List of presidents of the Basque Parliament

This article lists the Presidents of the Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Basque Country.

President of the Basque Parliament Eusko Legebiltzarreko Lehendakaria
Flag of the Basque Country
Incumbent Bakartxo Tejeria since 20 November 2012
Member of	Basque Parliament
Formation	31 March 1980
First holder	Juan José Pujana
Website	legebiltzarra.eus

Presidents

No.	Name	Portrait	Party		Took office	Left office	^Legs.	^Refs.
1	Juan José Pujana			Basque Nationalist Party[lower-alpha 1]	31 March 1980	22 March 1984	1^st	[1]
					22 March 1984	8 January 1987	2^nd	[1]
2	Jesús Eguiguren			Socialist Party of the Basque Country –Basque Country Left	8 January 1987	18 December 1990	3^rd	[2]
3	Joseba Leizaola			Basque Nationalist Party	18 December 1990	30 August 1994	4^th	[3]
					30 August 1994	25 November 1998	5^th	[3]
4	Juan María Atutxa			Basque Nationalist Party	25 November 1998	8 June 2001	6^th	[4][5]
					8 June 2001	16 May 2005	7^th	[4][6][7]
5	Izaskun Bilbao			Basque Nationalist Party	23 May 2005	3 April 2009	8^th	[8][9][10]
6	Arantza Quiroga			People's Party of the Basque Country	3 April 2009	19 November 2012	9^th	[11][12][13]
7	Bakartxo Tejeria			Basque Nationalist Party	20 November 2012	21 October 2016	10^th	[14][15][16]
					21 October 2016	3 August 2020	11^th	[14][17][18]
					3 August 2020		12^th

Notes

1. Pujana joined Basque Solidarity on 21 September 1986 and continued as a member of the Mixed Group for the rest of the parliamentary term.

References

• "Lehendakaritza" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.

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3. "Leizaola Azpiazu, Joseba Andoni" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
4. "Atutxa Mendiola, Juan María" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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8. "Bilbao Barandica, Izaskun" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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11. "Quiroga Cia, Arantza" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
12. "Quiroga es elegida presidenta del Parlamento vasco". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
13. "Arantza Quiroga, un joven valor emergente en el PP, del ala más conservadora". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 3 April 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
14. "Tejeria Otermin, Bakartxo" (in Basque). Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain: Basque Parliament. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
15. Elorza, Ania (20 November 2012). "Tejeria abre la legislatura vasca del "encuentro entre todos para la paz"". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
16. "Bakartxo Tejería, nueva presidenta del Parlamento Vasco". EITB (in Spanish). Bilbao, Spain. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
17. "Constituido el nuevo Parlamento vasco, con el PP fuera de la Mesa". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. EFE. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
18. Gorospe, Pedro (21 October 2016). "PNV y PSE marginan al PP y le sacan de la Mesa en la nueva Cámara vasca". El País (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. Retrieved 1 September 2018.