Spanish Council of State
Consejo de Estado | |
Calle Mayor, 79, Madrid, Spain | |
President | Magdalena Valerio (since 2022) |
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Budget | € 13.96 million (2022)[2] |
Employees | 140 (31 December 2020)[3] |
Website | www |
The Council of State (
History
The council as the body through which the monarchs ruled their territories has its origins in the
Foreign affairs council (1522–1834)
It was the only Council that did not have a president, because it was the
It had a great influence during the reigns of Charles I and
Unlike the Council of Castile, in which the King listened to the councilors and executed the conclusions presented to him, in the Council of State was the King himself who exposed the points to be discussed, listened to his advisors and, subsequently, the same monarch made the decisions that were to be made.
Supreme consultative council of the Government (1812–today)
The Council of State has existed intermittently during 19th and 20th centuries. The
With the death of the King in 1833, the year later the council was abolished and the Royal Council of Spain and the Indies was created instead as a superior consultative body but was abolished in 1836. In 1845, under the name of Royal Council the body was restored and for the first time the Presidency of the council was granted to the Prime Minister. In 1858 the original name recovered and since then the council has been regulated by numerous laws, the latest in 1980.
Nowadays the Council of State continues being the main and superior consultative body of the Government, but since 1991 some economic and social competencies have been transferred to the Economic and Social Council.
Current organization
The Council of State has its headquarters in the
The council is formed by its president that is appointed by the Council of Ministers with the advice of the Prime Minister after appearing before Congress and three categories of Councilors:[4]
- The Permanent Councilors.
- Are appointed for life or until voluntary retirement by the government amongst present or former ministers; presidents or ministers of the regional governments; Councilors of State of other category; members of the Advisory Councils of the regional governments; Head Counsels of the Council of State; academics of number of the Royal Academies integrated into the Institute of Spain; university professors of law, economy or social science with over 15 years experience, general officers of the Military Legal Corps, State civil servants with fifteen years of service at least that belong to corps or ranks that require a university degree, Governors of the Bank of Spain.
Permanent councilors must be in the same number of the existing sections of the Council of State
- Ex-officio Councilors.
- Are appointed by the position they hold during the duration of their mandates, this are former Center for Political and Constitutional Studiesand the Governor of the Bank of Spain.
- Are appointed by the position they hold during the duration of their mandates, this are former
- The Elective Councilors.
- Are ten member appointed by the government for a period of four years amongst former: Members of Parliament; Justices of the Ombudsmen; Presidents or Members of the General Council of the Judiciary; Ministers or Secretaries of State; Chairpersons of the Court of Auditors; Chiefs of the Defense Staff; Presidents or Ministers of the Regional Governments, Career Ambassadors; Mayors of a provincial capital, Presidents of a Provincial Council, Presidents of the Insular Council; University Rectors.
- Are ten member appointed by the government for a period of four years amongst former: Members of Parliament; Justices of the
At least two members must be former presidents of the autonomous communities
See also
References
- ^ "Consejo de Estado". www.consejo-estado.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Council of State Budget for 2022" (PDF).
- ^ "2020 Memory of the Council of State" (PDF). Council of State: 100. 2020.
- ^ "Council of State Organic Act". www.boe.es. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
External links
- Website of the Council of State (in Spanish)