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National Security Council (Spain)
The National Security Council (, CSN) of Spain is the principal advisory body used by the Prime Minister for considerations of national security and foreign policy matters with senior ranks of the Administration with competencies in these matters. It was created in 2013 with the unanimous agreement of all political forces in the Cortes Generales within the framework of the ''National Security Strategy''. CSN meetings are only held when convened by the Prime Minister. Functions According to the National Security Act 36/2015 (LSN), CSN has the following functions: * To dictate the necessary guidelines in the planning and coordination of the National Security policy. * To direct and coordinate by Royal Decree the actions of management of crisis situations in the terms foreseen in Title III of the LSN. * To supervise and coordinate, by Royal Decree, the National Security System. * Verify the degree of compliance with the National Security Strategy and promote its revisions. * Prom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe VI
Felipe VI (; Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces, holding the military rank of Captain general of the Army, captain general,Título II. De la Corona . Es.wikisource.org. Retrieved 21 June 2014.Title II, Article 56, Subsection 1, Text: ''The King is the Head of State, the symbol of its unity and permanence. He arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions, assumes the highest representation of the Spanish State in international relations. El Rey es el Jefe del Estado, símbolo de su unidad y permanencia, arbitra y modera e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Díaz
Yolanda Díaz Pérez (; born 6 May 1971) is a Spanish politician and labour lawyer, currently serving as Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, Second Deputy Prime Minister since 2021, and Ministry of Labour (Spain), Minister of Labour and Social Economy of the Government of Spain since 2020. A longtime member of the Communist Party of Spain, in 2023 she founded the electoral alliance Sumar (electoral platform), Sumar, as well as its instrumental party Movimiento Sumar, resigning as the leader of the alliance in 2024. She has been a member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016, having previously been a Ferrol, Spain, Ferrol municipal councillor (2003–2012) and member of the Parliament of Galicia (2012–2016). She was also the National Coordinator of Esquerda Unida (EU) from 2005 to 2017. Early life and education Born in San Valentín, Fene, on 6 May 1971, next to the shipyard of Astilleros y Talleres del Noroeste (ASTANO), Díaz is a member of a family of renowned trade uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Interior (Spain)
The Ministry of the Interior (MIR) is a department of the Government of Spain responsible for public security, the protection of the constitutional rights, the command of the law enforcement agencies, national security, immigration affairs, prisons, civil defense and road traffic safety. Through the Undersecretariat of the Interior and its superior body, the Directorate-General for Internal Policy, the Ministry is responsible for all actions related to ensuring political pluralism and the proper functioning of electoral processes. The MIR is headed by the Minister for Home Affairs, who is appointed by the Monarch at request of the Prime Minister. The Minister is assisted by three main officials, the Secretary of State for Security, the Secretary-General for Penitentiary Institutions and the Under-Secretary of the Interior. Among the director generals, the most important are the Director-General of the Police and the Director-General of the Civil Guard. This department ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Grande-Marlaska
Fernando Grande-Marlaska Gómez (; born 26 July 1962) is a Spanish judge and politician who has served as minister of the Interior since June 2018. An independent politician close to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he has been Member of the Congress of Deputies from 2019 to 2020, and briefly from August to December 2023, representing Cádiz. Grande-Marlaska is a well-known judge since the early 2000s for his time at the Audiencia Nacional, where he tried several members of the Basque terrorist group ETA and he led the trial that followed the Yak-42 accident, among other relevant cases. He also served as Member of the General Council of the Judiciary —the governing body of the Spanish judiciary— from 2013 to 2018. Biography Early life and career Born in Bilbao, he is the son of Avelino Grande, an officer of the Bilbao Municipal Police. He entered the judicial career in 1987 and served in the Court of First Instance and Inquiry in Santoña, Cantabria, from where he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Defence (Spain)
The Ministry of Defence (MINISDEF) is the Spanish government departments, department of the Government of Spain responsible for planning, developing and carrying out the general guidelines of the Government about the defence policy and the managing of the military administration. It is the administrative and executive body of the Spanish Armed Forces. According to the Constitution of Spain, Constitution of 1978, the Monarchy of Spain, Monarch is the Commander in Chief of the Spanish military. He can declare war or conclude peace with authorization of the Cortes Generales, provided this act is countersigned by the Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister. The Ministry of Defence is headed by the Minister of Defence, a Council of Ministers (Spain), Cabinet member who depends directly from the Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister. Beneath the Ministry of Defence are five subordinate principal departments: the Armed Forces headed by the Chief of the Defence Staff (Spain), Chief of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarita Robles
María Margarita Robles Fernández (; born 10 November 1956 in León) is a Spaniards, Spanish judge and politician, currently serving as Ministry of Defence (Spain), Minister of Defence since June 2018. From November 2019 to January 2020, she served as Acting Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain), Minister of Foreign Affairs. She was the first woman ever to chair a contentious-administrative chamber, the first to ever preside a Audiencias Provinciales of Spain, provincial court (Barcelona's) and the first woman to reach the Supreme Court of Spain. She has also held the positions of Secretary of State for Security during the Felipe González, González Governments. From May 2004 until May 2016 she was a Justice at the Supreme Court, in the third Chamber. She was a member of the General Council of the Judiciary from September 2008 until December 2013 on the proposal of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. She belongs to the progressive judge association Judges for Democracy. In M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of The Presidency, Justice And Relations With The Cortes
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The Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes is a ministerial department in the Government of Spain that merged the traditional ministries of Justice and Presidency. It was established during the third term of Pedro Sánchez. Due to its size, it has been often dubbed as a "superministry". List of officeholders Office name: *Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes (2023–present) References 2023 establishments in Spain Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes Justice Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Bolaños
Félix Bolaños García (; Madrid, 17 December 1975) is a Spanish lawyer and politician who serves as minister of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes since 2023. Previously, he served as Secretary-General of the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain from 2018 to 2021, and as minister of the Presidency, Relations with the Cortes and Democratic Memory from 2021 to 2023. Biography Bolaños was born in the city of Madrid in 1975. Studies and career He graduated in law by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), being the first of his promotion in both the preparatory grade to be a lawyer and the special grade in labour law of the School of Legal Practice of the UCM. He began to practice law In 1998 and in 2001 he started working as a lawyer in the labour department at the Uría Menéndez Law Firm. In May 2005, he joined the Bank of Spain, obtaining the only summoned position of legal counsel in labour, union and Social Security matters. Between October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Spain)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (MAEUEC) is a department of the Government of Spain in charge of planning, managing, carrying out and evaluating the country's foreign and international cooperation for development policies, paying special attention to the ones in relation to the European Union and Ibero-America, as well as coordinating and supervising all actions done in this areas by the other Ministries and Public Administrations. Likewise, it is responsible for promoting international economic, cultural and scientific relationships, taking part in the proposal and application of the migration policy, promoting cross-border and interterritorial cooperation, protecting Spaniards abroad and preparing, negotiating and processing the international treaties which Spain is part of. The Foreign Ministry is the nationwide department who oversees the Foreign Action of the Spanish regions and other administrations as well as overseeing the Foreign Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Albares
José Manuel Albares Bueno (; born 22 March 1972) is a Spanish politician and diplomat who has been serving as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation in the government of Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez since 2021. As a politician from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, PSOE he was elected to the 15th Congress of Deputies in the 2023 Spanish general election from Madrid (Congress of Deputies constituency), Madrid. Early life and education Born in 1972 in Madrid, he was raised in a humble family from Usera. Albares earned a Licentiate (degree), licentiate degree in Law from the University of Deusto and also a diploma in Business Sciences. Career in the diplomatic service As he joined the diplomatic career, Albares served as consul in Bogotá, as well as advisor in the Permanent Representation of Spain before the OECD. Key advisor of PSOE's Pedro Sánchez during the latter's first spell as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Environment (Spain)
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) is the department of the Government of Spain responsible for developing the government policy on fight against climate change, prevention of pollution, protecting the natural heritage, biodiversity, forests, sea, water and energy for a more ecological and productive social model. Likewise, it is responsible for the elaboration and development of the government policy against the country's demographic challenges (population ageing, territorial depopulation, floating population effects, etc.). It corresponds to the MITECO the elaboration of the national legislation on waters and coasts, environment, climate change, meteorology and climatology; the direct management of the hydraulic public domain (all types of surface and groundwater), of the maritime-terrestrial public domain (territorial waters, inland waters, natural resources of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, as well as b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Deputy Prime Minister Of Spain
The third deputy prime minister of Spain, officially the Third Vice President of the Government of Spain (), is a senior member of the Government of Spain. The office is not a permanent position, existing only at the discretion of the Prime Minister of Spain, prime minister. It has rarely been utilized, being occupied three times in the last years of the Franco dictatorship and three times in the following democratic period (1977–1978; 2009–2011; and since 2020). The office does not possess special constitutional powers beyond its responsibility as a member of the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Ministers. The position is regulated by the Government Act of 1997 and only specifies that the office's purpose is to replace the PM when that office is empty due to a vacancy, absence, or illness. The third deputy PM only assumes this responsibility if the First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, first and Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, second deputies cannot. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
