President of the Congress of Deputies

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The President of the Congress of Deputies is the speaker and highest authority of Spain’s lower house of parliament, responsible for directing its debates and representing the chamber institutionally.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary office ⓘ
political position ⓘ
presiding officer ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
appointedBy Congress of Deputies ⓘ
associatedWith Spanish parliamentary system ⓘ
canBeReelected yes ⓘ
chamber Congress of Deputies ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
electedBy members of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
electionMethod secret ballot ⓘ
electionRequirement absolute majority in the first ballot ⓘ
simple majority in subsequent ballots ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Spain ⓘ
highestAuthorityIn Congress of Deputies ⓘ
inception 19th century Spanish constitutional system (historical origin) ⓘ
isSpeakerOf Congress of Deputies ⓘ
languageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Rules of Procedure of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Spanish Constitution of 1978 ⓘ
legislativeBody Congress of Deputies ⓘ
locatedIn Madrid ⓘ
nativeLabel Presidenta del Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
officeHoldersAre members of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
partOf Cortes Generales ⓘ
positionInHierarchy highest office within the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
residence Madrid ⓘ
role authorizing the use of the floor by members ⓘ
calling votes and announcing results ⓘ
convening plenary sittings ⓘ
directing parliamentary debates ⓘ
ensuring observance of the rules of procedure ⓘ
ensuring respect for the rights of parliamentary minorities ⓘ
ensuring the proper functioning of parliamentary groups ⓘ
guaranteeing the rights of deputies ⓘ
interpreting the Rules of Procedure in specific cases ⓘ
maintaining order in the chamber ⓘ
overseeing the internal administration of the chamber ⓘ
presiding over joint sessions of the Cortes Generales when applicable ⓘ
presiding over the Bureau of the Congress ⓘ
representing the Congress before other state institutions ⓘ
representing the Congress before the King ⓘ
representing the Congress institutionally ⓘ
setting the agenda in coordination with the Board and Spokespersons’ Committee ⓘ
speaker of the lower house of the Cortes Generales ⓘ
seat Palacio de las Cortes ⓘ
termLength duration of the legislature ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

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

Congreso de los Diputados → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Palace of the Congress of Deputies → usedBy → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa → positionHeld → President of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
Pascual Madoz → positionHeld → President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
Bureau of the Congress of Deputies → headedBy → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
Bureau of the Congress of Deputies → hasMemberRole → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
President of the Congress of Deputies → nativeLabel → Presidente del Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
President of the Congress of Deputies → nativeLabel → Presidenta del Congreso de los Diputados ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
Plenary of the Congress of Deputies → hasPresidingOfficer → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
hemicycle of the Congress of Deputies → presidedBy → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
President of the Senate of Spain → differentFrom → President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
President of the Senate of Spain → differentFrom → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
subject linked to: President of the Senate
Luisa Fernanda Rudi → positionHeld → President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
Luisa Fernanda Rudi → notableOffice → President of the Congress of Deputies of Spain ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
President of the Supreme Court of Spain → isDistinctFrom → President of the Congress of Deputies ⓘ
President of the Cortes of Aragon → isComparableTo → President of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo → positionHeld → President of the Congress of Deputies (Spain) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cánovas del Castillo
linked to: President of the Congress of Deputies