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 6
Senado del Reino 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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