Chair of RTVE

In accordance with article 21 of the Radio and Television of State Ownership Act, the Board may delegate to the President any other power of the Board, which will require the approval of the majority of two thirds of its components. However, the law itself limits this delegation; the Board cannot delegate its powers in matters related to the appointment of first-level personnel, to economic-budgetary matters, to internal control bodies, those related to the fundamental right of Article 20.3 of the Constitution or the proposal to remove a member of the Board.

In accordance with Royal Decree-Law 4/2018, of June 22, which specifies, urgently, the legal regime applicable to the designation of the Board of the RTVE Corporation and its Chair, the Congress of Deputies is the body responsible for electing the Chair of the Corporation and of the Board, by a two-thirds majority, among the ten members that make up the Board. If this majority is not reached and, after 48 hours, the Congress must vote again and an absolute majority will be sufficient to confirm the candidate to Chair of RTVE.[3]

The removal of the chair of the Corporation complies with the general requirements for the removal of the rest of the members of the Board:

• Resignation
• End of the term
• Removal approved by a two-thirds majority of the Congress of Deputies, at the proposal of the RTVE Board, by:
  • Permanent inability to exercise the office
  • Firm conviction for any malicious crime
  • A conflict of interest with other office or personal activity
  • Reasoned agreement
• Decision of the Congress of Deputies by a two-thirds majority of its members

The position of sole administrator is a figure included in the Capital Companies Act of 2010. The sole administrator is a position that assumes all the powers of a company for its administration.[4] The Radio and Television of State Ownership Act includes this possibility, although in its article 22 it prohibits that the Chair of the Corporation that has been removed, along with the rest of the Board, due to a bad economic management may occupy this position.

In 2018, a reform was introduced in the form of the election of the chair, which requires that if after fifteen days, there were still not enough majorities to appoint the Board members, the Government shall propose a sole provisional administrator to assume the powers of both the Board and the Chair of the Corporation with the same previous procedure. This Sole Provisional Administrator shall be responsible for the administration and representation of the Corporation until the appointments of the Board members occur.[3] This exceptional clause was first used on July 27, 2018, naming Rosa María Mateo as sole administrator with 180 votes in favor of the 350 possible.[5]

Source (until 2012):[6]

• Alfredo Guijarro Alcocer (1945–1951)
• Jesús Suevos Fernández-Jove (1951–1957)
• José María Revuelta Prieto (1957–1962)
• Roque Pro Alonso (1962–1964)
• Jesús Aparicio-Bernal Sánchez (1964–1969)
• Adolfo Suárez (1969–1973)
• Rafael Orbe Cano (1973–1974)
• Juan José Rosón Pérez (1974)
• Jesús Sancho Rof (1974–1975)
• Gabriel Peña Aranda (1975–1976)
• Rafael Ansón Oliart (1976–1977)
• Fernando Arias-Salgado y Montalvo (1977–1981)
• Fernando Castedo Álvarez (1981)
• Carlos Robles Piquer (1981–1982)
• Eugenio Nasarre Goicoechea (1982)
• José María Calviño Iglesias (1982–1986)
• Pilar Mercedes Miró Romero (1986–1989)
• Luis Solana (1989–1990)
• Jordi García Candau (1990–1996)
• Mónica Ridruejo Ostrowska (1996–1997)
• Fernando López-Amor García (1997–1998)
• Pío Cabanillas Alonso (1998–2000)
• Javier González Ferrari (2000–2002)
• José Antonio Sánchez Domínguez (2002–2004)
• María del Carmen Caffarel Serra (2004–2006)

• Luis Fernández Fernández (2006–2009)
• Alberto Oliart Saussol (2009–2011)
• Leopoldo González-Echenique (2012–2014)
• José Antonio Sánchez Domínguez (2014–2018)[7]
• Rosa María Mateo (2018–) (as Sole Administrator)[5]