Xunta de Galicia

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Government of Galicia
Xunta de Galicia
Overview
Established	1981
Polity	Galicia
Leader	President
Appointed by	King of Spain
Responsible to	Parliament of Galicia
Headquarters	Santiago de Compostela
Website	www.xunta.gal

The Xunta de Galicia (Galician pronunciation:

, the Vice-President(s) and the specialized ministers (Conselleiros).

The Xunta is based at Santiago de Compostela, the Galician government capital. The Xunta de Galicia has delegations in the four provincial capital cities of Galicia: A Coruña, Pontevedra, Ourense and Lugo.

Legal basis

Article 16, Section 2 of the

states that

The Vice presidents and Ministers shall be appointed and dismissed by the President.

History

The Xunta de Galicia finds its origins in the

. But at that time, the Xunta did not hold real power; it was a consultative body only.

During the

gradually recovered control over former territories (1813–1814).

In 1833, the Xunta was dismantled following the provincial division engaged in Spain by minister Javier de Burgos, under the regency of Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. In this way, Galicia was separated into four provinces, each one managed by a Provincial Council.

Yet, in 1843, the Xunta Central de Galicia was created and presided over by

were executed on 27 April.

Prospects for Galician self-government and possible restoration of a Xunta came close while the

, although this was not called Xunta but Consello da Galiza (Council of Galicia).

The process of

, came to ratify the Xunta and Galicia's self-government.

Current cabinet

The consellerías are the different departments, or ministries, of the Xunta de Galicia. They are the responsibility of the conselleiros (masculine) or conselleiras (feminine). The conselleiros and conselleiras form the actual cabinet^[2] of the government, close to the President.

Location

• Edificios Administrativos San Caetano
  San Caetano, s/n
  15704 - Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña).
• Pazo de Raxoi
  Praza do Obradoiro
  15705 - Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña).
• Sede Provincial da Xunta de Galicia na Coruña
  Vicente Ferrer, 2
  15008 - A Coruña (A Coruña).
• Sede Provincial da Xunta de Galicia en Pontevedra
  Fernández Ladreda, 43
  36003 - Pontevedra (Pontevedra).
• Sede Provincial da Xunta de Galicia en Ourense
  Habana, 79
  32004 - Ourense (Ourense).
• Sede Provincial da Xunta de Galicia en Lugo
  Ronda da Muralla, 70
  27001 - Lugo (Lugo).
• Sede local da Xunta de Galicia en Vigo
  Concepción Arenal, 8
  36201 - Vigo (Pontevedra).
• Sede local da Xunta de Galicia en Ferrol
  Praza de España, 2
  15403 -
  Ferrol (A Coruña
  ).

See also

• Reintegrationism
• Galician Statute of Autonomy of 1981
• Parliament of Galicia
• President of Galicia
• Anxo Quintana
• Emilio Pérez Touriño

References

External links

• Xunta de Galicia's official web (in Galician and Spanish)
• The middle-age origins of the Xunta de Galicia (in Galician)