President of Spain
| President of the Republic Presidente de la República 
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| Precursor | King of Spain |
| Formation | 14 April 1931 |
| First holder | Niceto Alcalá-Zamora |
| Final holder | Manuel Azaña |
| Abolished | 3 March 1939 |
| Succession | Caudillo Franco |
President of the Republic (Spanish: Presidente de la República) was the title of the head of state during the Second Spanish Republic (1931–39). The office was based on the model of the Weimar Republic, then still in power in Germany, and a compromise between the French and American presidential systems.
The "Republican Revolutionary Committee" set up by the Pact of San Sebastián (1930), considered the "central event in the opposition to the monarchy of Alfonso XIII", and headed by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, eventually became the first provisional government of the Second Republic, with Alcalá-Zamora named President of the Republic on 11 December 1931.
The use of the term Presidente del Gobierno (literally, President of the Government) in Spanish when referring to the country's head of government, that is, the highest official in the executive branch, has led to some confusion, including Jeb Bush's notorious faux pas in 2003. In 2001, President George W. Bush had also referred to Spain's prime minister as "President". With Spain a constitutional monarchy since 1975, the current monarch is head of state.
A provisional President of Spain ruled that country and its colonies between the deposition of Isabella II and the election of Amedeus.
Following the abdication of Amadeo I on 10 February 1873, the short-lived First Republic (1873–74) had four heads of state (officially, Presidents of the Executive Power): Estanislao Figueras, Pi i Margall, Nicolás Salmerón, and Emilio Castelar.
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