Prime Minister of Spain
Also known as president of the Government of Spain
head of government of Spain
Key facts
- Style
- The Most Excellent
- Type
- Head of government
- Member of
- Council of Ministers National Security Council European Council
- Reports to
- Monarch , Cortes Generales
- Residence
- Palace of Moncloa
- Seat
- Madrid , Spain
- Appointer
- The Monarch , with approval of the Congress of Deputies
- Term length
- Not fixed, based on the officeholder's ability to command parliamentary confidence
- Deputy
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Salary
- €90,000 per annum
- Website
- lamoncloa .gob .es
via Wikipedia infobox
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The prime minister of Spain, officially the president of the Government (Spanish: Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers. In this 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.
Although it is not possible to determine when the position actually originated, the office of prime minister evolved throughout history to what it is today. The role of prime minister (then called Secretary of State) as president of the Council of Ministers, first appears in a royal decree of 1824 by King Ferdinand VII. The current office was established during the reign of Juan Carlos I, in the 1978 Constitution, 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.