Activity 3: Multimedia presentation about democratic institutions in each country participating in the project.

1. Democratic institutions in Spain

2. INDEX:
● History of Spanish Democracy.
● Separation of Powers.
● The Spanish Government.

3. HISTORY OF SPANISH
DEMOCRACY
Clara Moreno Domínguez
Victoria Jiménez González

4. SPAIN SUFFERED A CIVIL WAR BETWEEN
1936 AND 1939

5. THAT ENDED WITH THE DICTATORSHIP OF
FRANCISCO FRANCO

6. AND THE END OF THIS DICTATORSHIP, IN
1975, ASSUMED THE BEGINNING OF
DEMOCRACY IN SPAIN

7. During its transition to democracy, Spain left
the dictatorship behind and started a
government based on the Constitution of
1978 and the reing of Juan Carlos I

8. ● In 1977 it holded the first presidental
election
● Union of Democratic Center won it and
Adolfo Suárez became the president
● In 1978 the spanish constutition was
aproved

9. ● Adolfo Suárez designs in 1979
● Calvo Sotelo governs since 1979 till 1982
● The first socialist government is established
in Spain by the government of Felipe
González (1982-1996)

10. ● Since 1986 till 2004 Aznar was the
President of the Spanish Government
● And the Partido Popular rules all this years
● In 2004 the PSOE started its government in
Spain with Zapatero as the President of the
Government till 2008
● In 2008 the Partido Popular return its
government till nowadays

11. SOURCESSOURCES
● Historia siglo 20
● Wikipedia
● Google images

12. SEPARATION OF POWERS IN
SPAIN
Legislative Power Executive Power Judiciary Power
General Courts
Congress Senate
Government
Prime Minister
and
the Cabinet
Supreme Court
and
Constitucional Court
General Council
of the Judiciary
Adriana Asensio and Jessica Fajardo

13. LEGISLATIVE POWER
Legislative power is vested in Parliament, bicameral
assembly composed of the Congress of Deputies
and the Senate. Represent the people, exercise the
legislative responsibility and approve budgets.
Congress of Deputies Senate

14. EXECUTIVE POWER
It is directed by the Cabinet, which has so many ministries as
established by the Royal Decree of structure approved by the
Prime Minister. Its purpose is to enforce the laws passed by the
legislature, as well as plan and run the government and public
administration directed to this end.
Prime Minister and the Cabinet

15. JUDICIARY POWER
It is the set of courts and tribunals having the power to administer
justice on behalf of the King. The General Council of the Judiciary
is the highest governing body of justice.The Constitutional Court
controls the laws and actions of government according to the
Magna Carta. The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in
all orders, except on constitutional guarantees.
General Council of the
Judiciary
Constitucional Court
Supreme Court

16. SOURCES
- Wikipedia
- Google images

17. The Spanish Government
● Álvaro Sánchez
● Diego García

18. Spain is a constitutional monarchy whose
government is defined by the Constitution of
Spain. This was approved by a general
referendum of the people of Spain in 1978. The
final interpretation of the Constitution, in the
case of dispute, is the business of the
Constitutional Court of Spain.

19. There are three main institutions known as the Cortes
Generales, which are legally independent:
● The Congress of Deputies, a general assembly of
representatives whose controlling faction forms an executive
government and proposes legislative changes
● The assembly of senators consider the wider implications and
compatibility of proposed legislation
● The judicial branch composed of a hierarchy of law courts
which ensure that any proposed or imposed executive
enforcement complies with Spanish and European law

21. Heads of Government
● President of the Government, sometimes misleadingly called "the
Spanish President", is the first minister and is elected by the Congress
of Deputies. He informally but internationally and commonly referred to
as the "Prime Minister". The current holder is Mariano Rajoy Brey, who
was elected on December 21, 2011. He appoints a number of vice-
presidents ordered numerically according to rank and responsible for
their respective major ministries such as Finance, Foreign affairs,
Domestic administration, etc.
● Minister for the Presidency and Vice President: María Soraya Sáenz de
Santamaría Antón, appointed on December 21, 2011
● Council of Ministers (Spanish Consejo de Ministros) is designated by
the Prime Minister.

23. The Government of Spain is a constitutional body
headed by state executive.
It directs the General Administration.
The government politically Congress of Deputies
depends through the investiture or censure of the
President, under the parliamentary form of
government established by the Spanish
Constitution of 1978.
The main function of government is to direct the
general administration of the state.

24. Organization
Council of ministers: The Cabinet is the plenary body of the Government. It brings together all members of the
Government (President, Ministers, and if available, Vice Presidents and Ministers without Portfolio), may be
called the Secretrarios of Status.
Government Delegate Committees: The Government Delegate Committees are small colleges that are created
and deleted by Royal Decree of the Council of Ministers, on a proposal of the President.
His function is :discusses general issues and study issues before they pass to the Cabinet and solve issues,
affecting more than one Ministry
President of the gobernment: It is the judiciary more effective political power of the state. It is the most important
member of the Government , being also responsible for appointing and dismissing freely available to ministers
and vice presidents. The confidence of the Congress of Deputies of Spain which is granted to him personally ,
there by having a general and absolute authority within the Executive.Currentlty is:Mariano Rajoy Brey.
The vice presidency or vice where applicable, is an organ of purely possible existence and essentially personal
character, which ceases if the person ceases holds, and can be combined with the proviso minister. The Prime
Minister freely appoint the number of vice presidents and their owners, and in the same direction, can separate
from the government and from its own discretion. Currently Is:Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría Antón.

25. Sources
● Wikipedia
● La moncloa.home

26. Spanish parliament
Andrés Pajares y José Barriga 1G

27. CompositionComposition
●
Congress of Deputies
● Senate of Spain

28. Congress of DeputiesCongress of Deputies

29. 10th legislature10th legislature
Goverment:
PP 184
Opposition:
PSOE 110
CIU 16
IU 11
UpyD 5
PNV 5
Others 18

30. ElectionsElections
Voting system: Party-list proportional
representation.
Last election: 20 November 2011
Next election: 2015

31. Senate of SpainSenate of Spain

32. Political groupsPolitical groups
Goverment:
PP 162
Oppositions:
PSOE 65
CIU 13
ECP 10
PNV 5
Others 12

33. RoleRole
● The Spanish parliamentary system is
bicameral but asymmetric.
● The Congress of Deputies has more
independent functions, and it can also
override most senate measures.

34. SourcesSources
Wikipedia
Official web of Spanish congress
Official web of Senate of Spain

35. The Spanish Monarchy
Miguel Ángel Jordán
Durán
Santos Corchado
Merino

36. Crown consolidation.
In 1936 there was a
civil war until 1939.
The Franco
dictatorship begun. In
1975 started the
parliamentary
monarchy with Juan
Carlos I.

37. Juan Carlos I
He reigned from 1975,
after Franco´s death,
until 2014. He was
born in Rome on
January 5, 1938. He
participated on the
approval the Spanish
constitution and helped
making Spain a
parliamentary
monarchy

38. The king
The head of state is
King Philip VI. He was
proclaimed King of
Spain on June 19, 2014
after his father, King
Juan Carlos I, abdicated
behind 39 years of
reign.

39. The monarchy comprises the reigning monarch, his or her family, and the
royal household organization which supports and facilitates the monarch in
the exercise of his royal duties and prerogatives

40. The 1978 constitution affirmed the role of the
King of Spain as the personification and
embodiment of the Spanish State and a symbol
of Spain's enduring unity and permanence.
Constitutionally, the king is the head-of-state
and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed
Forces.

41. According to the constitution, the monarch is
also instrumental in promoting relations with the
"nations of its historical community".The King of
Spain serves as the president of the Ibero-
American States Organization, purportedly
representing over 700,000,000 people in
twenty-four member nations worldwide.

42. Sources
WWW.wikipedia.com
http://historiaaportodas.blogspot.com.