| President of the Basque Parliament | |
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| Eusko Legebiltzarreko Lehendakaria | |
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| Member of | Basque Parliament |
| Formation | 31 March 1980 |
| First holder | Juan José Pujana |
| Website | legebiltzarra.eus |
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This article lists the presidents of the Basque Parliament, the regional legislature of the Basque Country.
| 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 | 1st | [1] | |
| 22 March 1984 | 8 January 1987 | 2nd | [1] | |||||
| 2 | Jesús Eguiguren |  | Socialist Party of the Basque Country –Basque Country Left | 8 January 1987 | 18 December 1990 | 3rd | [2] | |
| 3 | Joseba Leizaola | | Basque Nationalist Party | 18 December 1990 | 30 August 1994 | 4th | [3] | |
| 30 August 1994 | 25 November 1998 | 5th | [3] | |||||
| 4 | Juan María Atutxa |  | Basque Nationalist Party | 25 November 1998 | 8 June 2001 | 6th | [4] [5] | |
| 8 June 2001 | 16 May 2005 | 7th | [4] [6] [7] | |||||
| 5 | Izaskun Bilbao |  | Basque Nationalist Party | 23 May 2005 | 3 April 2009 | 8th | [8] [9] [10] | |
| 6 | Arantza Quiroga |  | People's Party of the Basque Country | 3 April 2009 | 19 November 2012 | 9th | [11] [12] [13] | |
| 7 | Bakartxo Tejeria |  | Basque Nationalist Party | 20 November 2012 | 21 October 2016 | 10th | [14] [15] [16] | |
| 21 October 2016 | 3 August 2020 | 11th | [14] [17] [18] | |||||
| 3 August 2020 | 4 May 2024 | 12th | [19] | |||||
| 14 May 2024 | Incumbent | 13th | [20] | |||||
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