[1] Prior to autonomy, he held the office of President of Regional Council, the head of the pre-autonomous government of Murcia, from May 5, 1979, until July 1982.
[1] Andrés Hernández Ros became the first President of the Region of Murcia, or head of government, in July 1982 following the creation of the Autonomous community that same year.
[1] Though he resigned as President, Hernández retained his seat in the Regional Assembly of Murcia until the end of the legislature in 1987, when he retired from politics.
[1] Hernández owned and operated a sawmill near Temuco and a Spanish restaurant in Santiago, Chile.
[1] He returned to politics only once, when he attended a 1994 PSOE meeting to elect delegates in support of Prime Minister Felipe González.