Javier Tebas
Javier Tebas | |
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Tebas in 2024 | |
| President of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional | |
| Assumed office 26 April 2013 | |
| Preceded by | José Luis Astiazarán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Xavier Tebas Medrano 31 July 1962 San José, Costa Rica |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Education | University of Zaragoza |
Xavier Tebas Medrano, better known as Javier Tebas (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ ˈteβas]; born 31 July 1962), is a Spanish and Costa Rican lawyer and the president of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, the association responsible for administering Spain's two highest-tier professional football leagues. First elected in April 2013, he was re-elected for a fourth term in December 2023 until 2027. Tebas has promised that this will be his last term, ending in 2027.
Tebas is a supporter of the right wing Spanish Vox party. He is a supporter of Real Madrid, although he has claimed that this sometimes affects his neutrality as president.