Congreso de los Diputados

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Congreso de los Diputados is the lower house of Spain’s national legislature, responsible for lawmaking, government oversight, and representing the Spanish people.

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instanceOf legislative body
lower house of parliament
alsoKnownAs Congress of Deputies
Congreso de los Diputados
surface form: Spanish Congress
appoints President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
surface form: Prime Minister of Spain
approves state budget of Spain
architecturalStyleOfBuilding neoclassical architecture
buildingAddress Calle de Zorrilla, Madrid
canBeDissolvedBy King of Spain
canCensure Spanish government
surface form: Government of Spain
coLegislativeWith Senate of Spain
surface form: Senado de España
country Spain
currentMeetingPlace Palace of the Congress of Deputies
surface form: Palacio de las Cortes
dissolutionOnAdviceOf President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
surface form: Prime Minister of Spain
electoralDistrict province of Spain
electoralSystem d’Hondt method
surface form: D’Hondt method
elects some members of the Constitutional Court of Spain
some members of the General Council of the Judiciary
foundationDocument Spanish Constitution
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978
hasCommitteeType select committees
standing committees
hasJurisdictionOver Spain
hasPower to amend legislation
to approve international treaties of Spain
to initiate legislation
hasRole government oversight
lawmaking
representation of the Spanish people
inception 1810
languageUsed Spanish
legislativeChamber lower house
locatedIn Community of Madrid
Madrid
Spain
meetsIn Plenary chamber of the Palacio de las Cortes
nativeLabel Congreso de los Diputados self-link
numberOfMembers 350
officialWebsite https://www.congreso.es
oversees Council of Ministers
partOf Cortes Generales
passes national legislation of Spain
predecessor Cortes Generales
surface form: Congreso de los Diputados of the Bourbon Restoration
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Congress of Deputies
reestablished 1977
seat Palace of the Congress of Deputies
surface form: Palacio de las Cortes
symbol bronze lions at the main entrance
termLength 4 years
votingSystem proportional representation

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Congress of Deputies officialName Congreso de los Diputados
Congress of Deputies officialName Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Cortes Generales – Congreso de los Diputados
Ceuta parliamentaryRepresentation Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies (Spain)
People's Party (Spain) legislativeBody Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Spanish Constitution lowerHouse Congreso de los Diputados
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain nominatedBy Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain reportsTo Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
La Pasionaria memberOf Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Santiago Abascal memberOf Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Spanish general election, April 2019 parliamentElected Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: 14th Congress of Deputies of Spain
Spanish Socialist Workers Party representedIn Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Justice Committee partOf Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Justice Committee (Congress of Deputies, Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Justice Committee legislativeBody Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Justice Committee (Congress of Deputies, Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Paseo del Arte hasPart Congreso de los Diputados
Congreso de los Diputados nativeLabel Congreso de los Diputados self-link
Congreso de los Diputados alsoKnownAs Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Spanish Congress
Madrid constituency in the Congress of Deputies legislativeBody Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Palace of the Congress of Deputies servesAsSeatOf Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Palace of the Congress of Deputies operatedBy Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Calle de Zorrilla, Madrid locatedNear Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congreso de los Diputados (Spanish Congress of Deputies)
Constitutional Committee partOf Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Constitutional Committee (Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constitutional Committee legislativeBodyOf Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Constitutional Committee (Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constitutional Committee reportsTo Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Constitutional Committee (Spain)
this entity surface form: Plenary of the Congress of Deputies
Foreign Affairs Committee partOf Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Foreign Affairs Committee (Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Foreign Affairs Committee legislativeBody Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Foreign Affairs Committee (Spain)
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Senado hasLowerHouse Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Senado de España
Pablo Iglesias parliament Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Pablo Iglesias Turrión
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
PP hasRepresentationIn Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constitutional Court of Spain appointmentBy Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
President of the Government nominatedBy Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: President of the Government of Spain
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
President of the Government reportsTo Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: President of the Government of Spain
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Statute of Autonomy of the Valencian Community approvedBy Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Spanish Congress of Deputies
Narcís Monturiol memberOf Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Spanish Congress of Deputies
Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya participatesIn Congreso de los Diputados
Junts per Catalunya operatesIn Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Yolanda Díaz memberOf Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Constitution of 1876 (Spain) lowerHouse Congreso de los Diputados
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies (Spain)
Alcalá-Zamora honouredIn Congreso de los Diputados
subject surface form: Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
this entity surface form: Congress of Deputies of Spain
Benito Pérez Galdós memberOf Congreso de los Diputados