As a parliamentary monarchy, the President of the Supreme Court is appointed by the Monarch after being nominated by the Plenary of the General Council of the Judiciary, who serves until the end of its 5-years-term, its dismissal by the CGPJ or its resignation.

The General Council of the Judiciary was established in 1978 and the first meeting was in 1980, electing Ángel Escudero del Corral as its president.

[6] Only a Magistrate of the Supreme Court or those members of the judicial career or jurists of recognized competence who meet the legal requirements to access the category of Magistrate of the Supreme Court may hold the office of Director of the Office of the Presidency.

According to the provisions of Section 586 of the Judiciary Organic Act, to be elected President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary: «It will be necessary to be a member of the judicial career with the category of Magistrate of the Supreme Court and to meet the conditions required to be President of a Chamber of the Supreme Court, or to be a jurist of recognized competence with more than twenty-five years of seniority in the exercise of the profession»The president is elected in the Plenary of the Council if he has obtained the confidence of three fifths of the members of the Plenary.

«I faithfully swear (or promise) to obey and enforce at all times the Constitution and the rest of the legal system, with loyalty to the Crown, administer fair and impartial justice and fulfill my judicial duties before all.»Since 1812, there have been numerous presidents of the Supreme Court, however, the General Council of the Judiciary is relatively younger.