Javier Fernández Fernández

Javier Fernández Fernández
8th President of the Principality of Asturias
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 May 2012
Monarch	Juan Carlos I Felipe VI
Preceded by	Francisco Álvarez Cascos
Personal details
Born	January 7, 1948 Mieres, Asturias, Spain
Political party	PSOE

Javier Fernández Fernández (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).

Fernández has served as the President of the Principality of Asturias since May 26, 2012, 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]

References

1. "Javier Fernández, presidente de Asturias con el apoyo de IU y UPyD" (in Spanish). El País. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
2. "Javier Fernández entrega la cartera de Hacienda a la economista Dolores Carcedo". ABC (newspaper). 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-29.