The regulations for Real Madrid's presidential elections have changed since 2012. Under the new regulations, anyone who wants to become the President of this team must have been a member for at least 20 years (previously 10 years), ensuring a bank account in Spain with a value of over 75 million euros.
These regulations have also hampered the possibility of a person eligible to compete with Florentino Perez in the 2013 election.
With this year's election, within 10 days from June 8, no other candidate other than the President of the "White Vultures" for the past 8 years has participated in the race to the "hot seat" at Real Madrid.
If he completes his 4-year term in front, Florentino Perez's total tenure at Real Madrid will last up to 18 years.
His first term was 2000-2006. With the famous " Galaticos" policy, he has brought to the Bernabeu valuable contracts such as Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Ronaldo (Brazil).
Real Madrid have won two La Liga titles and one UEFA Champions League title during this period.
In February 2006, he left the position of President of Real Madrid after the team went 3 years without winning any major titles.
He began his second term at Real Madrid in 2009. After his return, he immediately brought to this team Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Karim Benzema, Xabi Alonso in the summer transfer window that year.
Mr. Perez and his team have won 3 UEFA Champions League titles in the last 4 seasons. Thereby, Real Madrid has become the first club to successfully defend the championship title since the top tournament for European clubs with the current name.
Along with that, being crowned in La Liga in the 2016-2019 season also helped Real Madrid get this title for the first time in 5 years.
Florentino Perez is considered the second most successful President in Real Madrid's history, after Santiago Bernabeu, who took charge of this team during the period of 2018-2028.
