| Javier Fernández | |
| Office: | 8th President of the Principality of Asturias Elections: 2012, 2015 |
| Term Start: | 26 May 2012 |
| Term End: | 16 July 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Francisco Álvarez Cascos |
| Successor: | Adrián Barbón |
| Office1: | President of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party Caretaking Committee |
| Term Start1: | 1 October 2016 |
| Term End1: | 18 June 2017 |
| Predecessor1: | Pedro Sánchez |
| Successor1: | Pedro Sánchez |
| Office2: | Member of the Congress of Deputies |
| Term Start2: | 3 March 1996 |
| Term End2: | 22 July 1999 |
| Constituency2: | Asturias |
| Office3: | Member of the Senate |
| Constituency3: | Asturias |
| Term Start3: | 14 July 2003 |
| Term End3: | 25 May 2012 |
| Office5: | Member of the General Junta of the Principality of Asturias |
| Constituency5: | Central Asturias |
| Term Start5: | 27 May 2007 |
| Term End5: | 24 June 2019 |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Mieres, Asturias, Spain |
| Party: | PSOE |
Javier Fernández Fernández (born 7 January 1948 in Mieres, Asturias) is a Spanish politician, mining engineer, and civil servant. He was the secretary general of the Federación Socialista Asturiana, the regional socialist party affiliated with the national Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).
Fernández served as the President of the Principality of Asturias from 26 May 2012 to 16 July 2019. He came to power as the result of a coalition government stemming from the 2012 Asturias General Council election held in March. A parliamentary pact was made between the PSOE and the centrist Union, Progress and Democracy (UPyD). Fernández was elected president on 23 May 2012,[1] and took office three days later. He appointed five women and three men to his cabinet, including economist Dolores Carcedo as the Minister of Finance.[2]
He retained the Presidency after the 2015 election, but governing in minority only with the support of the United Left of Asturias.
On 1 October 2016, Fernández was named by PSOE to lead the party's caretaker committee, after the resignation of Pedro Sánchez as secretary general.[3]