Prime Minister of Spain
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The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government[2] (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister chairs the Council of Ministers and nominates its ministers; in these sense, the prime minister establishes the Government policies and coordinates the actions of the Cabinet members. As chief executive, the prime minister also advises the monarch on the exercise of their royal prerogatives.
Prime Minister of Spain | |
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Presidente del Gobierno de España | |
Government of Spain Office of the Prime Minister | |
Style | The Most Excellent |
Type | Head of government |
Member of | |
Reports to | Monarch Cortes Generales |
Residence | Palace of Moncloa |
Seat | Madrid, Spain |
Nominator | The Congress of Deputies |
Appointer | The Monarch |
Term length | No fixed term |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
Salary | €90,000 per annum[1] |
Website | lamoncloa |
Although it is not possible to determine when the position actually originated, the office of prime minister has evolved throughout history to what it is today. It was formally regulated for the first time in 1823, when King Ferdinand VII appointed his Secretary of State (the name that the position received then) as chair of the extant Council of Ministers. The current office was established during the reign of King Juan Carlos I, in the Constitution of 1978 which describes the prime minister's constitutional role and powers, how the prime minister accedes to, and is removed from office, and the relationship between the prime minister and Parliament.
Upon a vacancy, the monarch nominates a candidate for a vote of confidence by the Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Cortes Generales. The process is a parliamentary investiture by which the head of government is indirectly elected by the elected Congress of Deputies. In practice, the prime minister is almost always the leader of the largest party in the Congress, although not necessarily. The prime minister's official residence and office is Moncloa Palace in Madrid.[3]
Pedro Sánchez, of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), has been prime minister since 2 June 2018, after a successful motion of no confidence against former prime minister Mariano Rajoy.[4] Since then, Sánchez has chaired three different cabinets, the most —along with Adolfo Suárez— just behind fellow socialist Felipe González, prime minister from 1982 to 1996.[5] King Felipe VI re-appointed Sánchez for the third time on 17 November 2023[6] after he reached a government agreement with political coalition Sumar and gathered the support of other minor parties.[7] His third government took office on 21 November 2023.[8]