List of presidents of the Congress of Deputies

The president of the Congress of Deputies, also known as the president of the Cortes, is the highest authority of the Congress of Deputies of Spain, the lower house of the . The President is elected by and among the incumbent members of congress (diputados).

The office was established in 1810 when the Supreme Central Junta convened the first Spain's general election to form the Cortes of Cádiz. In the first meeting of the Cortes, on 24 September 1810, the first president was elected, Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols, although Benito Ramón Hermida Maldonado held the office as acting president during the beginning of that meeting. During this time, the Cortes were a unicameral parliament and the tenure of the president of the house was one month. In 1814, King Ferdinand VII dissolved the parliament and abolished the 1812 Constitution, restoring absolutism. Briefly, from 1820 to 1823, the Constitution was restored against the will of the monarch and in 1823 the King abolished it again until his death in 1833, when Queen Regent Maria Christina, in order to gain the favour of the Liberals to support the reign of her daughter, Isabella II, approved the Royal Statue of 1834, creating a bicameral parliament and restoring the office. The parliament was inactive in three more times in Spanish history: from 1923 to 1927 due to the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera (although he created an advisory assembly from 1927 to 1929), from 1929 to 1931 after the dictatorship and from 1939 to 1943, after the Civil War.

After 1834, none of the constitutions or the different internal rules of the Congress established a time limited to held the office, so it is understood that the president occupies it for the time of the legislature, an idea that continues today in force. Another peculiarity of Spanish parliamentarism is the existence of the position of acting president. After every general election and before the Congress is fully constituted, the Congress' internal rules from 1834 to 1982 established that an acting president had to be elected, and, once the Congress is fully constituted, the House must ratified the appointment or elect a new president. In 1982, this provision disappeared.

The current and 182nd President, Francina Armengol, was elected on August 17, 2023. Armengol, former president of the Government of the Balearic Islands, currently represents the electoral district of the Balearic Islands.

List of presidents Since its creation in 1810, 138 people have served as president in 182 presidencies. The first president was Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols who served during the first month. The shortest presidency was that of the Francisco Salmerón y Alonso which was president briefly between March 19 and March 22, 1873, and the longest was that of Esteban de Bilbao Eguía serving 22 years, 6 months and 13 days. Many presidents have served in non-consecutive terms in office; The Marquess of Vega de Armijo served in five non-consecutive terms while Francisco Martínez de la Rosa and Francisco Javier Istúriz y Montero served in four. The first woman who have served as president was Luisa Fernanda Rudi Ubeda, between 2000 and 2004. No. NamePartyConstituency Term of service -Benito Ramón Hermida MaldonadoIndependentGalicia (Santiago de Compostela)September 24, 18101stRamón Lázaro de Dou y de BassolsIndependentPrincipality of CataloniaSeptember 24, 1810 –October 23, 1810 2ndLuis Rodríguez del Monte y del PradoIndependentGalicia (Betanzos) October 24, 1810 –November 23, 1810 3rdJosé Luis Morales GallegoIndependentSeville (representing the Junta of Seville) November 24, 1810 –December 23, 1810 4thAlonso Cañedo y VigilIndependentAsturias (representing the Junta of Asturias) December 24, 1810 –January 23, 1811 5thAntonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez RoblesIndependentNew Spain (Puebla de los Ángeles) January 24, 1811 –February 23, 1811 6thVicente Joaquín Noguera ClimentIndependentValencia (representing the Junta of Valencia) February 24, 1811 –March 23, 1811 7thDiego Muñoz Torrero y RamírezIndependentExtremadura March 24, 1811 –April 23, 1811 8thVicente Cano Manuel y Ramírez de ArellanoIndependentMurcia April 24, 1811 –May 23, 1811 9thJosé Pablo Valiente y BravoIndependentSeville May 24, 1811 –June 23, 1811 10thJaime Creus MartíIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia June 24, 1811 –July 23, 1811 11thJuan José Guereña y GarayoIndependentNew Spain (Durango) July 24, 1811 –August 23, 1811 12thRamón Giraldo y ArquelladaIndependentLa Mancha August 24, 1811 –September 23, 1811 13thBernardo Nadal y CrespíIndependentMajorca (Palma de Mallorca) September 24, 1811 –October 23, 1811 14thAntonio Larrazábal y ArrivillagaIndependentGuatemala October 24, 1811 –November 23, 1811 15thJosé Casquete de Prado BootelloIndependentExtremadura November 24, 1811 –December 23, 1811 16thManuel de Villafañe y AndreuIndependentValenciaDecember 24, 1811 –January 23, 1812 17thAntonio Agustín Payán de Tejada y FigueroaIndependentGalicia (La Coruña) January 24, 1812 –February 23, 1812 18thVicente Pascual y EstebanIndependentAragón (Teruel) February 24, 1812 –March 23, 1812 19thVicente Morales DuárezIndependentViceroyalty of Peru March 24, 1812 –April 2, 1812† 20thJosé María Gutiérrez de TeránIndependentNew Spain April 2, 1812 –April 23, 1812 April 24, 1812 –May 23, 1812 21stJosé Miguel Guridi y AlcocerIndependentNew Spain (Tlaxcala) May 24, 1812 –June 23, 1812 22ndJuan Polo y CatalinaIndependentAragón June 24, 1812 –July 23, 1812 23rdFelipe Vázquez CangaIndependentAsturias July 24, 1812 –August 23, 1812 24thAndrés Ángel de la Vega InfanzónIndependentAsturias August 24, 1812 –September 23, 1812 25thAndrés de Jáuregui de ArósteguiIndependentCuba (La Habana)September 24, 1812 –October 23, 1812 26thFrancisco Morros y CibilaIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia October 24, 1812 –November 23, 1812 27thJuan del Valle y Milans del BoschIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia November 24, 1812 –December 23, 1812 28thFrancisco Ciscar y CiscarIndependentValencia December 24, 1812 –January 23, 1813 29thMiguel Antonio de Zumalacárregui e ImazIndependentGipuzkoa(Santiago de Compostela) January 24, 1813 –February 23, 1813 30thJoaquín Maniau TorquemadaIndependentNew Spain (Veracruz) February 24, 1813 –March 23, 1813 31stFrancisco de Calello MirandaIndependentAsturias March 24, 1813 –April 23, 1813 32ndPedro José Gordillo y RamosIndependentCanary Islands (Gran Canaria) April 24, 1813 –May 23, 1813 33rdFlorencio del Castillo SolanoIndependentGuatemalaMay 24, 1813 –June 23, 1813 34thJosé Antonio Sombiela y MestreIndependentValencia June 24, 1813 –July 23, 1813 35thAndrés Morales de los Ríos y GilIndependentCádiz July 24, 1813 –August 23, 1813 36thJosé Miguel Gordoa y BarriosIndependentNew Spain (Zacatecas) August 24, 1813 –September 25, 1813 37thFrancisco Rodríguez LedesmaIndependentExtremaduraOctober 1, 1813 –October 31, 1813 38thFrancisco Tacón RossiqueIndependentMurcia November 1, 1813 –January 15, 1814 39thJeronimo Antonio Díez BarasIndependentSalamanca January 16, 1814 –February 15, 1814 40thAntonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez RoblesIndependentNew Spain (Puebla de los Ángeles) February 16, 1814 –February 25, 1814 41stVicente Ruiz AlbillosIndependentSalamanca February 25, 1814 –March 31, 1814 42ndFrancisco Antonio de la Dueña y CisnerosIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia April 1, 1814 –April 30, 1814 43rdAntonio Joaquín Pérez Martínez RoblesIndependentNew Spain (Puebla de los Ángeles) May 1, 1814 –May 10, 1814Parliament dissolved between 1814 and 1820 44thJosé de Espiga y GadeaIndependentPrincipality of CataloniaJuly 6, 1820 –August 9, 1820 45thRamón Giraldo y ArquelladaIndependentLa Mancha August 9, 1820 –September 8, 1820 46thJosé María Queipo de Llano Ruiz de SaraviaIndependentAsturiasSeptember 9, 1820 –October 8, 1820 47thJosé María Calatrava y PeinadoIndependentExtremadura October 9, 1820 –November 9, 1820 48thVicente Cano Manuel y Ramírez de ArellanoIndependentMurcia February 25, 1821 –March 31, 1821 49thJosé María Gutiérrez de TeránIndependentNew Spain April 1, 1821 –April 30, 1821 50thAntonio de la Cuesta y TorreIndependentÁvila May 1, 1821 –May 31, 1821 51stJose María Moscoso de Altamira QuirogaIndependentGalicia June 1, 1821 –June 30, 1821 52ndPedro González VallejoIndependentSoria September 24, 1821 –October 27, 1821 53rdFrancisco Martínez de la RosaIndependentGranada October 28, 1821 –November 27, 1821 54thDiego ClemencínIndependentMurcia November 28, 1821 –December 27, 1821 55thJoaquín Rey EsteveIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia December 28, 1821 –January 27, 1822 56thRamón Giraldo y ArquelladaIndependentLa Mancha January 28, 1822 –February 14, 1822 57thRafael del Riego y Florez ValdesIndependentAsturias February 15, 1822 –March 31, 1822 58thCayetano Valdés y FloresIndependentSeville April 1, 1822 –April 30, 1822 59thMiguel Ricardo de Álava y EsquivelIndependentÁlava* May 1, 1822 –May 31, 1822 60thÁlvaro Gómez BecerraIndependentCáceresJune 1, 1822 –June 30, 1822 61stRamón Salvato de EsteveIndependentPrincipality of Catalonia October 3, 1822 –November 6, 1822 62ndDiego Vicente Cañas PortocarreroIndependentValladolid November 7, 1822 –December 6, 1822 63rdJuan Oliver y GarcíaIndependentMálaga December 7, 1822 –January 6, 182364thFrancisco Javier Istúriz y MonteroIndependentCádizJanuary 7, 1823 –February 6, 182365thDomingo María Ruiz de la Vega MéndezIndependentGranadaFebruary 7, 1823 –February 19, 182366thManuel Flores CalderónIndependentBurgosFebruary 25, 1823 –March 22, 1823March 23, 1823 –May 1, 182367thJoaquín María Ferrer y CafrangaIndependentGipuzkoa(Santiago de Compostela)May 1, 1823 –June 1, 182368thTomás Gener y BuigasIndependentCubaJune 1, 1823 –July 6, 182369thJuan Pedro Zulueta y CeballosIndependentCádizJuly 7, 1823 –August 5, 182370thÁlvaro Gómez BecerraIndependentExtremaduraSeptember 7, 1823 –September 27, 1823Parliament dissolved between 1823 and 1834 -Antonio Posada Rubín de CelisIndependent-IsabellinosMurciaJuly 20, 1834 –July 28, 183471stIldefonso Díez de Rivera y MuroProgressiveValenciaJuly 29, 1834 –May 29, 1835 72ndFrancisco Javier Istúriz y MonteroModerateCádiz November 12, 1835 –November 20, 1835 November 21, 1835 –January 27, 1836 March 17, 1836 –March 22, 183673rdAntonio González GonzálezProgressiveBadajozMarch 23, 1836 –May 23, 1836 74thÁlvaro Gómez BecerraProgressiveCáceresOctober 17, 1836 –October 20, 1836 October 21, 1836 –November 30, 183675thAntonio González GonzálezProgressiveBadajozDecember 1, 1836 –January 1, 183776thJoaquín María Ferrer y CafrangaProgressiveGipuzkoaJanuary 2, 1837 –January 31, 1837 77thMiguel Antonio de Zumalacárregui e ImazProgressiveGipuzkoa February 1, 1837 –February 28, 1837 78thRamón Salvato de EsteveModerateBarcelona March 1, 1837 –March 31, 1837 79thPedro Antonio Acuña y CuadrosProgressiveJaén April 1, 1837 –April 30, 1837 80thMartín de los Heros y de las BárcenasProgressiveBiscay May 1, 1837 –May 31, 183781stAgustín Argüelles Álvarez GonzálezProgressiveMadridJune 1, 1837 –June 30, 183782ndVicente Sancho y CobertoresProgressiveCastellónJuly 1, 1837 –July 31, 183783rdMiguel Calderón de la BarcaModerateMadridAugust 1, 1837 –August 31, 183784thAntonio Seoane HoyosProgressiveSevilleSeptember 1, 1837 –September 30, 183785thJuan Bautista Muguiro e IribarrenProgressiveNavarraOctober 1, 1837 –October 31, 183786thJoaquín María López y LópezProgressiveMadridNovember 1, 1837 –November 4, 183787thJoaquín José de Muro y BidaurretaModerateSoria November 13, 1837 –November 17, 1837 November 18, 1837 –January 1, 183888thManuel Barrio AyusoModerateSoriaJanuary 2, 1838 –January 31, 183889thManuel de la Rivaherrera y VivancoModerateBurgosFebruary 1, 1838 –February 15, 183890thManuel Barrio AyusoModerateSoriaFebruary 16, 1838 –July 17, 183891stFrancisco Javier Istúriz y MonteroModerateCádizNovember 9, 1838 –June 1, 1839 -Miguel Antonio de Zumalacárregui e ImazProgressiveGipuzkoa