Senate of Spain
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The Senate of Spain is the upper chamber of the Spanish Parliament, responsible for territorial representation and legislative review within the country's bicameral system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Senate of Spain canonical | 39 |
| Senado de España | 5 |
| Spanish Senate | 3 |
| Senate of Spain in most legislative matters | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chamber of the Cortes Generales
ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ |
| buildingStyle | neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| canBeDissolvedBy | King of Spain ⓘ |
| canVeto | ordinary laws ⓘ |
| capital | Madrid ⓘ |
| composition |
directly elected senators
ⓘ
senators appointed by autonomous communities ⓘ |
| constitutionalArticle |
Spanish Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Title III of the Spanish Constitution
|
| constitutionalStatus | established by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| currentPresidingOfficer | Pedro Rollán ⓘ |
| currentPresidingOfficerStartTime | 2023 ⓘ |
| dissolutionProposedBy |
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of Spain
|
| hasJurisdictionOver | Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| hasLowerHouse | Congress of Deputies ⓘ |
| hasParliamentaryGroup |
People's Party group in the Senate
ⓘ
Spanish Socialist Workers Party ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Socialist Workers Party group in the Senate
various regional and mixed groups ⓘ |
| inception | 1834 ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Spanish
ⓘ
co-official languages of Spain in certain sessions ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyOf | Spain ⓘ |
| legislativeTerm | 4 years ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Community of Madrid
ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| meetingPlace |
Senate chamber
ⓘ
surface form:
Plenary chamber of the Senate
|
| memberOf | Inter-Parliamentary Union ⓘ |
| minimumAgeOfMembers | 18 years ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 265 ⓘ |
| officialName |
Senado
ⓘ
Senate of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Senado de España
|
| partOf | Cortes Generales ⓘ |
| precededBy | Estamento de Próceres ⓘ |
| presidingOfficer | President of the Senate of Spain ⓘ |
| role |
approval of state of alarm, exception and siege
ⓘ
control of the Government of Spain ⓘ legislative review ⓘ participation in constitutional reform ⓘ territorial representation ⓘ |
| seat | Palacio del Senado ⓘ |
| sharesLegislativePowerWith | Congress of Deputies ⓘ |
| supervises |
Spanish government
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Spain
|
| typeOfLegislature | bicameral legislature ⓘ |
| vetoCanBeOverriddenBy | Congress of Deputies ⓘ |
| votingSystem |
indirect election by regional legislatures
ⓘ
open list partial block voting ⓘ |
| website | https://www.senado.es ⓘ |
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Senado de España
this entity surface form:
Senate of Spain in most legislative matters
this entity surface form:
Spanish Senate
this entity surface form:
Senado de España
this entity surface form:
Senado de España
subject surface form:
Senado de España
this entity surface form:
Senado de España
this entity surface form:
Spanish Senate
this entity surface form:
Senado de España
subject surface form:
Conference of Presidents