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![]() ![]() Spain Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/spain/spain_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code SP Government type parliamentary monarchy National capital Madrid Administrative divisions
17 autonomous communities (comunidades autonomas, singular - comunidadautonoma); Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Canarias, Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha,Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valencian, Extremadura, Galicia, IslasBaleares, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco
Independence 1492 (expulsion of the Moors and unification) National holiday National Day, 12 October Constitution 6 December 1978, effective 29 December 1978 Legal system civil law system, with regional applications; does not accept compulsoryICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
bicameral The General Courts or National Assembly or Las Cortes Generalesconsists of the Senate or Senado (256 seats; 208 members are directly electedby popular vote and the other 48 were appointed by the regional legislaturesto serve four-year terms) and the Congress of Deputies or Congreso de losDiputados (350 seats; members are elected by popular vote on block lists byproportional representation to serve four-year terms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo Political parties and leaders
Political pressure groups and leaders on the extreme left, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty or ETA and theFirst of October Antifascist Resistance Group or GRAPO use terrorism to opposethe government; free labor unions (authorized in April 1977); Workers Confederationor CC.OO; the Socialist General Union of Workers or UGT and the smaller independentWorkers Syndical Union or USO; business and landowning interests; the CatholicChurch; Opus Dei; university students International organization participation AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CERN, EBRD,ECE, ECLAC, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 8, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM,IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol,IOC, IOM (observer), ISO, ITU, LAIA (observer), MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest), NATO,NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO,UNMIBH, UNU, UPU, WCL, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
three horizontal bands of red (top), yellow (double width), and redwith the national coat of arms on the hoist side of the yellow band; the coatof arms includes the royal seal framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which arethe two promontories (Gibraltar and Ceuta) on either side of the eastern endof the Strait of Gibraltar
NOTE: The information regarding Spain on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Spain Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Spain Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |
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