Manuel García Bofill (acting) Inés Arrimadas The 5th General Assembly of Citizens was held between 30 April and 3 May 2020 to renovate the leading bodies of the Citizens party (Cs) and establish the party's main lines of action and strategy for the next leadership term.

The assembly was called following the resignation of party leader Albert Rivera on 11 November 2019 as a result of Cs obtaining the worst electoral result of the party in the general election held on 10 November.

[2][3][4] The leadership election saw the spokesperson of the party's parliamentary group in the Congress of Deputies, Inés Arrimadas, becoming the new party president, winning the membership vote by almost 77% of the vote over Vice President of Castile and León Francisco Igea, who got 22.3% of the share.

A Valencian member with no official post, Ximo Aparici, contested the primary getting 0.8% of the votes.

The individuals in this section were the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy, but publicly denied or recanted interest in running: