Spanish and Galician parliament IES AGRA DE LEBORÍS-A LARACHA (Galiza-Spain) etwinning project 2018

1. POLITICAL STRUCTURE
 OFICIAL NAME: Kingdom of Spain
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 FORM OF STATE: Constitutional monarchy
 NATIONAL LEGISLATURE: Bicameral Cortes (parliament):
- Senate (the upper house) has 266 members
- Congress of Deputies (the lower house) has 350 members
Electoral system: Universal suffrage over the age of 18
Last general election held on June 26th 2016
Next general election scheduled for 2020
 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT: Council of Ministers headed by the president
(Prime Minister)
 STATE LEGISLATURES: 17 autonomous community parliaments
Basque Country
Catalonia
Andalusia
Asturias
Aragon
Balearic Islands
Canary Islands, Cantabria
Castile and León
Castile-La Mancha
Extremadura
Navarra
La Rioja
And the regions of Madrid, Murcia, and Valencia
In 1995 two autonomous cities, Ceuta and Melilla, were added
FLAG OF SPAIN
HEADOF
STATE
King Felipe VI
Pedro SÁNCHEZ
PRIME MINISTER
Socialist Party (PSOE)
GALICIA

2. GALICIA
• Capital: Santiago de Compostela
• Provinces: A Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, and Pontevedra
• Parliament: Parliament of Galicia
Consists of 75 deputies elected under a system of proportional representation.
It includes even Galicians who reside abroad.
Elections occur every four years
The last elections, held 25 September 2016, resulted in the following distribution of seats:
• Government: Xunta de Galicia
• President: Alberto Núñez Feijóo (PPdeG)
• Population (2017): 2,710,607
• Official languages: Galician and Spanish
• Spanish Congress: 25 deputies (out of 350)
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