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
Fundamental Laws of the Realm of Francoist Spain → definedRoleOf → Cortes Españolas as non-sovereign legislature ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Leyes Fundamentales del Reino → órganoAprobador → Cortes Españolas del franquismo ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Political Reform Act of 1976 → enactedBy → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
Blas Piñar → memberOf → Cortes Españolas ⓘ
Spanish confiscation of monasteries (Desamortización) → implementedBy → Spanish Cortes ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo → representedInParliament → Spanish Cortes ⓘ
subject linked to: Cánovas del Castillo
linked to: Cortes Españolas
Joan Güell i Ferrer → memberOf → Spanish Cortes ⓘ
linked to: Cortes Españolas