| Name<br>
! colspan="3"| Term of office
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party
! rowspan="2" width="225"| Government<br/>
! rowspan="2" width="65"| Election
! rowspan="2" width="75"| President<br/>
! rowspan="2"|
|-
! width="85"|
! width="85"|
! width="85"|
|-
| rowspan="2" width="65"| 65px
| rowspan="2"| José Antonio Aguirre<br/>
| rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| <br/>1936
| rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| <br/>1960
| rowspan="2" style="font-size:95%;"|
| rowspan="2" width="1" style="background:;"|
| rowspan="2" width="90"| EAJ/PNV
| rowspan="3" style="background:#F1EAD8;"| Provisional<br/>
| rowspan="3" style="color:#ccc;"|
| scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| <br/>Manuel Azaña<br/>60px<br/>
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| rowspan="2" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| <br/>
|-
| 65px
| Jesús María de Leizaola<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1960
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1979
| style="font-size:95%;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| EAJ/PNV
|
|}
Restored autonomy (1978–present)
;Governments:
{| 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>
! colspan="3"| Term of office
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="90"| Party
! rowspan="2" width="225"| Government<br/>
! rowspan="2" width="65"| Election
! rowspan="2" width="75"| Monarch<br/>
! rowspan="2"|
|-
! width="85"|
! width="85"|
! width="85"|
|-
| width="65"| 65px
| Ramón Rubial<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1978
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1979
| style="font-size:95%;"|
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| width="90"| PSE–PSOE
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Rubial<br/>
| rowspan="2" style="color:#ccc;"|
| rowspan="13" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| <br/>Juan Carlos I<br/>60px<br/>
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 65px
| rowspan="3"| Carlos Garaikoetxea<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1979
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1980
| rowspan="3" style="font-size:95%;"|
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| rowspan="3"| EAJ/PNV
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Garaikoetxea I<br/>
| rowspan="3"| <br/><br/>
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1980
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1984
| style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Garaikoetxea II<br/>
| 1980
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1984
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1985
| style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Garaikoetxea III<br/>
| rowspan="2"| 1984
|-
| rowspan="4"| 65px
| rowspan="4"| José Antonio Ardanza<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1985
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1987
| rowspan="4" style="font-size:95%;"|
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| rowspan="4"| EAJ/PNV
| style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Ardanza I<br/>
| rowspan="4"| <br/><br/><br/>
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1987
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1991
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza II<br/>
| 1986
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1991
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1994
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza III<br/>
| 1990
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1994
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1999
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ardanza IV<br/>
| 1994
|-
| rowspan="3"| 65px
| rowspan="3"| Juan José Ibarretxe<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>1999
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2001
| rowspan="3" style="font-size:95%;"|
| rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| rowspan="3"| EAJ/PNV
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe I<br/>
| 1998
| rowspan="3"| <br/><br/><br/>
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2001
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2005
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe II<br/>
| 2001
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2005
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2009
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Ibarretxe III<br/>
| 2005
|-
| 65px
| Patxi López<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2009
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2012
| style="font-size:95%;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| PSE–EE<br/>(PSOE)
| style="background:#FCD8DA;"| López<br/>
| 2009
| <br/>
|-
| rowspan="4"| 65px
| rowspan="4"| Iñigo Urkullu<br/>
| rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| <br/>2012
| rowspan="2" class="nowrap"| <br/>2016
| rowspan="4" style="font-size:95%;"|
| rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| rowspan="4"| EAJ/PNV
| rowspan="2" style="background:#E1F2E1;"| Urkullu I<br/>
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| rowspan="4"| <br/><br/><br/>
|-
| rowspan="4" scope="row" bgcolor="#EEEEEE"| <br/>Felipe VI<br/>60px<br/>
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2016
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2020
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Urkullu II<br/>
| 2016
|-
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2020
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2024
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Urkullu III<br/>
| 2020
|-
| 65px
| Imanol Pradales<br/>
| class="nowrap"| <br/>2024
| class="nowrap"| Incumbent
| style="font-size:95%;"|
| style="color:inherit;background:;"|
| EAJ/PNV
| style="background:#E9E9E9;"| Pradales<br/>
| 2024
|
|}
Timeline
See also
- Lehendakari
- Basque Government
- Ajuria Enea