Cortes Españolas

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institution of Francoist Spain parliamentary body unicameral legislature

Cortes Españolas was the unicameral legislature of Francoist Spain, functioning as a corporatist, non-democratic parliamentary body from the 1940s until the transition to the modern Cortes Generales.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cortes Españolas canonical 2
Spanish Cortes 2
Spanish Cortes (Francoist era) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of Francoist Spain ⓘ
parliamentary body ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cortes franquistas ⓘ
Cortes Españolas ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Cortes (Francoist era)
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
characteristic authoritarian ⓘ
non-democratic ⓘ
rubber-stamp legislature ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
democraticStatus non-democratic legislature ⓘ
dissolved 1977 ⓘ
endTime 1977 ⓘ
establishedBy Francisco Franco ⓘ
Francoist Spain ⓘ
surface form: Francoist regime
governingAuthority Francisco Franco ⓘ
headOfChamberTitle President of the Cortes ⓘ
historicalPeriod Francoist Spain ⓘ
surface form: Francoist dictatorship

Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
ideology National Catholicism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
corporatism ⓘ
inception 1942 ⓘ
languageOfWork Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Fuero de los Españoles ⓘ
Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado ⓘ
surface form: Ley Constitutiva de las Cortes

Leyes Fundamentales del Reino ⓘ
locatedIn Madrid ⓘ
numberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
politicalSystem Francoist Spain ⓘ
primaryFunction advisory role to the Head of State ⓘ
approval of regime legislation ⓘ
institutional support for Francoist regime ⓘ
replacedBy Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Cortes Generales ⓘ
Senate of Spain ⓘ
representedGroups family sector ⓘ
local corporations ⓘ
municipalities ⓘ
professional corporations ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
selectionMethod appointment by Franco ⓘ
corporatist representation ⓘ
indirect appointment ⓘ
startTime 1942 ⓘ
subordinateTo Caudillo ⓘ
surface form: Caudillo of Spain

Head of State of Spain ⓘ
votingSystem limited, non-universal suffrage ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cortes Generales → predecessor → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
José María Gil-Robles → memberOf → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Cortes
Ley de Sucesión en la Jefatura del Estado → aprobadaPor → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
Cortes Españolas → alsoKnownAs → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Cortes (Francoist era)
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 → partOf → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Cortes