President of Cantabria

President of Cantabria
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Incumbent Miguel Ángel Revilla since July 3, 2015
Inaugural holder	José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez
Formation	1982

The President of Cantabria, according to the Autonomy Statute of Cantabria, presides over the Government of Cantabria, directing its activities, coordinating the Administration of the autonomous community, designating and separating the councillors, and holds supreme representation of the autonomous community and ordinary representation of the State in Cantabria. He or she is elected by the Parliament of Cantabria among its members, and is appointed by the King of Spain.

The Parliament elects him or her by absolute majority in first session or by simple majority in subsequent. Between each session at least forty eight hours have to pass. If two months after the constitution of the Parliament there hasn't been elected a candidate, it is dissolved and there is another call for elections.

List of Presidents of Cantabria

Name	Term Begins	Term Ends	Political Party	Notes
José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez	March 15, 1982	March 2, 1984	Independent
Ángel Díaz de Entresotos	March 2, 1984	June 24, 1987	AP
Juan Hormaechea	June 24, 1987	December 5, 1990	Independent
Jaime Blanco	December 5, 1990	July 2, 1991	Partido Socialista de Cantabria-PSOE
Juan Hormaechea	July 2, 1991	July 13, 1995	Unión para el Progreso de Cantabria (UPCA)
José Joaquín Martínez Sieso	July 13, 1995	June 27, 2003	PP
Miguel Ángel Revilla	June 27, 2003	June 23, 2011	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)
Ignacio Diego	June 23, 2011	July 3, 2015	PP
Miguel Ángel Revilla	July 3, 2015	Incumbent	Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)