President of the Council of Ministers of Spain

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head of government office political office

The President of the Council of Ministers of Spain is the head of the Spanish government, responsible for directing national policy and coordinating the work of the cabinet.

Aliases (5)

Prime Minister of Spain ×10
President of the Government of Spain ×4
Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de España ×1
Presidente del Gobierno ×1
Presidente del Gobierno de España ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government office → political office →
alsoKnownAs	President of the Government of Spain → Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de España → Presidente del Gobierno de España →
appointedBy	King of Spain →
canBeRemovedBy	vote of no confidence of the Congress of Deputies →
constitutingInstrument	Spanish Constitution of 1978 →
country	Spain →
domainOfPosition	executive branch of Spain →
firstHolder	Adolfo Suárez →
flag	Flag of Spain →
formationYear	1978 →
jurisdiction	Government of Spain →
legalBasis	Title IV of the Spanish Constitution →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Community of Madrid →
memberOf	Council of Ministers of Spain → European Council →
nativeLabel	Presidente del Gobierno →
nominatedBy	Congress of Deputies of Spain →
officeCreatedUnder	parliamentary monarchy system of Spain →
officeHolderTitle	Prime Minister of Spain →
officeType	parliamentary executive position →
precededByOffice	President of the Council of Ministers of the Spanish Monarchy →
reportsTo	Congress of Deputies of Spain →
requires	investiture vote by the Congress of Deputies →
residence	Palacio de la Moncloa →
responsibility	coordinating the actions of the Council of Ministers → directing national defense policy together with other constitutional bodies → ensuring implementation of laws in Spain → establishing general guidelines of government policy → proposing ministers to the King of Spain → representing the Government of Spain domestically → representing the Government of Spain internationally →
role	chair of the Council of Ministers of Spain → chief executive of the Spanish government → coordinator of the work of the Spanish cabinet → director of national policy in Spain → head of government of Spain →
seat	Madrid →
style	Excelentísimo Señor → The Most Excellent →
subordinateTo	constitutional framework of the Kingdom of Spain →
symbol	Coat of arms of Spain →
termLength	no fixed term → serves while commanding confidence of the Congress of Deputies →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alejandro Lerroux ("Prime Minister of Spain") → Eugenio Montero Ríos → Manuel Godoy ("Prime Minister of Spain") → Pedro Sánchez ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	positionHeld
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ("President of the Government of Spain") → President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ("Presidente del Gobierno de España") → President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ("Presidente del Consejo de Ministros de España") →	alsoKnownAs
Chief of the Defence Staff of Spain ("Prime Minister of Spain") → Ministry of Defence of Spain ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	reportsTo
Ministry of Defence of Spain ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	appointedBy
King of Spain ("President of the Government of Spain") →	appoints
King of Spain ("President of the Government of Spain") →	appointsOnProposalOf
Spanish government ("President of the Government of Spain") →	composedOf
Cortes Generales ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	dissolutionOnAdviceOf
Senate of Spain ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	dissolutionProposedBy
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ("Presidente del Gobierno") →	nativeLabel
Pedro Sánchez ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	officeHeld
President of the Council of Ministers of Spain ("Prime Minister of Spain") →	officeHolderTitle