President of the Senate of Spain
President of the Senate | |
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Presidente del Senado | |
Spanish Constitution | |
Formation | 16 April 1834 |
First holder | Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén |
Deputy | Vice Presidents |
Salary | €177,000 annually[1] |
The president of the Senate is the
Although it shares the representation of the Cortes Generales with the President of the Congress, the constitutional preponderance granted to the latter due to the asymmetry of the Spanish bicameralism, allows the President of the Congress to assume the leadership of the Cortes, leaving the President of the Senate in background.
The current office was established by the
As of the 15th term of the Cortes Generales, the current officeholder is Pedro Rollán, a member of the Popular Parliamentary Group representing Madrid.[2]
Functions
The functions of the President of the Senate of Spain are:[3]
- To be the Speaker of the House and its representative in all official acts.
- To convene and preside over the sessions of the Senate Plenary and to keep the order of the discussions, direct the debates and convene and preside over the Senate Bureau.
- To convene and preside over, whenever it deems appropriate, any Senate Committee.
- To announce the agenda of the Senate Plenary.
- To maintain communications with the central government and other authorities.
- To sign, with one of the Secretaries, the messages that the Senate must address.
- To interpret the Senate's standing rules.
- To supply, in agreement with the Bureau of the Committee on Rules, the gaps of this one.
- To ensure observance of the standing orders and of the parliamentary courtesy and parliamentary usage.
- To implement measures regarding parliamentary discipline.
- The President also performs all other functions conferred by the Constitution, the laws and the standing orders
Election
The President of the Senate is elected during the constitutive session which follows the General Elections of the Kingdom or during the next session following the resignation of the incumbent President.
The election of the President needs an
The President's term ends in case of death, resignation, loss of the status of senator or after the dissolution of the Senate, prior to a new general election.[5]
Vice presidents
According to the Standing Rules of the Senate, there are two Vice Presidents of the Senate elected in the constitutive session after the election of the President (Part I § 5). The Vice Presidents do not need an absolute majority, they are elected in a unique voting and the two most voted candidates are elected (Part I § 5).
The only task that the standing orders entrust to the Vice Presidents is that to replace the President in cases of vacancy, absence or impossibility to exercise (Part I § 40).
Order | Name | Term start | Group | ||
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1st | Javier Maroto | 17 August 2023 | People's Group in the Senate | ||
2nd | Guillermo Fernández Vara | 17 August 2023 | Socialist Parliamentary Group
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List of presidents
Since its creation in 1834, 44 people have served as president in 63 presidencies. The first president was the
References
- ^ "Estos son los cargos públicos de España que más cobran". www.publico.es. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Catalan Socialists Batet and Cruz confirmed as Spanish parliament and senate speakers". VilaWeb (in Catalan). Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ Section 1º. Of the President and the Vicepresidents. Standing Orders of the Senate.
- ^ Chapter 2. Article 4. Standing Orders of the Senate.
- ^ Chapter 2. Article 7. Procedure for the constitution of the Senate. Standing Orders of the Congress.