King of Spain

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The King of Spain is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Spain, representing national unity and performing ceremonial, diplomatic, and moderating political roles within the Spanish parliamentary system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarch
head of state
monarchical office
appoints President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
surface form: President of the Government of Spain

members of the Government of Spain
appointsOnProposalOf Congress of Deputies
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain
surface form: President of the Government of Spain
associatedInstitution Spanish royal court
surface form: Spanish Royal Household
calls general elections in Spain
ceremonialDuty opening of the Cortes Generales
presiding over state ceremonies
receiving foreign ambassadors
confers civil and military honors of Spain
constitutionalArticle Spanish Constitution
surface form: Title II of the Spanish Constitution
constitutionalStatus inviolable
not subject to responsibility
convenes Cortes Generales
country Spain
diplomaticFunction hosting foreign heads of state
state visits abroad
dissolves Cortes Generales
dynasty House of Bourbon
establishedInCurrentFormBy Spanish Constitution
surface form: Spanish Constitution of 1978
governmentForm parliamentary monarchy
heirPresumptive Leonor, Princess of Asturias
heirTitle Leonor, Princess of Asturias
surface form: Princess of Asturias
languageOfTitle Spanish
nativeLabel King of Spain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rey de España
powerType largely ceremonial
limited political powers
predecessorOffice Head of State of the Spanish State
promulgates laws of Spain
religiousRole participation in major Catholic ceremonies in Spain
residence Royal Palace of Zarzuela
surface form: Palacio de la Zarzuela

Royal Palace of Madrid
role ceremonial representative of Spain
commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces
diplomatic representative of Spain
guarantor of the regular functioning of the institutions
head of state of Spain
moderator of the functioning of Spanish institutions
supreme representative of Spain in international relations
symbol of national unity of Spain
sanctions laws passed by the Cortes Generales
style His Majesty
successionLaw male-preference cognatic primogeniture
titleHolder Felipe VI
surface form: Felipe VI of Spain

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Regent of Spain differsFrom King of Spain
Carlos VII of Spain (Carlist claimant) claimedTitle King of Spain
subject surface form: Carlos VII of Spain
Governorate of New Granada sovereign King of Spain
Carlos V claimedTitle King of Spain
Núñez Vela appointedBy King of Spain
subject surface form: Blasco Núñez Vela
Charles of Bourbon positionHeld King of Spain