Cortes Españolas

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Cortes Españolas was the unicameral legislature of Francoist Spain, functioning as a corporatist, non-democratic parliamentary body from the 1940s until the transition to the modern Cortes Generales.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf institution of Francoist Spain
parliamentary body
unicameral legislature
alsoKnownAs Cortes franquistas
Spanish Cortes (Francoist era)
linked to: Cortes Españolas
chamberType unicameral
characteristic authoritarian
non-democratic
rubber-stamp legislature
country Spain
democraticStatus non-democratic legislature
dissolved 1977
endTime 1977
establishedBy Francisco Franco
Francoist regime
linked to: Francoist Spain
governingAuthority Francisco Franco
headOfChamberTitle President of the Cortes
historicalPeriod Francoist dictatorship
linked to: Francoist Spain

Spanish transition to democracy
ideology National Catholicism
authoritarianism
corporatism
inception 1942
languageOfWork Spanish
legalBasis Fuero de los Españoles
Ley Constitutiva de las Cortes
Leyes Fundamentales del Reino
locatedIn Madrid
numberOfHouses 1
politicalSystem Francoist Spain
primaryFunction advisory role to the Head of State
approval of regime legislation
institutional support for Francoist regime
replacedBy Congress of Deputies
Cortes Generales
Senate of Spain
representedGroups family sector
local corporations
municipalities
professional corporations
trade unions
selectionMethod appointment by Franco
corporatist representation
indirect appointment
startTime 1942
subordinateTo Caudillo of Spain
linked to: Caudillo

Head of State of Spain
votingSystem limited, non-universal suffrage

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Cortes Generales predecessor Cortes Españolas
José María Gil-Robles memberOf Spanish Cortes
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Cortes Españolas alsoKnownAs Spanish Cortes (Francoist era)
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Ordinary Cortes of 1813–1814 partOf Spanish Cortes
linked to: Cortes Españolas