National
President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary
- Spanish: Presidente del Tribunal Supremo y del Consejo General del Poder Judicial
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the King of Spain
- Exact method
- Elected by the plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary from among Supreme Court magistrates and appointed by the King for a five-year term (Constitution art. 123.2; LOPJ).
- Chosen by
- King of Spain
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Isabel Perelló Doménech since September 2024 Report Source: wikidata.org, checked
Sources
- boe.es · checked Boletin Oficial del Estado, Constitucion Espanola 1978 (consolidated text), read 2026-10-12: structure, selection rules and competences of the Crown, Government, Cortes, Senate, Constitutional Court and Supreme Court. Names in other languages from congreso.es, senado.es, lamoncloa.gob.es. Fallback: Spanish press for the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court presidents because tribunalconstitucional.es returned HTTP 403. For: President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary, President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in Spanish
- wikidata.org · checked Wikidata Q130223431, P39 Q29934477 start 2024-09-04, read 2026-10-12: start of presidency of the Supreme Court and CGPJ. Fallback: Wikidata, poderjudicial.es not read. For: Isabel Perelló Doménech, current term