Javier Fernández (Spanish politician)

Javier Fernández Fernández (born 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).

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Javier Fernández
8th President of the Principality of Asturias Elections: 2012, 2015
In office 26 May 2012 – 16 July 2019
Monarch	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Preceded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Succeeded by	Adrián Barbón
President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Caretaking Committee
In office 1 October 2016 – 18 June 2017
Preceded by	Pedro Sánchez (as Secretary General)
Succeeded by	Pedro Sánchez (as Secretary General)
Member of the Congress of Deputies
In office 3 March 1996 – 22 July 1999
Constituency	Asturias
Member of the Senate
In office 14 July 2003 – 25 May 2012
Constituency	Asturias
Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
In office 27 May 2007 – 24 June 2019
Constituency	Central Asturias
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-07) January 7, 1948 Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE

Fernández served as the President of the Principality of Asturias from May 26, 2012 to 16 July 2019. He came to power as 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

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

Political offices
Preceded by Juan José Tielve Cuervo	Regional Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism of Asturias 1999–2000	Succeeded by Jesús Urrutia García
Preceded by Francisco Álvarez Cascos	President of the Principality of Asturias 2012-2019	Succeeded by Adrián Barbón
Party political offices
Preceded by Luis Martínez Noval	Secretary-General of the FSA-PSOE 2000–2017	Succeeded by Adrián Barbón
Preceded by Pedro Sánchez as Secretary-General	President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party caretaker committee 2016–2017	Succeeded by Pedro Sánchez as Secretary-General