Spain Leader Of The Opposition: Parliamentary position of the Congress of Deputies, Spain
The Leader of the Opposition (Spanish: Líder de la oposición) is an unofficial honorary title held by the leader of the largest party in the Congress of Deputies—the lower house of the Spanish parliament.
| Leader of the Opposition Líder de la oposición | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the largest party in opposition | |
| Residence | No official residence |
| Appointer | None |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Manuel Fraga |
| Formation | 28 December 1982 (formally) 8 February 1983 (officially) |
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List of opposition leaders
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure | Party | Opposition to government | Election | Prime Minister (Tenure) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Duration | ||||||||
.jpg) | Manuel Fraga (1922–2012) | 28 December 1982 | 24 July 1986 | 3 years and 338 days | AP | González I | 1982 | Felipe González.jpg) (1982–1996) | ||
| 24 July 1986 | 1 December 1986 | González II | 1986 | |||||||
| Post vacant during this interval. | ||||||||||
.jpg) | Miguel Herrero de Miñón (born 1940) | 23 December 1986 | 8 February 1987 | 47 days | AP | |||||
.svg) | Antonio Hernández Mancha (born 1951) | 8 February 1987 | 20 January 1989 | 1 year and 347 days | AP | |||||
| | Manuel Fraga (1922–2012) | 20 January 1989 | 21 November 1989 | 305 days | PP | |||||
.jpg) | José María Aznar (born 1953) | 21 November 1989 | 13 July 1993 | 6 years and 166 days | PP | González III | 1989 | |||
| 13 July 1993 | 5 May 1996 | González IV | 1993 | |||||||
.jpg) | Felipe González (born 1942) | 5 May 1996 | 21 June 1997 | 1 year and 47 days | PSOE | Aznar I | 1996 | José María Aznar.jpg) (1996–2004) | ||
.jpg) | Joaquín Almunia (born 1948) | 21 June 1997 | 26 May 1998 | 339 days | PSOE | |||||
.jpg) | Josep Borrell (born 1947) | 26 May 1998 | 14 May 1999 | 353 days | PSOE | |||||
| | Joaquín Almunia (born 1948) | 14 May 1999 | 12 March 2000 | 303 days | PSOE | |||||
| Post vacant during this interval. | Aznar II | 2000 | ||||||||
.jpg) | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (born 1960) | 22 July 2000 | 17 April 2004 | 3 years and 270 days | PSOE | |||||
.jpg) | Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) | 17 April 2004 | 12 April 2008 | 7 years and 248 days | PP | Zapatero I | 2004 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero .jpg) (2004–2011) | ||
| 12 April 2008 | 21 December 2011 | Zapatero II | 2008 | |||||||
.jpg) | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (1951–2019) | 21 December 2011 | 26 July 2014 | 2 years and 217 days | PSOE | Rajoy I | 2011 | Mariano Rajoy.jpg) (2011–2018) | ||
.jpg) | Pedro Sánchez (born 1972) | 26 July 2014 | 1 October 2016 | 2 years and 67 days | PSOE | |||||
| 2015 | ||||||||||
| Post vacant during this interval. | Rajoy II | 2016 | ||||||||
.jpg) | Pedro Sánchez (born 1972) | 18 June 2017 | 2 June 2018 | 349 days | PSOE | |||||
| | Mariano Rajoy (born 1955) | 2 June 2018 | 21 July 2018 | 49 days | PP | Sánchez I | Pedro Sánchez.jpg) (2018–present) | |||
.jpg) | Pablo Casado (born 1981) | 21 July 2018 | 8 January 2020 | 3 years and 255 days | PP | |||||
| Apr. 2019 | ||||||||||
| 8 January 2020 | 2 April 2022 | Sánchez II | Nov. 2019 | |||||||
.jpg) | Alberto Núñez Feijóo (born 1961) | 2 April 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years and 14 days | PP | |||||
Notes
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