Senado

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Senado is the Spanish term for the upper house of Spain’s Cortes Generales, which serves as the country’s chamber of territorial representation in the national legislature.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Senado canonical 4
Senado del Reino 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of territorial representation
legislative body
upper house of parliament
additionalMembersAppointedBy legislative assemblies of autonomous communities of Spain
buildingStyle Neoclassical architecture
canBeDissolvedBy King of Spain
coatOfArms Coat of arms of the Senate of Spain
constitutionalStatus second chamber
country Spain
currentPresidingOfficer Pedro Rollán
currentPresidingOfficerStart 2023
dissolutionOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Spain
electoralDistrict Ceuta
Melilla
insular territories of Spain
province of Spain
hasCommittee Budget Committee of the Senate of Spain
Constitutional Committee of the Senate of Spain
Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate of Spain
hasLowerHouse Congreso de los Diputados
hasPower authorization of application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution
participation in constitutional reform procedures
veto over legislation subject to override by Congreso de los Diputados
inception 1978
jurisdiction Spain
legalBasis Spanish Constitution of 1978
legislativeBranchOf Kingdom of Spain
locatedIn Comunidad de Madrid
linked to: Province of Madrid

Madrid
Spain
meetsIn Palacio del Senado
nativeLabel Senado
numberOfMembers 265
officialLanguage Spanish
officialName Senado de España
linked to: Senate of Spain
partOf Cortes Generales
precededBy Senado del Reino
linked to: Senado
presidingOfficerTitle President of the Senate
role authorization of certain constitutional measures
chamber of territorial representation
participation in the legislative process
review and amendment of bills approved by the Congreso de los Diputados
seatsForCeuta 2
seatsForMelilla 2
sessionRoom Senate Plenary Chamber
linked to: Senate chamber
termLength 4 years
votingSystem indirect election by regional legislatures
open list partial block voting
website https://www.senado.es

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Senado de España nativeLabel Senado
subject linked to: Senado
Senado de España precededBy Senado del Reino
subject linked to: Senado
linked to: Senado
Senate of the First Mexican Republic nativeLabel Senado
subject linked to: Senate