List of Real Madrid C.F. presidents

Real Madrid C.F. is a football club based in Madrid, Spain that competes in La Liga, the most senior football league in Spain. Since its founding in 1902, the club has had 19 different presidents. The club is owned by the club-members of Real Madrid C.F., and similarly to a limited liability company, they elect the president by a ballot. The president has the responsibility for the overall management of the club, including formally signing contracts with players and staff. In Spain, it is customary for the president to watch the games in which the first-team participates, together with the president from the opposing team.

Since its foundation, Real Madrid C.F. has been owned and operated only by its members (all Spanish) called socios, unlike most European football clubs. Santiago Bernabéu Yeste remains the longest-running president of The Whites (35 years, from 1943 to 1978). In addition, under Bernabéu's presidency the club won the most trophies (28). On July 2000, former Real player Alfredo Di Stéfano was appointed Honorary President of the Club.^[1]

List of presidents

Below is the official presidential history of Real Madrid C.F., from when Julián Palacios took over at the club in 1900, until the present day.^[2]

Rafael Sánchez Guerra presidency coincided with the Spanish Civil War.

Florentino Pérez is the current president of the club.

Name	From	To
Julián Palacios	1900	6 March 1902
Juan Padrós	6 March 1902	January 1904
Carlos Padrós	January 1904	1908
Adolfo Meléndez	1908	July 1916
Pedro Parages	July 1916	16 May 1926
Luis de Urquijo	16 May 1926	1930
Luis Usera	1930	31 May 1935
Rafael Sánchez Guerra	31 May 1935	4 August 1936
Adolfo Meléndez	4 August 1936	1940
Antonio Santos Peralba	1940	11 September 1943
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste	11 September 1943	2 June 1978
Luis de Carlos	September 1978	24 May 1985
Ramón Mendoza	24 May 1985	26 November 1995
Lorenzo Sanz	26 November 1995	16 July 2000
Florentino Pérez	16 July 2000	27 February 2006
Fernando Martín Álvarez	27 February 2006	26 April 2006
Luis Gómez-Montejano	26 April 2006	2 July 2006
Ramón Calderón	2 July 2006	16 January 2009
Vicente Boluda	16 January 2009	31 May 2009
Florentino Pérez	1 June 2009	present

List of honorary presidents

Name	Appointed
Carlos Padrós	1908[3]
Adolfo Meléndez	1913[4]
Alfonso XIII de Borbón	29 June 1920[5]
Santiago Bernabéu de Yeste	27 May 1948[6]
Alfredo Di Stéfano	5 November 2000[7]
Francisco "Paco" Gento	2015/2016[8]

References

1. "Real Madrid legend Di Stefano returns to hospital after heart check-up". SportFeatures. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
2. "Presidents". Realmadrid.com. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
3. Presidencia de Honor de Carles Padrós
4. Presidencia de Honor de Adolfo Meléndez
5. Presidencia de Honor de Alfonso de Borbón
6. Presidencia de Honor de Santiago Bernabéu
7. Presidencia de Honor de Alfredo Di Stéfano
8. Presidencia de Honor de Paco Gento

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