  the president of the basque government (, ), usually known in english as the basque regional president, is the head of government of the basque autonomous community. the president leads the executive branch of the regional government. the current lehendakari is iÃ±igo urkullu, of the basque nationalist party. the basque noun lehendakari means "president" and can refer to the president of any country, club, association, etc. ==history of the term== the term lehendakari is a 20th-century neologism. before the establishment of standard basque in the 1970s, it was spelled euzko jaurlaritzaren lendakari. both lendakari (president) and jaurlaritza (government) are basque neologisms created by members of the basque nationalist party. the generic basque words for "president" and "government" are both lehendakari(a) and presidente(a) for the former, and gobernu(a) for the latter, being presidente(a) and gobernu(a) words loaned from latin in the absence of an original basque term for these. since the very moment when the noun lehendakari was coined, both lehendakari(a) and presidente(a) have been used as perfect synonyms to refer to the head of any public or private government organ.see the abundant examples in the orotariko euskal hiztegia dictionary entry of lehendakari: "presidente. "lendakari aukeratu zuten" gte erd 60. euzko-antzerti-bazkunaren lendakarijari. ees 1911, 116. gipuzkoako diputazioko lendakari julian elorza jaunak. muj pam 9. azkenengo ogasunzaia antonio alzibar eta lenbiziko lendakaria bruno larrazabal jaunak izan ziran. eguzk riev 1927, 435n. agur, arana
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