Monday, June 1, 2009

How does the system of government work in spain


How does the system of government work in spain?
Im doing the report on Spain and its about there Government.Please! Please it you know anything about the Spainish Government please tell me! Thanks Im writing a report on Spain and i dont know what to do!?!?!Please please help me! And if you know know how does Spain elect there leaders that would help to. Thanks
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Spain is a constitutional monarchy, with a hereditary monarch and a bicameral parliament, the Cortes Generales. The executive branch consists of a Council of Ministers presided over by the President of Government (comparable to a prime minister), proposed by the monarch and elected by the National Assembly following legislative elections. The legislative branch is made up of the Congress of Deputies (Congreso de los Diputados) with 350 members, elected by popular vote on block lists by proportional representation to serve four-year terms, and a Senate (Senado) with 259 seats of which 208 are directly elected by popular vote and the other 51 appointed by the regional legislatures to also serve four-year terms. Chief of State King Juan Carlos I, since November 22, 1975 Head of Government President of the Government: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, elected 14 March 2004. First Vice President and Minister of Presidency: María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, elected 14 March 2004. Second Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance: Pedro Solbes, elected 14 March 2004. Cabinet Council of Ministers (Spanish Consejo de Ministros) designated by the president. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, President of the Government The Spanish Constitution of 1978 is the culmination of the Spanish transition to democracy. The constitutional history of Spain dates back to the constitution of 1812. After the death of Francisco Franco in 1975, a general election in 1977 convened the Constituent Cortes (the Spanish Parliament, in its capacity as a constitutional assembly) for the purpose of drafting and approving the constitution of 1978. As a result, Spain is now composed of 17 autonomous communities and two autonomous cities with varying degrees of autonomy thanks to its Constitution, which nevertheless explicitly states the indivisible unity of the Spanish nation