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href="/wiki/List_of_Deputy_Prime_Ministers_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Spain">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Jes%C3%BAs_Montero" title="María Jesús Montero">María Jesús Montero</a> (<a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">first</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_D%C3%ADaz" title="Yolanda Díaz">Yolanda Díaz</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">second</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teresa_Ribera" title="Teresa Ribera">Teresa Ribera</a> (<a href="/wiki/Third_Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Third Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">third</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)" title="Council of Ministers (Spain)">Council of Ministers</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1nchez_III_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Sánchez III Government">Sánchez III Government</a></li></ul></li> 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class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Spanish Senate">Speaker</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Senate_of_Spain" title="List of presidents of the Senate of Spain">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Roll%C3%A1n" title="Pedro Rollán">Pedro Rollán</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of Deputies (Spain)">Congress of Deputies</a></b> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/15th_Congress_of_Deputies" title="15th Congress of Deputies">15th Congress</a>)</span> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Congress_of_Deputies" title="President of the Congress of Deputies">Speaker</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Congress_of_Deputies_of_Spain" title="List of presidents of the Congress of Deputies of Spain">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francina_Armengol" title="Francina Armengol">Francina Armengol</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_group_(Spain)" title="Parliamentary group (Spain)">Parliamentary groups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Deputation" title="Permanent Deputation">Permanent Deputation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureaus_of_the_Cortes_Generales" title="Bureaus of the Cortes Generales">Bureaus of the Cortes Generales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Spokespersons" title="Board of Spokespersons">Board of Spokespersons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ombudsman_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ombudsman of Spain">People's Defender <span style="font-size:85%;">(ombudsman)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solemn_Opening_of_the_Parliament_of_Spain" title="Solemn Opening of the Parliament of Spain">Solemn Opening of the Parliament of Spain</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Spain" title="Judiciary of Spain">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0 0.25em 0.5em;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/General_Council_of_the_Judiciary" title="General Council of the Judiciary">General Council of the Judiciary</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Spain" title="Supreme Court of Spain">Supreme Court</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Supreme Court of Spain">President</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the Supreme Court of Spain">list</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Perell%C3%B3" title="Isabel Perelló">Isabel Perelló</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Supreme_Court_(Spain)" title="Vice President of the Supreme Court (Spain)">Vice President</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Mar%C3%ADn_Cast%C3%A1n" title="Francisco Marín Castán">Francisco Marín Castán</a> (acting)</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Audiencia_Nacional" title="Audiencia Nacional">Audiencia Nacional</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_justice_(Spain)" title="High courts of justice (Spain)">High courts of justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Auditors_(Spain)" title="Court of Auditors (Spain)">Court of Auditors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecution_Ministry" title="Prosecution Ministry">Prosecution Ministry</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">Euro</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0 0.25em 0.5em;text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/European_Central_Bank" title="European Central Bank">European Central Bank</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Spain" title="Bank of Spain">Bank of Spain</a></b></div> <hr /> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bank_of_Spain" title="Governor of the Bank of Spain">Governor of the Bank of Spain</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Hern%C3%A1ndez_de_Cos" title="Pablo Hernández de Cos">Pablo Hernández de Cos</a></li></ul></li> <li>Deputy Governor of the Bank of Spain <ul><li>Margarita Delgado Tejero</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Mint_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Mint of Spain">Royal Mint of Spain</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Political_divisions_of_Spain" title="Political divisions of Spain">Administrative subdivisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding:0 0.25em 0.5em;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous communities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_regional_legislatures" title="List of Spanish regional legislatures">Legislatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_regional_governments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Spanish regional governments">Governments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_presidents_of_the_autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="List of current presidents of the autonomous communities of Spain">Presidents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain#Autonomous_cities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Spain" title="Provinces of Spain">Provinces</a></li> <li><a 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title="April 2019 Spanish general election">2019 (Apr)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/November_2019_Spanish_general_election" title="November 2019 Spanish general election">2019 (Nov)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Spanish_general_election" title="2023 Spanish general election"><i>2023</i></a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_regional_legislatures" title="List of Spanish regional legislatures">Regional</a>: <a href="/wiki/2015_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2015 Spanish regional elections">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2019 Spanish regional elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Spanish_regional_elections" title="2023 Spanish regional elections">2023</a></li></ul></div></dd> <dd><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spain_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Spain (European Parliament constituency)">European</a>: <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2014 European Parliament election in Spain">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2019 European Parliament election in Spain">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain" title="2024 European Parliament election in Spain"><i>2024</i></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li> <li><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Referendums: <a href="/wiki/1978_Spanish_constitutional_referendum" title="1978 Spanish constitutional referendum">1978</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1986_Spanish_NATO_membership_referendum" title="1986 Spanish NATO membership referendum">1986</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Spanish_European_Constitution_referendum" title="2005 Spanish European Constitution referendum">2005</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: 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The Government is responsible before the Parliament (<span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a></span></span>), and more precisely before the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Deputies" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of the Deputies">Congress of the Deputies</a>, a body which elects the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a> or dismisses them through a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_censure" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion of censure">motion of censure</a>. This is because Spain is a <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary system</a> established by the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Constitution of 1978">Constitution of 1978</a>. </p><p>Its fundamental regulation is placed in Title IV of the Constitution, as well as in Title V of that document, with respect to its relationship with the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span>, and in Law 50/1997, of 27 November, of the Government. According to Article 97 of the Constitution and Article 1.1 of the Government Act, "<i>the Government directs domestic and foreign policy, the civil and military administration and the defense of the State. It exercises the executive function and the regulatory regulation according to the Constitution and the laws</i>". </p><p>The current prime minister is <a href="/wiki/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Sánchez (politician)">Pedro Sánchez</a>, who took office on 2 June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the leader of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Socialist_Workers%27_Party" title="Spanish Socialist Workers' Party">Socialist Workers' Party</a>, and he leads his <a href="/wiki/Third_government_of_Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Third government of Pedro Sánchez">third cabinet</a> since late 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Government is occasionally referred to by the <a href="/wiki/Metonymy" title="Metonymy">metonymy</a> <i>Moncloa</i>, due to the fact that the residence of the Prime Minister, the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Moncloa" title="Palace of Moncloa">Palace of Moncloa</a>, is also the headquarters of the Government. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Principles">Principles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Principles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Government's performance is governed by the following operating principles:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Principle of presidential direction</b>: The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a> directs the <a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministers of Spain">Ministers</a> and can appoint or dismiss them freely.</li> <li><b>Principle of responsibility</b>: The Prime Minister responds politically to the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> for the action of the Government. The eventual cessation of the Prime Minister implies the cessation of the Government.</li> <li><b>Principle of collegiality</b>: The Government, understood as <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)" title="Council of Ministers (Spain)">Council of Ministers</a>, is a collegiate body composed of a plurality of members of the Government.</li> <li><b>Principle of solidarity</b>: The Government responds in solidum for the action of each one of the members of the Government.</li> <li><b>Departmental principle</b>: The members of the Government, as well as members of this collegiate body, are also the heads of a <a href="/wiki/Spanish_government_departments" title="Spanish government departments">department</a> in charge of a more or less homogeneous area of competence.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_in_Parliament">Government in Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Government in Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:234px;max-width:234px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Control sessions in the<br /><span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:110918-Senado3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="PM Sánchez before Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/110918-Senado3.jpg/230px-110918-Senado3.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/110918-Senado3.jpg/345px-110918-Senado3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/110918-Senado3.jpg/460px-110918-Senado3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Senate</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso,_Oct_18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="PM Sánchez before Congress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg/230px-S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg/345px-S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg/460px-S%C3%A1nchez_sesi%C3%B3n_de_control_Congreso%2C_Oct_18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Congress of Deputies</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The Kingdom of Spain is a <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Monarchy" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitutional Monarchy">constitutional monarchy</a> in which executive decisions are made by the Government. More specifically, the Spanish Constitution describes Spain's form of government as <i>monarquía parlamentaria</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or parliamentary monarchy, in which the monarch acts as a moderator rather than a source of executory authority. Spain possesses an asymmetric <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> parliament, called the <i><span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span></i>, composed of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Spain" title="Senate of Spain">Senate</a>. While both the Congress and Senate propose legislation, albeit by different procedural mechanisms, the Government has the right to be consulted for such proposals. The Government may also propose law directly. A Government-sponsored bill is known as a <i>proyecto de ley</i>, contrasting with a <i>proposición de ley</i> which is offered by a house of parliament. </p><p>Neither the prime minister nor the ministers need to be <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">members of parliament</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-GA11_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA11-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but the Government must account to both the Senate and Congress every week in a parliamentary meeting known as a <i>sesión de control</i> (control session) (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978_(unannotated)/Part_V" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Spanish Constitution of 1978 (unannotated)/Part V">Part V § 108</a>). Questioning minor-rank ministers, such as Secretaries of State or Under Secretaries, must be done in <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary committees">Parliamentary Committees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the prime minister is typically elected from the members of Congress, the current prime minister, <a href="/wiki/Pedro_S%C3%A1nchez_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pedro Sánchez (politician)">Pedro Sánchez</a>, was not a member of either chamber for the first year of his premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the parliamentary system, the Government is required to maintain the confidence of the Congress of Deputies. In the absence of such confidence, the Government may fall or prove unable to pass legislation. There are two procedures to ascertain the Congress's confidence in the Government: the <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">motion of no-confidence</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978_(unannotated)/Part_V" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Spanish Constitution of 1978 (unannotated)/Part V">Part V § 113</a>), by which members of parliament can ask the Congress to rescind its confidence in the prime minister and to elect another, and the <a href="/wiki/Matter_of_Confidence" title="Matter of Confidence">question of confidence</a> (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978_(unannotated)/Part_V" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Spanish Constitution of 1978 (unannotated)/Part V">Part V § 112</a>), by which the prime minister asks the Congress if it supports the Government's political programs generally or a specific piece of legislation. A loss by the Government in either case may result in the removal of the prime minister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Government_and_the_Crown">The Government and the Crown</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Government and the Crown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:234px;max-width:234px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader">Royal prerogative of assent and enact laws</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg/230px-Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg/345px-Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg/460px-Firmaleyabdicacionjuancarlos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">King Juan Carlos I assenting to and enacting a law...</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:232px;max-width:232px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg/230px-Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg/345px-Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg/460px-Rajoy_refrenda_la_ley_org%C3%A1nica_de_abdicaci%C3%B3n.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1330" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">... and PM Rajoy countersigning the law.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The <b><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Spain" title="Monarchy of Spain">Spanish monarch</a></b>, currently <a href="/wiki/King_Felipe_VI" class="mw-redirect" title="King Felipe VI">King Felipe VI</a>, is the head of state and the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the armed forces. As a monarch of a parliamentary monarchy, the executive power does not belong to The Crown and is independent from it. The Constitution gives the monarch a symbolic role, but also a moderating role, being able to intervene if there is a conflict between the country's institutions (<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1978_(unannotated)/Part_V" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Spanish Constitution of 1978 (unannotated)/Part V">Part II § 56</a>). </p><p>As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, former <a href="/wiki/King_Juan_Carlos_I" class="mw-redirect" title="King Juan Carlos I">King Juan Carlos I</a> suppressed the <a href="/wiki/23-F" class="mw-redirect" title="23-F">23-F</a> Spanish coup d'état attempt in February 1981, showing that the monarch has more power than the constitution grants him. The <a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">heir presumptive</a> is <a href="/wiki/Leonor,_Princess_of_Asturias" title="Leonor, Princess of Asturias">Leonor, Princess of Asturias</a>. </p><p>The Constitution also gives the monarch some powers known as <a href="/wiki/Royal_prerogative" title="Royal prerogative">Royal Prerogatives</a>. These prerogatives range from the signing of international treaties, to declaring war and making peace or to dissolving the parliament. However, with the arrival of democracy, these prerogatives have been regulated and most of them must be <a href="/wiki/Countersign_(legal)" title="Countersign (legal)">countersigned</a> by an official. </p><p>Although the monarch is not part of the executive power, the prime minister has weekly meetings with him to inform him about the Government's activity and the King can express his opinion.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the same sense, the monarch is normally invited to the first <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)" title="Council of Ministers (Spain)">Council of Ministers</a> of every new government (and others if the prime ministers wants to) and to the meetings of bodies such as the <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Spain)" title="National Security Council (Spain)">National Security Council</a> or the National Defence Council. </p><p>The Royal prerogatives are: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_powers">Domestic powers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Domestic powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The power to appoint and dismiss the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">prime minister</a>. This power is exercised by the monarch himself. By convention he appoints the individual with most support of the Congress.</li> <li>The power to dismiss and appoint other <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">ministers</a>. This power is exercised by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister.</li> <li>The power to assent to and enact laws by giving <a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">Bills</a> passed by Parliament, which is required in order for a law to make it into a law. This prerogative is exercised by the monarch but needs the countersignature of the prime minister. It is not constitutionally allowed for him to refuse to sign a law passed by Parliament.</li> <li>The power to assent to and enact norms with a lower rank than law. This prerogative is exercised by the monarch but needs the countersignature of the prime minister, a minister, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Congress_of_Deputies" title="President of the Congress of Deputies">president of the Congress</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Spanish_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Spanish Senate">Senate</a> (depending on the kind of norm).</li> <li>The power to call for a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a>. This is exercised with the countersignature of the prime minister after being requested by the Council of Ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The power to command the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armed_Forces" title="Spanish Armed Forces">Armed Forces of Spain</a>. This prerogative is delegated to the prime minister and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Defence (Spain)">minister of Defence</a>.</li> <li>The power to give <a href="/wiki/Royal_Pardon" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Pardon">royal pardons</a>, in Spain known as right of grace (<i>derecho de gracia</i>). This is exercised by the monarch but the decision of whom to pardon is delegated to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Justice (Spain)">Minister of Justice</a> and the Council of Ministers.</li> <li>The power to be informed of the affairs of State and chair the sessions of the Council of Ministers. It is exercised after being requested by the prime minister.</li> <li>The power to grant civil and military jobs. This prerogative requires a Government countersignature.</li> <li>The power to appoint civil or military members of his <a href="/wiki/Royal_Household_of_Spain" title="Royal Household of Spain">private household</a>.</li> <li>The power to use freely the budget of his household.</li> <li>The power to grant (and also to cancel and annul) <a href="/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_Spain" title="Orders, decorations, and medals of Spain">honours</a>.</li> <li>The power of high <a href="/wiki/Patronage" title="Patronage">patronage</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_academies_based_in_Madrid" title="Category:Royal academies based in Madrid">Royal Academies</a>.</li> <li>The power to grant sports teams, federations, and other sports organizations the title of <i>Real</i> (Royal).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_powers">Foreign powers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foreign powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The power to ratify and make <a href="/wiki/Treaty" title="Treaty">treaties</a>.</li> <li>The power to <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_war_by_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Declaration of war by the United Kingdom">declare war</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peace_treaty" title="Peace treaty">conclude peace</a> with other nations.</li> <li>The power to credit and receive diplomats.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Members">Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>To see the current members, see <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)" title="Council of Ministers (Spain)">Council of Ministers</a>.</i> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg/220px-221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg/330px-221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg/440px-221123-Primer-Consejo-Ministros-Ministras2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1330" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_(Spain)" title="Council of Ministers (Spain)">Council of Ministers</a> in 2023.</figcaption></figure> <p>According to Article 98 of the Spanish Constitution and Article 1.2 of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boe.es/eli/es/l/1997/11/27/50">Government Law</a>, the Government of Spain is composed of: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">Deputy Prime Minister</a> or Deputy Prime Ministers (If there are more than one).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Ministers_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministers of Spain">Ministers</a>.</li> <li>Other members. There is the possibility of incorporating other figures into Government by law (such as Secretaries of State). However, this constitutional possibility has not yet been used.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requirements">Requirements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In accordance with article 11 of the Law of the Government, "<i>to be a member of the Government it is required to be Spanish, adult, to enjoy the rights of active and passive suffrage, as well as not to be disabled to exercise employment or public office by sentence Judicial firm</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-GA11_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GA11-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criminal_privileges">Criminal privileges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Criminal privileges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The members of the Government enjoy their own criminal procedure so that they will only be tried by the Criminal Chamber of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Spain" title="Supreme Court of Spain">Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The initiation of a case for <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a> or against the security of the State can only respond to the initiative of a quarter of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a>, approved by an <a href="/wiki/Absolute_majority" class="mw-redirect" title="Absolute majority">absolute majority</a> thereof,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and can not be granted a <a href="/wiki/Pardon" title="Pardon">pardon</a> in such cases.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Caretaker_government">Caretaker government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Caretaker government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Caretaker Government is regulated in Section 101 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Spain" title="Constitution of Spain">Spanish Constitution</a> which says that "the Government shall resign after the holding of general elections, in the event of loss of parliamentary confidence as provided in the Constitution, or on the resignation or death of the President. The outgoing Government shall continue as acting body until the new Government takes office".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between the approval of the Constitution in 1978 and the approval of the Government Act of 1997, there were no explicit limitations to the Government powers while acting as acting government except for what the doctrine and parliamentary practice said. With this constitutional precept it was intended that the succession of one Government by another does not affect the fundamental continuity of the governmental action or that paralysis or dysfunctions occur in the system as a whole.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This need of not leaving a modern state without its central governing body is explained very well in a <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Spain" title="Supreme Court of Spain">Supreme Court</a> sentence saying that "It is easy to understand that Spain can not run out of government even for a few hours".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997 the Government Act was passed; the Caretaker Government is regulated in Title 4. In addition to the aforementioned constitutional provisions, Section 21 of the Government Act establishes that "the caretaker government shall facilitate the normal development of the process of formation of the new Government and the transfer of powers to it and limit its duties to the ordinary office of public affairs, abstaining from adopting, except in cases of urgency duly accredited or for reasons of general interest whose accreditation expressly justifies it, any other measures".<sup id="cite_ref-CTKG_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTKG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This article also establishes explicit limitations on the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a>, preventing him from "proposing to the King the dissolution of any of the Chambers or the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a></span></span>, raising the question of confidence, or proposing to the King the calling for a consultative referendum" and on the Government prohibiting it from "the approval of the <a href="/wiki/State_General_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="State General Budget">State General Budget</a> Bill or presenting bills to the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span>". The government neither may exercise the legislative delegations that the parliament has granted to it while acting as a caretaker government.<sup id="cite_ref-CTKG_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTKG-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the occasion of the 2015–2016 caretaker government of <a href="/wiki/Mariano_Rajoy" title="Mariano Rajoy">Mariano Rajoy</a>, the Government refused repeatedly to submit to the control of the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_Deputies" title="Congress of Deputies">Congress of Deputies</a> alleging that there was no trust relationship between both powers for the fact of being a caretaker government and, therefore, there was no control of the legislative power over the executive. Faced with this situation, the Congress denounced the Executive Power before the <a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Spain" title="Constitutional Court of Spain">Constitutional Court</a> for refusing to submit to its control and, on 22 November 2018, the high court ruled that the Government "undermined the constitutional attribution" that the Constitution confers on Congress and that although "control of the Government's action will normally be exercised within the framework of the confidence that must exist between the Government and the Congress of Deputies", this does not mean that "exceptionally, as are the periods in which there is no relationship of trust between Congress and the Government, the aforementioned control function can not be exercised" since "the control function that corresponds to the <span title="Spanish-language text"><span lang="es" style="font-style: normal;">Cortes Generales</span></span> is implicit in its representative character and in the form of parliamentary government that establishes Article 1.3 of the Constitution, not being able to deny the Chambers all exercise of the control function, since this would affect to the balance of powers foreseen in our Constitution".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The longest caretaker government of the Spanish politics since the restoration of democracy in 1977 has been the 2015–2016 <a href="/wiki/Rajoy_I_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajoy I Government">Rajoy government</a> with a record of 316 days.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palacio_de_la_Moncloa,_Madrid,_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg/250px-Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg/375px-Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg/500px-Palacio_de_la_Moncloa%2C_Madrid%2C_Espa%C3%B1a_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3504" data-file-height="2272" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Moncloa" title="Palace of Moncloa">Palace of Moncloa</a> or Moncloa Palace is the official residence and workplace of the Prime Minister of Spain.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Prime_Minister_(Spain)" title="Office of the Prime Minister (Spain)">Office of the Prime Minister</a> as well as the official headquarters of the Government are located in the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Moncloa" title="Palace of Moncloa">Palace of Moncloa</a>, outside <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>. The Council of Ministers meetings also take place here. In this palace is also the office of the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">deputy prime minister</a>, the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Presidency_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Presidency (Spain)">Ministry of the Presidency</a> and the office of the <a href="/wiki/Spokesperson_of_the_Government_of_Spain" title="Spokesperson of the Government of Spain">Government's Spokesperson</a>. Most of the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_government_departments" title="Spanish government departments">government departments</a> are located in the centre of the city of Madrid, each having its own buildings. One of the most famous places where ministries are located is the gubernatorial complex of <a href="/wiki/Nuevos_Ministerios" title="Nuevos Ministerios">New Ministries</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Advisory_bodies">Advisory bodies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Advisory bodies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Spanish Government has two main advisory bodies: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Council_of_State" title="Spanish Council of State">Council of State</a>, which advise the Government in legal matters and all the issues that does not correspond to the other advisory body.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Economic_and_Social_Council_(Spain)" title="Economic and Social Council (Spain)">Economic and Social Council</a>, responsible for advising the Government in socioeconomic and labour matters.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Budget">Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/General_State_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="General State Budget">General State Budget</a></div> <p>The General State Budget is considered one of the most important legislations that a Government can pass. According to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Spain" title="Constitution of Spain">Constitution</a>, the Government is the only body that can make the <a href="/wiki/Budget_bill" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget bill">Budget bill</a>, although it is the parliament who must accept it, reject it or propose modifications. If the Congress approves a full budget amend, the budget is automatically rejected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Devolved_governments">Devolved governments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Devolved governments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous communities of Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nationalities_and_regions_of_Spain" title="Nationalities and regions of Spain">Nationalities and regions of Spain</a></div> <p>Since the approval of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Spain" title="Constitution of Spain">Constitution of 1978</a>, Spain was established as a <a href="/wiki/Decentralization" title="Decentralization">decentralized</a> <a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">unitary country</a> which grants its regions a high degree of autonomy. The first two regions to be granted autonomy were the <a href="/wiki/Basque_Country_(autonomous_community)" title="Basque Country (autonomous community)">Basque Country</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a> in 1979. In 1981, four further regions achieved their autonomy: <a href="/wiki/Andalusia" title="Andalusia">Andalusia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asturias" title="Asturias">Asturias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantabria" title="Cantabria">Cantabria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a>. A year later, seven more regions were granted autonomy: <a href="/wiki/Aragon" title="Aragon">Aragon</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castile-La_Mancha" class="mw-redirect" title="Castile-La Mancha">Castile-La Mancha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navarre" title="Navarre">Navarre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Murcia</a> and <a href="/wiki/La_Rioja_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="La Rioja (Spain)">La Rioja</a>. The last four regions to get their autonomy were the <a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands" title="Balearic Islands">Balearic Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n" title="Castile and León">Castile and León</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extremadura" title="Extremadura">Extremadura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Community_of_Madrid" title="Community of Madrid">Madrid</a>, all of them in 1983. </p><p>The Constitution also grants the cities of <a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a> autonomy, which they got in 1995. The Constitution also gives them the possibility to become fully autonomous communities, but so far these cities have not requested the activation of this clause. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commissioners">Commissioners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">Parts of this article (those related to Commissioners) need to be <b>updated</b>. The reason given is: Some no longer exist and there are new ones..<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although it is not a very common position within the <a href="/wiki/General_State_Administration" title="General State Administration">Administration</a>, it has existed the position of Commissioner or High Commissioner, a senior official normally holding the position of Secretary of State or Under Secretary, being entrusted with a specific task. </p><p>Currently, there are two high commissioners, three special commissioners and two commissioners, all of them with the rank of Under-Secretary: </p> <ul><li>The <b><a href="/w/index.php?title=High_Commissioner_for_the_fight_against_child_poverty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="High Commissioner for the fight against child poverty (page does not exist)">High Commissioner for the fight against child poverty</a></b>, created in 2018 to end with the child poverty and inequality in childhood in Spain and to oversight the comply of the <a href="/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_the_Child" title="Convention on the Rights of the Child">Convention on the Rights of the Child</a> and other international agreements on this matter by the different administrations. It has the rank of Under Secretary and it depends from the Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-PMO_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMO-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>High Commissioner for Spain Entrepreneurial Nation</b>, created in 2020 to coordinate all the actions relating the economic and technological entrepreneurship. It has the rank of Under Secretary and it depends from the Prime Minister.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Special Commissioner for the Alliance for the New Economy of Language</b>, created in 2022 to promote and coordinate all projects related to the private-public project which aims to use <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Spanish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish languages">Spanish languages</a> in the field of <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a>. It has the rank of Under Secretary and it depends from the minister of Economy.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Special Commissioner for Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda</b>, created in 2022 to promote and coordinate all transport, mobility and urban agenda private-public projects. It has the rank of Under Secretary and it depends from the minister of Transport.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Special Commissioner for the Reconstruction of the island of La Palma</b>, created in 2022 to coordinate and promote the actions adopted by the <a href="/wiki/General_State_Administration" title="General State Administration">General State Administration</a> to repair the damage caused by <a href="/wiki/2021_Cumbre_Vieja_volcanic_eruption" title="2021 Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption">volcanic eruptions</a> and for the reconstruction of the island of <a href="/wiki/La_Palma" title="La Palma">La Palma</a>. It has the rank of Under Secretary and it depends from the minister of the Presidency, although functionally from the minister of Transport.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Commissioner for Aerospace 'PERTE'</b>, created in 2022 to promote and coordinate all projects related to the private-public project which aims to reform the Spanish aerospace industry and to assist the Ministry of Science in the necessary actions to create the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Space_Agency" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Space Agency">Spanish Space Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <b>Commissioner for the Promotion of Sustainable Energy in the Islands</b>, created in 2022 to coordinate and promote public policies for <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_energy" title="Sustainable energy">sustainable energy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands" title="Balearic Islands">Balearic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary</a> archipelagos. It depends from the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Energy_(Spain)" title="Secretary of State for Energy (Spain)">Secretary of State for Energy</a> of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_commissioners">Former commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Former commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Because of the <a href="/wiki/Prestige_oil_spill" title="Prestige oil spill">Prestige oil spill</a> in late 2002, the Government created in 2003 the <i>Commissioner for actions arising from the catastrophe of the ship "Prestige"</i> to collaborate in the actions to repair the damages originated by it. It was suppressed in 2004. It had the rank of Secretary of State and it depended from the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Spain">Deputy Prime Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd>For this purpose between 2003 and 2004 also existed two Commissioners one depending from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Development (Spain)">Development Minister</a> and other from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Environment (Spain)">Environment Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></li> <li>In 2003 it was created the <i>Commissioner of the Government for the participation of Spain in the reconstruction of Iraq</i> and the position was assumed by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Defence_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State of Defence (Spain)">Secretary of State of Defence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>After the <a href="/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings" title="2004 Madrid train bombings">2004 Madrid train bombings</a>, the government created the <i>High Commissioner for the Support of Victims of Terrorism</i>. It had rank of Secretary of State and it depended from the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2005 it was created the <i>Commissioner of the Government for the celebration of the 32nd America's Cup</i> to coordinate the organization of the <a href="/wiki/2007_America%27s_Cup" title="2007 America's Cup">2007 America's Cup</a> after which the Commissioner ceased in its functions. It had rank of Under Secretary and it depended from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_for_Territorial_Administrations" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry for Territorial Administrations">Public Administration Minister</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Between 2011 and 2013 existed the position of <i>Commissioner of the Government for actions derived from the Lorca earthquake</i>, renamed in 2012 <i>Commissioner of the Government for the Reconstruction and Economic Reactivation of the Lorca Zone</i>, to coordinate, monitoring and, where appropriate, the proposal to the Government of the measures to repair and rebuild the affected area by the <a href="/wiki/2011_Lorca_earthquake" title="2011 Lorca earthquake">2011 Lorca earthquake</a> in collaboration with the <a href="/wiki/Region_of_Murcia" title="Region of Murcia">Region of Murcia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lorca,_Spain" title="Lorca, Spain">City Council of Lorca</a>. It had rank of Secretary of State and it depended from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_the_Presidency_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of the Presidency (Spain)">Ministers of the Presidency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Development (Spain)">Development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Between 2012 and 2018 existed the position of <i>High Commissioner of the Government for the Spain Brand</i> to improve the foreign image and to promote Spain. It had the rank of Secretary of State and it depended from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Spain)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)">Foreign Minister</a>. In 2018, its competences where assumed by the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Global_Spain" title="Secretary of State for Global Spain">Secretary of State for Global Spain</a>.</li> <li>The Commissioner of the Government for the Demographic Challenge, created in 2017 to develop a nation-wide common strategy to face the progressive <a href="/wiki/Population_ageing" title="Population ageing">population ageing</a>, territorial depopulation and the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Floating_population" title="Floating population">floating population</a>. It had the rank of Under Secretary and it was part of the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Territorial_Policy_and_Civil_Service_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Territorial Policy and Civil Service (Spain)">Territorial Policy Ministry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was abolished in 2020 and its competences were assumed by the newly General Secretariat for the Demographic Challenge.</li> <li>The High Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda, created in 2018 to coordinate all the actions taken by the Public Administrations to accomplish with the <a href="/wiki/Sustainable_Development_Goals" title="Sustainable Development Goals">Sustainable Development Goals</a>. It had the rank of Under Secretary and it was part of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister's Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PMO_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMO-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abolished in 2020, its competences were assumed by the Secretariat of State for the 2030 Agenda.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Logo">Logo</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg/140px-Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg/210px-Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg/280px-Logotipo_del_Gobierno_de_Espa%C3%B1a.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="247" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>Shown here is the official logo of the Government of Spain. On the left are the <a href="/wiki/European_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="European flag">EU</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Spain" title="Flag of Spain">Spanish flags</a> and in the centre is the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain" title="Coat of arms of Spain">coat of arms of Spain</a> and the words <i>Gobierno de España</i> (in English: "Government of Spain"). The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_government_departments" title="Spanish government departments">ministries</a>’ logos consist of additional yellow rectangles added to the right of the Government's logo, which read the name of the ministry in the same typographic style (<a href="/wiki/Gill_Sans" title="Gill Sans">Gill Sans</a>) . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_government_departments" title="Spanish government departments">Spanish government departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Spain" title="List of prime ministers of Spain">List of prime ministers of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Spain" title="Politics of Spain">Politics of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_regional_governments" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Spanish regional governments">List of Spanish regional governments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Spain" title="Local government in Spain">Local government in Spain</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Spain&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Spain" title="Economic history of Spain">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Spain" title="Military history of Spain">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War" title="Spanish Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_miracle" title="Spanish miracle">Spanish miracle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Spain" title="Geography of Spain">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain#Autonomous_cities" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous communities</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ranked_lists_of_Spanish_autonomous_communities" title="Ranked lists of Spanish autonomous communities">ranked lists</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Network_of_Biosphere_Reserves_in_Europe_and_North_America" title="World Network of Biosphere Reserves in Europe and North America">Biosphere Reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Borders_of_Spain" title="Template:Borders of Spain">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Spain" title="Climate of Spain">Climate</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Comarcas_of_Spain" title="Comarcas of Spain">Comarcas</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Spain" title="List of earthquakes in Spain">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Spain" title="List of extreme points of Spain">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_the_Iberian_Peninsula" title="Forests of the Iberian Peninsula">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peninsular_Spain" title="Peninsular Spain">Peninsular Spain</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Spain" title="List of islands of Spain">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_of_Spain" title="List of municipalities of Spain">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_Spain" title="List of national parks of Spain">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Community_Importance_in_Spain" title="List of Sites of Community Importance in Spain">Natural Sites of Community Importance</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Plazas_de_soberan%C3%ADa" title="Plazas de soberanía">Plazas de soberanía</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Spain" title="Provinces of Spain">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Spain" title="Wildlife of Spain">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Spain" title="Politics of Spain">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Autonomous communities of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Spain" title="Constitution of Spain">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Spain" title="Corruption in Spain">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felipe_VI" title="Felipe VI">Head of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Court_of_Spain" title="Constitutional Court of Spain">Constitutional Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortes_Generales" title="Cortes Generales">Cortes Generales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Spain" title="Judiciary of Spain">Judiciary</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Spain" title="Elections in Spain">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Spain" title="Foreign relations of Spain">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Spain" title="Human rights in Spain">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Spain">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intersex_rights_in_Spain" title="Intersex rights in Spain">Intersex</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armed_Forces" title="Spanish Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Spain" title="Monarchy of Spain">Monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Spain" title="List of political parties in Spain">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Spain" title="List of wars involving Spain">Wars and armed conflicts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Spain" title="Economy of Spain">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Spain" title="Agriculture in Spain">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Spain" title="List of banks in Spain">Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Spain" title="Automotive industry in Spain">Car industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain" title="Autonomous communities of Spain">Communities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_autonomous_communities_by_gross_domestic_product" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Spanish autonomous communities by gross domestic product">GDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_autonomous_communities_by_unemployment_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Spanish autonomous communities by unemployment rate">unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_autonomous_communities_by_median_income" title="List of Spanish autonomous communities by median income">median income</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Spain" title="Economic history of Spain">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Spain" title="Energy in Spain">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932014_Spanish_financial_crisis" title="2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis">Financial crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestry_in_Spain" title="Forestry in Spain">Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_Spanish_companies" title="List of largest Spanish companies">Largest companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Spain" title="Taxation in Spain">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_property_bubble" title="Spanish property bubble">Property bubble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Spain" title="Science and technology in Spain">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Spain" title="Telecommunications in Spain">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Spain" title="Tourism in Spain">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_trade_unions_in_Spain" title="List of trade unions in Spain">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Spain" title="Transport in Spain">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_wine" title="Spanish wine">Wine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Spain" title="Category:Society of Spain">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Spain" title="Abortion in Spain">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Spain" title="Crime in Spain">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Spain" title="Demographics of Spain">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disability_in_Spain" title="Disability in Spain">Disability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Spain" title="Education in Spain">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_in_Spain" title="Euthanasia in Spain">Euthanasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_care_in_Spain" title="Health care in Spain">Health care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Spain" title="Homelessness in Spain">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Spain" title="Immigration to Spain">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_Spain" title="Irreligion in Spain">Irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Spain" title="Languages of Spain">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Spanish_provinces_by_life_expectancy" title="List of Spanish provinces by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naturism_in_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturism in Spain">Naturism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensions_in_Spain" title="Pensions in Spain">Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spaniards" title="Spaniards">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Spain" title="Prostitution in Spain">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Spain" title="Religion in Spain">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_in_Spain" title="Time in Spain">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Spain" title="Women in Spain">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Spain" title="Culture of Spain">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_architecture" title="Spanish architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_art" title="Spanish art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bullfighting" title="Bullfighting">Bullfighting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Spain" title="Cinema of Spain">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_cuisine" title="Spanish cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li>Fiestas <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiestas_of_National_Tourist_Interest_of_Spain" title="Fiestas of National Tourist Interest of Spain">National Interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiestas_of_International_Tourist_Interest_of_Spain" title="Fiestas of International Tourist Interest of Spain">International Interest</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Spain" title="Languages of Spain">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_literature" title="Spanish literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Spain" title="Mass media in Spain">Mass media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Spain" title="Music of Spain">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_mythology" title="Spanish mythology">Myths and legends</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_and_regional_identity_in_Spain" title="National and regional identity in Spain">National and regional identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Spain" title="National Day of Spain">National Day of Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Spain" title="Public holidays in Spain">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Spain" title="Sport in Spain">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Spain" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Spain">UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists" title="UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists">UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Spain" title="National symbols of Spain">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcha_Real" title="Marcha Real">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Spain" title="Coat of arms of Spain">Coat of arms</a></li> <li>Cultural icons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Spain" title="Flag of Spain">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osborne_bull" title="Osborne bull"><i>Toro de Osborne</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Spain" title="Outline of Spain">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Spain" title="Outline of Spain">Index</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spain" title="Category:Spain">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Spain" title="Portal:Spain">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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