Javier Fernández Fernández

Javier Fernández


8th President of the Principality of Asturias Elections: 2012, 2015
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2012
Monarch	Juan Carlos I (2012–14) Felipe VI (2014–)
Preceded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
President of PSOE Caretaking Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 October 2016
Preceded by	Pedro Sánchez (as Secretary General)
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-07) January 7, 1948 Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE

Javier Fernández Fernández (January 7, 1948 in Mieres, Asturias) is a Spanish politician, mining engineer, and civil servant. He is the secretary general of the Federación Socialista Asturiana, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

Fernández has served as the President of the Principality of Asturias since May 26, 2012, the result of a coalition government stemming from the 2012 Asturias General Council election held in March. A parliamentary pact was made between the PSOE and the centrist Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD). Fernández was elected president on May 23, 2012,^[1] and took office three days later. He appointed five women and three men to his cabinet, including economist Dolores Carcedo as the Minister of Finance.^[2]

He retained the Presidency after the 2015 election, but governing in minority only with the support of the United Left of Asturias.

On 1 October 2016, Fernández was named by PSOE to lead the party's caretaker committee, after the resignation of Pedro Sánchez as Secretary General.^[3]

References

↑ "Javier Fernández, presidente de Asturias con el apoyo de IU y UPyD" (in Spanish). El País. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
↑ "Javier Fernández entrega la cartera de Hacienda a la economista Dolores Carcedo". ABC (newspaper). 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-29.
↑ "Javier Fernández will lead PSOE's caretaker committee" (in Spanish). eldiario.es. 2016-10-01.

Political offices
Preceded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos	President of the Principality of Asturias 2012-present	Incumbent
Preceded by Juan José Tielve Cuervo	Regional Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism 1999–2000	Succeeded by Jesús Urrutia García
Party political offices
Preceded by Pedro Sánchez as Secretary-General	President of PSOE Caretaker Committee 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Luis Martínez Noval	Secretary-General of the FSA-PSOE 2000–present	Incumbent

Presidents of the Principality of Asturias

Rafael Fernández Pedro de Silva Juan Luis Rodríguez-Vigil Antonio Trevín Sergio Marqués Vicente Álvarez Areces Francisco Álvarez Cascos Javier Fernández

List of the current presidents of the autonomous communities of Spain

Andalusia: Díaz (PSOE) Aragon: Lambán (PSOE) Asturias: Fernández (PSOE) Balearic Islands: Armengol (PSOE) Basque Country: Urkullu (EAJ-PNV) Canary Islands: Clavijo (CC) Cantabria: Revilla (PRC) Castile–La Mancha: García-Page (PSOE) Castile and León: Herrera (PP) Catalonia: Puigdemont (JxSí) Extremadura: Fernández Vara (PSOE) Galicia: Núñez Feijóo (PP) La Rioja: Ceniceros (PP) Community of Madrid: Cifuentes (PP) Region of Murcia: Sánchez (PP) Navarre: Barkos (GBai) Valencian Community: Puig (PSOE) Ceuta:¹ Vivas (PP) Melilla:¹ Imbroda (PP)

¹ Autonomous cities.

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Secretary Generals of the PSOE	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Ramón Gómez Peña (1935–1948) José Gómez Osorio (1939–1940) Sócrates Gómez (1940–1944) Juan Gómez Egido (1944) Eduardo Villegas (1944–1946) Miguel Ángel Martínez (1946 – 1965) Antonio Trigo Mairal (1948–1949) Antonio Hernández Vizcaíno (1949–1952) Tomás Centeno (1952–1953) Teodomiro Menéndez (1953–1954) José María Fernández (1953–1954) Rodolfo Llopis (1954–1972) Felipe González (1972–1997) Joaquín Almunia (1997–2000) José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (2000–2012) Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (2012–2014) Pedro Sánchez (2014–2016)

Presidents of the PSOE	Pablo Iglesias (1879–1925) Julián Besteiro (1925–1931) Francisco Largo Caballero (1931–1935) Indalecio Prieto (1935–1948) Trifón Gómez (1948–1955) Pascual Tomás (1964–1967) Ramón Rubial (1967–1970; 1976–1999) Manuel Chaves (2000–2012) José Antonio Griñán (2012–2014) Micaela Navarro (2014–2016)

Parties by autonomous community	Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Islands Basque Country Canary Islands Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and Leon Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencian Community

Congresses	1888 1890 1892 1894 1899 1902 1905 1908 1912 1915 1918 1919 1920 1921 1925 1932 1944 1946 1948 1948 XVII 1952 XIX XX XXI 1964 1967 1970 1972 1974 1976 May 1979 Sep 1979 1981 1984 1988 1990 1994 1997 2000 2004 2008 2012 2014 next

Afiliated Organisations	Socialist Youth of Spain IDEAS Foundation for progress El Socialista Socialist Left

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